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Washington -- According to reports, the Senate may attach Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) to the Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) bill. Heritage Action released the following statement from chief executive officer Michael A. Needham: "Heritage Action has always been a free trade organization, but free-market conservatives are understandably split on this president's request for fast track authority. Including an egregiously ineffective welfare program in a bill intended to promote trade will...

"YES" on 5-month Abortion Ban (H.R. 36)

Washington - Today, the House will debate the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2016 (H.R. 1735), which includes an amendment sponsored by Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) that would encourage the Pentagon to allow DACA recipients to enlist in the military. Heritage Action released the following statement from chief executive officer Michael A. Needham: "Advancing an amnesty agenda on the backs of our brave men and women in...

Amendments to the FY16 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)

To: Interested Parties From: Heritage Action for America Date: May 18, 2015 Subject: Path to Ex-Im Reauthorization Rapidly Closing Because the House appears poised to allow the Export-Import Bank to expire on June 30th without taking any action, proponents of reauthorizing the bank are staking their hopes on the Senate jamming the House. That path seems to be increasingly difficult to walk. While it is conventional wisdom to believe the...

Washington - On September 18, 2015, Heritage Action for America will host a special presidential candidate forum in Greenville, South Carolina at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena. In addition to candidates seeking the Republican nomination for president in 2016, the forum will feature South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, former South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint, and Heritage Action CEO Michael A. Needham. "We have a strong slate of candidates running for...

"YES" on Flake Motion to Strike Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) from Trade Promotion Authority (TPA)

Heritage Action Presidential Candidate Forum Heritage Action will be hosting a presidential candidate forum on September 18th in Greenville, South Carolina at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in downtown Greenville. Featured guests include Heritage Action CEO Michael Needham, Former Senator Jim DeMint, and Governor Nikki Haley. We feel there is a need to restore conservative principles to the presidential debate. At this forum the candidates will engage in a dialogue...

The Senate will vote on the House-passed Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 (H.R. 2146), which would grant President Obama fast-track authority, also known as Trade Promotion Authority (TPA).

H.R. 1314 combines President Obama’s request for fast track authority or Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) with a stimulus-level extension of the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program. The vote for this bill was spilt into two parts, one on TAA, and the other on TPA.

H.R. 1314 combines President Obama’s request for fast track authority or Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) with a stimulus-level extension of the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program. The vote for this bill was spilt into two parts, one on TAA and the other on TPA.

The House will vote on the FY16 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (H.R. 2577). The bill, commonly referred to at T-HUD, provides $55.3 billion in discretionary budget authority, which is a $1.5 billion increase above the current funding.

The Senate voted on the motion to table (i.e. kill) an amendment introduced by Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL) to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank.

An amendment offered by Rep. Tom McClintock (R-CA) to the FY 16 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (H.R. 2577) would save $155 million by eliminating funding for the Essential Air Services (EAS) program.

Public Opposition to Export-Import Bank

"YES" on Buck Amendment to Fund Federal Firearm Restoration

"YES" on McClintock Amendment to Eliminate Essential Air Services (EAS) Program

"NO" on Transportation, Housing, Urban Development Appropriations (H.R. 2577)

The Transportation Empowerment Act (S. 1541), introduced by Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), 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—not those of Washington bureaucrats or influential lobbyists.

The Transportation Empowerment Act (H.R. 2716), introduced by Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), 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—not those of Washington bureaucrats or influential lobbyists.