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Amendment #222, offered by Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-SC), would reduce from 11 to 10 the statutory requirement for the number of operational carriers that the U.S. Navy must have.

This vote enabled the Senate to consider the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act (S.744).

This amendment to the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act (H.R. 2217), sponsored by Rep. Steve King (R – IA), would prohibit funds in the bill from being made available to implement either the June 17, 2011 memorandum from the director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement regarding the exercise of prosecutorial discretion or the June 15, 2012 memorandum from the Secretary of Homeland Security regarding the exercise of prosecutorial...

The amendment, sponsored by Reps. Cassidy (R-LA), Grimm (R-NY) and Palazzo (R-MS), to the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act (H.R. 2217), would delay the implementation of Section 207 of the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Report Act of 2012 for one year.

Motion to Invoke Cloture which led to passage of the $1 trillion farm bill. Despite claims of reform, the farm bill continues to spend nearly $1 trillion on a variety of programs, including crop subsidies, conservation programs and food stamps.

Catesby Jones is a small business owner who is sharing his story and telling us why he is so concerned about the Internet sales tax. Jones owns a company called Peace Frogs that is based in Virginia. But it is the Internet that makes his business possible. He calls the Internet sales tax "an attack on small businesses like mine." We have made several arguments against the Internet sales tax...

"NO" on Food Stamp and Farm Bill

Conservatives outside Washington oppose the so-called "farm bill" because it is actually a food stamp bill that also happens to funnel billions in subsidies to agriculture interests. Fortunately, another outsider is coming to Washington. Yesterday, Jason Smith won a special election to replace Rep. Jo Ann Emerson after she resigned earlier this year. Representing Missouri's 8th district, Smith has already expressed his opposition to the "farm bill." (Thanks to Sentinel...

"YES" on King Amendment

"NO" on Cassidy-Grimm-Palazzo Amendment

Should people living in low risk areas for flooding have to pay higher flood insurance premiums to subsidize the flood insurance of people in high risk areas? Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-SC) does not think so; nor do we, which is why we key voted against the Cassidy-Grimm-Palazzo Amendment to the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations act of 2013. Section 207 of the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Report Act of 2012 was...

America Cannot Afford the Status Quo: Food Stamps and Farm Programs Must Be Separated Dear Representative, In the coming weeks, the House is expected to consider H.R. 1947, the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013, often referred to as the Farm Bill. However, less than 20 percent of this nearly $1 trillion piece of legislation actually contains agriculture-related programs. The remaining 80 percent is composed of food...

The Conservative Action Project, chaired by former Attorney General Edwin Meese and former Congressman David McIntosh, is designed to facilitate conservative leaders working together on behalf of common goals. Participants include the CEO's of over 100 organizations representing all major elements of the conservative movement-economic, social and national security. The following letter was just sent to Republican House Members in support of codifying the "Hastert Rule" to ensure that legislation...

Washington - This morning, Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) announced he would support the House's massive food stamp and farm bill. Heritage Action released the following statement from chief executive officer Michael A. Needham: "Republicans retained control of the House to serve as a check on President Obama's disastrous policies. Advancing a nearly one trillion dollar food stamp and farm bill ignores that mandate. Now is not the time to be...

Dear Speaker Boehner and Majority Leader Cantor, On behalf of the millions of members and supporters of our respective organizations, we write to strongly urge a floor vote on the concurrent resolution, H. Con. Res. 24, expressing the sense of Congress that a carbon tax would be detrimental to the United States economy. The last thing that Americans want today is a higher tax burden, and that is exactly what...

Yesterday at a forum on immigration sponsored by the National Association of Manufacturers, House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) said the Senate's Gang of Eight bill "is not amnesty" because "amnesty is wiping the slate clean and not paying any penalty for having done something wrong." We beg to differ, Mr. Chairman. Much of the debate in Washington has focused on how and when illegal immigrants receive permanent legal resident...

"YES" on the Toomey-Shaheen Sugar Amendment

"NO" on Smith-Gibson Amendment #73 and Blumenauer-Mulvaney #222

Washington - Senators have filed hundreds of amendments to the Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act (S.744), also known as the Gang of Eight's bill. As the Senate begins of consideration of many of those amendments, Heritage Action released the following statement from chief executive officer Michael A. Needham: Unless the Gang of Eight is willing to reconsider their legalization-first approach, their legislation is beyond repair. Amnesty cannot...

This week, the House Committee on Financial Services held a hearing on the Export-Import Bank, an institution uses American taxpayer dollars guarantee loans in the name of increasing exports (think of Fannie Mae for exporters). Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) made the following remark in his opening statement: The Bank picks winners and losers in our economy by providing loan guarantees, export credit insurance, working capital guarantees, and direct loans to...