CO-SPONSORSHIP of Transportation Empowerment Act (H.R. 2716)
CO-SPONSORSHIP of Transportation Empowerment Act (S. 1541)
"YES" on the Daines A-PLUS Amendment
"NO" on $4.75 Million Earmark for Susan G. Komen (H.R. 2722)
Washington - Today, the House will vote on a 140-day, $8 billion bailout of the federal Highway Trust Fund (H.R. 3038). According to reports, the bill is an attempt to preempt the Senate, which will try to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank as part of a longer-term highway bill. Heritage Action released the following statement from communications director Dan Holler: "Heritage Action is opposed to this $8 billion bailout. That said...
Claim: TEA does not fix the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) TEA reduces the federal role in transportation once prior obligations of the HTF are met. The bill does not (and should not) propose a solution to past mismanagement and past commitments that were based on unrealistic projections of revenue and/or the assumption of a general fund bailout. Conservatives have proposed numerous offsets and reforms that would enable the HTF to...
Washington -- The America Invents Act of 2011 radically altered America's patent law, and the impact of those changes and subsequent Supreme Court rulings continue to play out. Nonetheless, some in Congress want to move another round of sweeping reforms aimed primarily at "patent trolls." Heritage Action opposes the Innovation Act (H.R. 9) and released the following statement from chief executive officer Michael A. Needham: "Patent rights are delicate and...
"NO" on $317B, 6-year highway and transit bailout (H.R. 22)
"NO" on McConnell Amendment to Save the Export-Import Bank
"YES" on Cruz Amendment on Israel's Right to Exist
"YES" on Lee Motion to Repeal Obamacare
The Employee Rights Act (H.R. 3222), introduced by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and House Budget Committee Chairman Tom Price (R-GA), would protect workers from union pressure by putting power in the hands of employees and making union leaders more accountable to their members. As the Heritage Foundation notes, if union bosses “were angels, such changes would be unnecessary” but “since they are not” new protections are necessary.
To: Interested Parties From: Heritage Action for America Date: July 28, 2015 Subject: How to Repeal All of Obamacare with Reconciliation Three years ago, Senate Republicans committed to using the budget reconciliation process to repeal Obamacare. As such, it is no surprise the Republican budget conference agreement "affirms the use of reconciliation for the sole purpose of repealing the President's job-killing health care law." Today, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell...
The Employee Rights Act (S.1874), introduced by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and House Budget Committee Chairman Tom Price (R-GA), would protect workers from union pressure by putting power in the hands of employees and making union leaders more accountable to their members. As the Heritage Foundation notes, if union bosses “were angels, such changes would be unnecessary” but “since they are not” new protections are necessary.
"YES" on the REINS Act of 2015 (H.R. 427)
Washington - With the House scheduled to begin their August recess today, it is clear that the Export-Import Bank will remain shuttered for the foreseeable future. Proponents viewed a July highway and transit bill as their "best chance" to resurrect the now-defunct bank. Heritage Action released the following statement from chief executive officer Michael A. Needham: "Despite the very best efforts of the Washington establishment, the Export-Import Bank remains closed...
Washington -- When the House passed its reauthorization of No Child Left Behind (H.R. 5), many conservatives were hopeful that House negotiators would fight for conservative policies in a conference committee with an even worse Senate bill (S. 1177). However, Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) recently said H.R. 5 was merely "a vehicle to go to conference" and House Education and the Workforce Committee chair John Kline (R-MN) said he would...
Washington - According to reports, Republican congressional leaders are "desperate" to avoid "a showdown over Planned Parenthood funding." Instead, they would rather conduct a "series of high-profile congressional investigations." Heritage Action released the following statement from chief executive officer Michael A. Needham: "Planned Parenthood kills an unborn baby every 97 seconds. We do not need a high-profile congressional investigation to know the group should not receive taxpayer funding. No pro-life...
The House will vote to consider the Senate-passed continuing resolution (CR) that will fund the government’s discretionary operations until December 11, 2015. That bill will also continue taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood, an organization that will commit more than 70,000 abortions between now and December 11. Planned Parenthood has been accused of manipulating abortion procedures to secure higher prices for the sale of baby parts from aborted children.
The Senate will consider a continuing resolution (CR) to fund the government’s discretionary operations until December 11, 2015. That bill will also continue taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood, an organization that will commit more than 70,000 abortions between now and December 11. Planned Parenthood has been accused of manipulating abortion procedures to secure higher prices for the sale of baby parts from aborted children.