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Washington — Heritage Action for America released the following statement from Vice President of Government Relations and Communications Garrett Bess responding to a potential surprise billing proposal in Congress: “As Congressional negotiators consider upcoming legislation on spending and COVID-19 relief, they must prioritize timely action and keep unrelated issues out of any legislative package. With that in mind, an omnibus bill or COVID package is not the place for a...

Today, the House will consider a massive multi-thousand page, $1.4 trillion omnibus with an additional $900 billion COVID relief package ($2.3 trillion total). After having only a few hours to review the text, the House will take two votes on a single bill as part of a blatantly political process to ensure passage. The first vote will break out critical defense and national security funding. The second vote will package...

The Senate will soon vote on a massive 5,593 page, $1.4 trillion omnibus appropriations bill to fund government operations for the remainder of the fiscal year. The bloated federal spending package also contains inefficient and ineffective COVID “relief” measures and an endless slew of unrelated policy changes -- like surprise medical billing.

Washington, DC—Today, the members of the 117th Congress were sworn in. Heritage Action for America released a statement from Executive Director Jessica Anderson: Congratulations to the new 117th Congress sworn in today. The American people have made clear their priorities and what they want Washington to focus on. They see China as a major international threat, they want safety and security in their neighborhoods, and they want schools, businesses and...

Washington, DC—Heritage Action for America today announced they have exceeded their goal of contacting 1.5 million voters ahead of Georgia’s dual Senate runoff on January 5. As an extension of its Project 2020 policy-based campaign, Heritage Action has already knocked 207,013 doors, called 894,784 households, and sent out 512,648 get-out-the-vote text messages for a total of over 1.6 million Georgia voters to address the top issues on voters’ minds: safety...

Statement from The Heritage Foundation: WASHINGTON — Heritage Foundation President Kay C. James made the following statement about the upcoming action in Congress about the presidential election results. As prescribed by the Constitution, Congress will meet this week to count the electoral votes and declare the results of the presidential election. This process allows members of the Senate and House of Representatives to affirm or object to the electoral vote...

The Save Democracy Act (H.R. 322/S. 459), introduced by Representative Jim Banks (R-Ind.) and Senator Rick Scott (R-Fla.), would make common-sense, targeted reforms to federal election laws to reduce fraud and restore Americans’ confidence in our election system while respecting states’ sovereignty in the process.

Washington, DC— Heritage Action for America released a statement from executive director Jessica Anderson reacting to President-elect Biden’s proposed COVID-19 relief bill: President-elect Biden’s proposed $1.9 trillion bill will bring the American economy to a screeching halt.The proposal would set back America’s economic recovery at a time when we should be moving forward. The proposed $350 billion state and local bailout only enables states to keep spending taxpayer dollars without...