CO-SPONSORSHIP of the RAISE Act (House)
Heritage Action has detailed at length what a good transportation policy should look like. Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) and Representative Tom Graves (R-GA) have both introduced the Transportation Empowerment Act (S.1164 /H.R.3264), which would begin the process of returning responsibility for transportation back to the states. It is an excellent piece of legislation and received the support of 30 Senators earlier this year - a remarkably strong foundation. House Republican...
"YES" on Snap Elections Disapproval
Congressman Tim Huelskamp (R-KS) currently scores a 93% on our Legislative Scorecard and is the ranked the most conservative member of the Kansas delegation. He was elected in 2010 as part of the Tea Party wave that swept the country and brought Congress' focus towards cutting spending. Born in Fowler, Kansas in 1968, Rep. Huelskamp worked on his family's farm, helping to raise cattle and grow corn, wheat and soybeans...
Our Legislative Scorecard has been a huge success. Over ten thousand people visit the website each month and one beltway newspaper called it a "hugely influential cheat sheet for determining conservative bona fides in Congress." We are launching a new version of the website today. The site has all of the same essential scores, but it presented more information and has more tools, all designed to help conservatives hold Congress...
We continue our Member of the Week segment with a questionnaire with the Congressman. We want you to know the most conservative members of Congress on both a professional and personal level because it's important to see them as real people, not just politicians. Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-KS) answers 5 questions, some policy oriented and some personal: Heritage Action: What aspect of government (i.e., program, department, agency) do you want...
It seems it only takes one anecdote - real or imagined - to convince many lawmakers to intervene in the market, and use the full force of the federal government to pick winners and losers. Yet, it takes many different arguments and facts to explain why a lawmaker should not intervene in the free market. In that spirit, here is yet another argument against extending and expanding the Export-Import Bank...
Introduced by Congressman Tim Huelskamp (R-KS), the American Opportunity and Freedom Act (H.R.3804) would make the so-called Bush-Obama Tax Cuts permanent. Doing so would remove the uncertainty of temporary tax policy, allowing the American people and their employers to know what their tax rates will be. It would make permanent the capital gains tax cut, the child tax credit and the American Opportunity Tax Credit for post-secondary educational expenses. The...
"NO" on the Student Loan Bill (House)
Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-MN) is currently ranked the most conservative Member of the Minnesota delegation on our Legislative Scorecard. She was first elected in 2006 and was the first Republican woman to represent Minnesota in the U.S. House of Representatives. Since then, she took the Tea Party stance on issues - before there even was a Tea Party. Born in Waterloo, Iowa, Rep. Bachmann moved to Minnesota when she was...
We continue our Member of the Week segment with a questionnaire with the Congresswoman. We want you to know the most conservative members of Congress on both a professional and personal level because it's important to see them as real people, not just politicians. Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) answers 5 questions, some policy oriented and some personal: Heritage Action: What aspect of government (i.e., program, department, agency) do you want...
The first piece of legislation that Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-MN) introduced in the 112th Congress was H.R.87, which would repeal President Obama and Congressional Democrats' massive financial regulatory bill known as Dodd-Frank. The legislation is so simple and direct that it is the first time we can post the actual text of the bill in its entirety: "The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Public Law 111-203) is...
"NO" on Export-Import Bank Reauthorization
Congressman Scott Garrett (R-NJ) is currently ranked the most conservative Member of the New Jersey delegation. First elected in 2002 after the longtime moderate incumbent retired, Representative Garrett has held the seat and has maintained his conservatism for the past decade. Born in Englewood, New Jersey in 1959, Representative Garrett received his Bachelor's degree from Montclair State University in 1981 and his Juris Doctor from Rutgers School of Law -...
Some in the Washington media seem determined to turn the axiom "good policy is good politics" on its head. Rather than taking an objective look at the challenges facing our nation and reporting on the possible solutions, they are quick to throw out headlines such as "defense trumps poverty." Last night, POLITICO put forth its doomsday scenario in a piece entitled, "GOP: Shield Pentagon, cut poverty programs." Setting the stage...
"YES" on the Scott Amendment
"NO" on COPS Program Amendment
"YES" on Pompeo Amendment #37
We continue our Member of the Week segment with a questionnaire with the Congressman. We want you to know the most conservative members of Congress on both a professional and personal level because it's important to see them as real people, not just politicians. Rep. Scott Garrett (R-NJ) answers 5 questions, some policy oriented and some personal: Heritage Action: What aspect of government (i.e., program, department, agency) do you want...
Just now, on the House floor, Congressman Tom McClintock (R-CA) gave an excellent speech about why the Export-Import Bank should be eliminated, not extended and expanded as the Cantor-Hoyer compromise does: Related Links:Key Vote Alert: "NO" on the Export-Import Bank Reauthorization (House)