Washington - Over the next couple days, the Senate will engage in a full-fledged budget debate that will culminate with a vote-a-rama. Rather than...

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Press Releases · Mar 22, 2015 · Agriculture , Budget and Spending, Healthcare

Heritage Action Opposes $400 Billion Doc Fix Deal

Washington - This week, the House could vote on a bill, negotiated by Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) and Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), that would...

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Blog Articles · Mar 17, 2015 · Budget and Spending, Healthcare, Welfare

Fast Facts: Medicare Doc Fix

The Medicare "Doc Fix" Status: Congress periodically overrides a 1997 law that attempts to contain the cost of Medicare payments to doctors. Congress prevents...

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Blog Articles · Mar 15, 2015 · Budget and Spending

Memo: Republican Budgets Should Achieve Additional Conservative Gains

To: Interested Parties From: Heritage Action for America Date: March 16, 2015 Subject: Republican Budgets Should Achieve Additional Conservative Gains In 2011, the new...

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Blog Articles · Mar 10, 2015 · Budget and Spending, Education

Fast Facts: Reauthorizing No Child Left Behind (H.R. 5)

Reauthorizing No Child Left Behind: the Student Success Act (H.R. 5) Status: The Student Success Act (H.R. 5) is a 620-page bill that would...

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Press Releases · Mar 9, 2015 · Taxes

Senators Introduce Internet Sales Tax Scheme, Again

Washington -- Today, Sen. Michael Enzi (R-WY), Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL), Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) introduced the deceptively named...

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