"NO" on Nomination of John Bryson
Heritage Action Urges Congress to Reduce Government Spending by Eliminating Costly and Unnecessary Energy Subsidies Washington—Heritage Action for America today called on Members of Congress to end the costly and wasteful practice of providing taxpayer subsidies to support specific companies and industries within the U.S. energy sector. The organization issued the challenge of ending energy subsidies in view of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction's current goal of finding...
Congressman Jeff Duncan (R-SC) is currently in a four-way tie for highest score on our Legislative Scorecard in the House of Representatives. He currently has a 97% rating on our scorecard and is part of the conservative wave that swept more 87 new Republicans into Congress last year - and he is one of the true conservatives of the freshman class. Rep. Duncan was born in South Carolina in 196...
The third installment of our Member of the Week series continues with an issue profile as discussed by the Congressman. Yesterday, we presented Rep. Jeff Duncan's answers to five questions, including one about what aspect of government he would reform. His response centered around the looking into federal agencies that are not constitutional, and specifically mentioned the Department of Education, the Department of Energy and National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)...
"YES" on Disapproval of "Net Neutrality" Regulations
"YES" on Disapproval of EPA's Cross Border Regulations
"NO" on Minibus Appropriations Measure
CO-SPONSORSHIP of the Energy Freedom and Economic Prosperity Act
CO-SPONSORSHIP of the Welfare Reform Act of 2011
"NO" on Appropriations Measures Exceeding Ryan Budget Level
The NAT GAS Act (S.1863) was introduced in the Senate two weeks ago, by four Senators. It has since gained no new co-sponsors. In the House, the NAT GAS Act (H.R.1380) has lost 19 co-sponsors, something unheard of in Washington. Support for yet another market-distorting government handout is waning, but that may not stop the Washington Establishment from forcing it through. In the coming weeks, the House and Senate will...
"NO" on Reauthorization of Small Business Subsidies
"NO" on Shaheen Amendment to Defense Reauthorization
"YES" on Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act
"YES" on the REINS Act of 2011
"NO" on Nomination of Caitlin Halligan
Congressman Tom Graves (R-GA) is currently in a three-way tie for highest score on our Legislative Scorecard in the House of Representatives. He currently has a 97% rating and was elected to Congress in 2010 in a special election after former Representative Nathan Deal resigned to run for governor. Rep. Graves was born in St. Petersburg, FL in 1970 and received a B.B.A from the University of Georgia. He was...
Ramesh Ponnuru, one of the more respected pundits of the establishment right, recently penned a widely-circulated article that took issue with the notion that Republicans lost their way during the Bush years to their political detriment. He argued that conservatives have created a false narrative, based on a bad reading of history, that "ideological purity, especially on spending, had caused those [electoral] losses," in 2006 and 2008. As a result...
"NO" on the Nomination of Richard Cordray
It's not $4.00 per gallon, but the price of gas is still uncomfortably high for many Americans. Did you know that 18.4 cents per gallon worth of the price is because of a federal gas tax? (Oh, and your state also taxes your gasoline by an average of 30 cents per gallon.) The federal tax is sent to the Federal Highway Trust Fund, which is used to maintain infrastructure across...