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Voting YES to sustain the ruling of the chair would have kept the 60-vote threshold to end debate – commonly referred to as the filibuster – intact for executive branch and judicial nominees.

This bill would help promote American jobs and energy creation by limiting the regulations from the Administration on hydraulic fracturing or “fracking,” a process used to extract oil and natural gas.

The Employment Non-Discrimination Act (S. 815), or ENDA, severely undermines civil liberties, increases government interference in the labor market, and tramples on religious liberty.

"NO" on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA)

Over the past several months, the Wall Street Journal's editorial board clashed frequently with conservatives who fought to stop Obamacare during the funding battle. Rushing to continue their linguistic assault, the editorial writers made a clear error in their lead editorial last night (cached version): Mr. Cuccinelli's supposed friends in the tea party also stabbed him in the back by pushing the government shutdown. About 30% of Virginia voters live...

President Obama has many problems these days, and he can thank his Chief Technology Officer Todd Park for the latest. Later this week, the Obama administration will release data on the number of Americans who have enrolled in Obamacare. On Monday, the Washington Post's Sarah Kliff confirmed with an anonymous "administration official" who will count as Obamacare enrollee: Health insurance plans only count subscribers as enrolled in a health plan...

The Employee Rights Act (S.1712) would protect workers from union pressure by putting power in the hands of employees and making union leaders more accountable to their members.

The Employee Rights Act (H.R. 3485) would protect workers from union pressure by putting power in the hands of employees and making union leaders more accountable to their members.

The Transportation Empowerment Act (S.1702) would turn back control of the federal highway program (including transit) to the states by incrementally decreasing the federal gas tax and the size of the federal program, and in turn empower the states to fund and manage their transportation programs and priorities.

The Transportation Empowerment Act (H.R. 3486) would turn back control of the federal highway program (including transit) to the states by incrementally decreasing the federal gas tax and the size of the federal program, and in turn empower the states to fund and manage their transportation programs and priorities.

CO-SPONSORSHIP of the Transportation Empowerment Act

CO-SPONSORSHIP of the Employee Rights Act

"YES" on the Protecting States' Rights to Promote American Energy Security Act

Washington - Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) is poised to invoke the "nuclear option" as early as today. The controversial move of changing the Senate's rules with a majority vote instead of the prescribed 67-vote threshold would allow Reid to strip the minority's ability to filibuster executive branch nominees and most judicial nominees. Heritage Action released the following statement from chief executive officer Michael A. Needham: "For Harry Reid and President...

The United States Export-Import (ExIm) Bank is at it again. Bloomberg reports the Bank "gave preliminary approval for $694 million in financing for billionaire Gina Rinehart's Roy Hill iron ore project in Australia." Four quick questions about this 122-word report. Who is Gina Rinehart? According to Forbes, she is Australia's richest person, worth an estimated $17 billion. Which U.S. companies will benefit? Companies like Caterpillar Inc. (market cap. $53.24 billion)...

"NO" on the Nomination of Janet Yellen for Federal Reserve

Voting for cloture would allow the passage of the budget agreement crafted by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA). The deal would lift the discretionary spending caps to $1.012 trillion in 2014 and $1.014 trillion in 2015 and increase revenues through an assortment of tax increases (which are labeled fees) in exchange for promises of future spending reductions.

The budget agreement crafted by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) would lift the discretionary spending caps to $1.012 trillion in 2014 and $1.014 trillion in 2015 and increase revenues through an assortment of tax increases (which are labeled fees) in exchange for promises of future spending reductions.

Washington -- Heritage Action released the following statement in response to press reports of a potential budget deal between Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA): "Heritage Action cannot support a budget deal that would increase spending in the near-term for promises of woefully inadequate long-term reductions. While imperfect, the sequester has proven to be an effective tool in forcing Congress to reduce discretionary spending, and a gimmicky...

House and Senate budget negotiators are nearing an agreement on a budget deal, but it may prove to be one that is not agreeable to conservatives or to the taxpayers footing the bill for out-of-control government spending. The 2011 Budget Control Act (BCA), though imperfect, was effective in cutting discretionary spending, and a budget that breaks the caps set by it is unacceptable. Yet, there is mounting pressure from appropriators...