Transportation and the payroll tax cut extension gained widespread press coverage this week. On Monday, we released a statement supporting the idea of extending the payroll tax cut without paying for it because, well, allowing people to keep more of their own money does not cost the government. On Tuesday, our CEO Michael A. Needham [...]
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Heritage Action’s Week in Review 2-13-12
February 13, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Last week was certainly transportation week for Heritage Action, as we received numerous mentions (including 4 mentions in CQ alone, and two mentions in Politico’s Morning Transportation) about our opposition to the current form of both the House and Senate transportation bills:
Big Dollars for Transportation
February 6, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Our Communications Director, Dan Holler, has a new column this week discussing the flaws with the current transportation bills in the House and the Senate. First, he reveals how last year’s Ryan budget would have seriously reformed the way our transportation dollars are spent: “The Ryan Budget ‘anticipate[d] that Congress can keep the Highway Trust [...]
Heritage Action’s Week in Review 2-3-12
February 4, 2012 by Leave a Comment
We received a lot of pickup this week throughout the media, especially when it came to the bloated transportation bills in the House and the Senate: Politico (sub. req’d): Needham also suggested House leaders are rushing the bill: “As more and more people get educated about this, there are members who are starting to raise [...]
Heritage Action’s Week in Review 1-27-12
January 27, 2012 by Leave a Comment
It was a busy week for Heritage Action! Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) and Heritage Action CEO, Michael Needham, co-wrote an op-ed about the payroll tax cut extension that was published in The Washington Examiner. It was also linked to in The Salt Lake Tribune and The Washington Post. On Tuesday night, during President Obama’s State [...]
