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Spending Cuts and Reforms, Not Tax Increases, Will Spur Economy Washington, D.C. - Today, House Republicans unveiled a sweeping budget proposal. America's current path is unsustainable and House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan's budget seeks to set our nation on a different, more sustainable and prosperous course. Heritage Action for America's CEO Michael A. Needham made the following statement: For years, Chairman Ryan and many of us on the outside have...

"YES" on Net Neutrality Disapproval

CO-SPONSORSHIP of the GSE Bailout Elimination and Taxpayer Protection Act

"YES" on Defunding Obamacare

CO-SPONSORSHIP of the Welfare Reform Act of 2011

"YES" on the RSC Budget

CO-SPONSORSHIP of the Defending America's Affordable Energy Act

"YES" on Defund Planned Parenthood

"YES" on the Ryan Budget

"YES" on the Ryan Budget

President Obama and Congressional liberals refuse to reform entitlements. Now, our kids will be stuck paying for promises we made to ourselves. If they are paying for our largess, how are our kids supposed to pay for their futures? Tell President Obama to stop playing politics with the next generation. Take action: email President Obama now.

"NO" on CLOTURE on Nomination of Jack McConnell

A new survey by Rasmussen shows that Americans remain overwhelmingly in favor of repealing the President's takeover of healthcare, which became law last year. The telephone survey shows that 57% of likely U.S. voters support repealing the 2000 page bill. Only 36% oppose repealing it. This is the largest bump in support of the repeal effort since the President signed the bill in March of 2010. Currently, 87% of Republicans...

Today, Senator Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) released his budget proposal, which would dramatically reduce spending. Heritage Action's CEO Michael A. Needham made the following statement: The time to confront our fiscal challenges is now and we commend those who are willing to put forward a plan. Heritage Action strongly believes that in order to save Medicare, we must reform it now. The program's unsustainable future is impossible to ignore. While not...

Today, Heritage Action formally announced the creation of a legislative scorecard. Roll Call's headline was simple and to the point: Heritage Advocacy Arm Tells Members: We're Watching Below is the text of a letter from Heritage Action's CEO Michael A. Needham that our government relations team sent to the Hill: In order to maximize the ability of Heritage Action for America to highlight the important legislative activities and decisions made...

Today, The Heritage Foundation unveiled their plan to save the American dream. Their groundbreaking report is heavy on policy, laying out detailed recommendations on Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, health insurance, the tax code, and federal spending. Heritage Foundation President Ed Feulner said: Saving the American Dream is our plan to fix the debt, cut spending and, above all, restore prosperity. It balances the nation's budget within a decade-and keeps it...

There are a lot of bad policy ideas dreamed up on a daily basis on Capitol Hill, and many get turned into bills by Congressmen. Thankfully, most of these bills go nowhere. But occasionally, a policy streaker comes out of left field and makes a heady gambit for prime-time exposure and a floor vote in either the House or the Senate. A bill often becomes "a streaker" when the number...

CO-SPONSORSHIP of the A-PLUS Act

"NO" on CLOTURE on Nomination of Goodwin Liu

President Obama's administration claims that there is no cronyism involved in granting waivers from provisions in the Obamacare law, but when AARP becomes exempt...it really makes you wonder. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) finalized its rate review rules and decided to exempt providers of "Medigap" policies. AARP just so happens to be the nation's largest seller of such policies. And oh, by the way, the AARP donated...