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Washington -- According to reports, President Obama told Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) that he would nominate a "moderate" to fill the Supreme Court vacancy created by Justice Scalia's passing. Heritage Action released the following statement from chief executive officer Michael A. Needham: "I am not sure how Barack Obama would define a 'moderate', but even so there is no reason to ignore the voice of the American people who are...

The Senate voted on the nomination of John B. King, Jr. to be Secretary of Education.

The Senate will vote on Amendment #3345 offered by Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) to S. 524, the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) of 2016. The amendment would provide $600 million in new emergency spending for the purpose of addressing opioid abuse.

Washington - As the House continues discussing a potential path forward on an FY17 budget resolution, it has become increasingly clear conservative members will be asked to vote for higher discretionary spending in exchange for promises of future action. Heritage Action released the following statement from vice president for communications and government relations Dan Holler: "House Republicans should put forward a serious budget that doubles down on conservative priorities and...

Background President Obama has consistently shown a lack of regard for the separation of powers laid out in the United States Constitution. His executive overreaches have undermined not only our Constitution and the rule of law, but have also paved the way for progressive politics. Whether the issue is health care, immigration, or second amendment rights, President Obama uses his phone and his pen to enact progressive policies that the...

The House is currently discussing a potential path forward on an FY17 budget resolution. As Heritage Action explained last month, there are four criteria necessary for conservatives to support a congressional budget resolution: Balance within the budget window without accounting gimmicks; Remove Obamacare tax revenue, as the law should repealed in 2017, and as last year's reconciliation exercise proved the GOP remains committed to repealing the entire law, including all...

Background On June 26th, 2015, the Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that laws defining marriage as the union between a husband and wife were unconstitutional and imposed a new definition of marriage on all fifty states. In anticipation of the ruling, Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Rep. Raul Labrador (R-Idaho) introduced the First Amendment Defense Act (FADA) on June 17th, 2015, to prevent the federal government from denying...

On Wednesday, the Senate will likely vote on Amendment #3345 offered by Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) to S. 524, the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) of 2016. The amendment would provide $600 million in new emergency spending for the purpose of addressing opioid abuse.

To: Interested Parties From: Heritage Action Date: March 10, 2016 Subject: A Conservative Response to Puerto Rico's Debt Crisis Some type of congressional action on Puerto Rico's looming debt crisis is expected before the end of March. Puerto Rico, a United States territory, owes creditors more than $70 billion and is seeking congressional approval to file Chapter 9 bankruptcy. The Heritage Foundation has written extensively on the current situation in...

On Monday, the Senate is scheduled to vote on the nomination of John B. King, Jr. to be Secretary of Education.

On Wednesday, the House Budget Committee is scheduled to mark up its budget for Fiscal Year 2017, with consideration on the House floor likely the following week. The House's budget should be an opportunity for House conservatives to lay out their spending agenda for the year. Instead, this budget concedes on the FY17 spending levels laid out in last year's Bipartisan Budget Act (BBA). Conservatives should reject this budget and...

Washington - Today, President Obama nominated Judge Merrick Garland to fill the Supreme Court seat left vacant following the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. Heritage Action released the following statement from chief executive officer Michael A. Needham: "Nothing has changed. Senate Republicans deserve credit for using their 'Advice and Consent' authority to ensure the American people's voices are not ignored as they are in the process of selecting their next...

Washington - Even though the Bipartisan Budget Act (BBA) of 2015 passed the House last fall with just 79 Republican votes, House Appropriations Chairman Hal Rogers (R-KY) said today that the committee is "marching straight ahead" in the absence of a Republican budget by "marking up all our bills at $1.07 [trillion]," which was the spending cap -- not floor -- set by the BBA. Rogers added that appropriators would...

Washington -- The House Natural Resources Committee released a draft proposal to address Puerto Rico's debt crisis, the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act (PROMESA). Heritage Action released the following statement from chief executive officer Michael A. Needham: "Heritage Action is still reviewing the text, but conservatives must ensure the bill would not set any bad precedents by retroactively changing the terms of contracts or reversing payment prioritizations...

Introduced by Rep. Kevin Yoder (R-KS) and cosponsored by over 190 Republicans, this bill would update the Email Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) by bringing privacy protection standards for electronic communications into the 21st Century.

The 420-page bipartisan bill, introduced by Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) seeks to promote energy efficiency, infrastructure, supply, accountability, and land conservation through federal intervention.

The Senate will vote on an amendment by Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Johnny Isakson (R-GA) to S. 2012, Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015. The Bennet-Isakson amendment would force the Federal Housing Authority (FHA) to further subsidize government-backed mortgage loans under the pretense of energy efficiency.

Washington -- According to the Huffington Post, Rep. Charlie Dent (R-PA) is floating "a quirky congressional procedure" known as the King of the Hill, but in a twist, "if no budget secures a majority, then the current budget [ceiling] of $1.070 trillion would be automatically 'deemed.'" Heritage Action released the following statement from chief executive officer Michael A. Needham: "Representative Dent's plan is a gimmick and one that exposes him...

On Wednesday, the Senate voted 98-0 to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to H.R. 636, the vehicle for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Act. Heritage Action will key vote against the bill if subsidies for fuel cells, geothermal and biomass are included. Those subsidies—which were little more than corporate welfare—are expired and were not included in last December's tax extenders package. In a letter sent to Senate...

Heritage Action will key vote the following amendments to the to the Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015 (S. 2012):