The FreedomCast - Episode 42 - Congressional BillTally Report from NTUF
Today on the FreedomCast, Director of Research for the National Tax Payers Union Foundation, Demian Brady joins me to discuss their “BillTally Project”, just how many spending bills is congress signing...
View ArticleSolution for Collapsing Bridges: Leave Politics Out of It
Last week, the collapse of the Skagit River Bridge on I-5 in Northern Washington, 40 miles south of the Canadian border, brought the national spotlight back to a perennial claim - that thousands of...
View Article“Farm” Bill, Really?
On June 3rd, the Senate will resume deliberations on the nearly $1 trillion dollar “Farm” bill. However, the majority of the “farm” bill does not actually deal with agriculture or farms. In fact, food...
View ArticleShallow Loss: Another Entitlement Program
If you don’t support the Farm Bill, then you must hate farmers or food stamp recipients, right? Actually, this is not the case, at all; in reality, if you do not support the Farm Bill, you are one of...
View ArticleShocked Face: Paul Krugman Was Wrong Again
File under: They'll Give A Nobel In Economics To Anyone like, you know, Paul Krugman:We won’t really know how Obamacare works until it has been in operation for a while; but we do know that essentially...
View ArticleJohn Kasich Embarrasses Himself with Op-Ed Comparison to Reagan
Governor John Kasich, a Republican seeking reelection in 2014, continued his push for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) Medicaid expansion in Ohio with a June 2 USA Today op-ed...
View ArticleFreedomWorks Capitol Hill Update, 3 June, 2013
Capitol Hill Update: June 3rd, 2013 Schedule: Both chambers are in session this week, and will continue to be for the next three weeks, before heading out of town for a July 4th break.Legislative...
View ArticleKey Vote YES on Separating Food Stamps from the Farm Bill
Dear FreedomWorks Member,As one of our millions of FreedomWorks members nationwide, I urge you to contact your U.S. Senators and ask them to vote YES on Senator Ron Johnson’s Motion to Recommit on the...
View ArticleLetter of Support for the Federal Repeal of Expensive Exchanges Act
Dear FreedomWorks member, As one of our millions of FreedomWorks members nationwide, I urge you to contact your Representative and urge him or her to co-sponsor the Federal Repeal of Expensive...
View ArticleCalifornia Exchange Grants $37 Million To Sell Obamacare
Covered California, the state's Obamacare health insurance exchange, announced on May 14 that it had awarded $37 million to promote the implementation of the health insurance law. Unsurprisingly, many...
View ArticleDebt Deception: Special Accounting Procedures Hide the Real Debt Numbers
The phrase, “fiscal irresponsibility” does not even begin to describe our government’s stewardship of taxpayer money. Here’s why:Citizens know the importance of fiscal responsibility and are rightfully...
View ArticleCapitol Hill Update, 10 June, 2013
FreedomWorks Capitol Hill Update, 10-14 June, 2016House & Senate/Schedule: This is week two of a four-week stretch for both chambers. Congress’ next recess will be for the week of July...
View ArticleCoalition Letter: Separate Food Stamps from the Farm Bill
FreedomWorks has signed onto the following coalition letter, led by Heritage Action:Dear Representative,In the coming weeks, the House is expected to consider H.R. 1947, the Federal Agriculture Reform...
View ArticleSenate Farm Bill: See How Your Senators Voted Here!
After several weeks of deliberation, the Senate has finally passed its version of the Farm Bill. FreedomWorks strongly opposes this bill - you can read our Key Vote HERE. Among the "accomplishments"...
View ArticleDOE Favorite: We Received An Additional $10 Million - Because of Sequestration
While the administration has been taking a 'sky is falling' approach regarding the effects of the sequestration, one Department of Energy (DOE) contractor has claimed that the financial cuts had little...
View ArticleTOP 10 REASONS FOOD STAMPS NEED TO BE REFORMED
TOP 10 REASONS FOOD STAMPS NEED TO BE REFORMED By: Andrew Montgomery Roughly 80 percent of the nearly $1 trillion dollar Farm Bill currently under debate in Congress deals with food and nutrition...
View ArticleArizona Governor Brewer and Medicaid Cronyism
Updated 6/14/2013Arizona Governor Janice Brewer, after publicly opposing Obamacare before the 2012 elections, has been trying ever since to implement the deeply unpopular law with the expansion of...
View ArticleRundown: What We Know About the IRS Targeting Scandal
Beginning in 2010, several different IRS offices – including those in Cincinnati, Ohio; El Monte, California; Laguna Niguel, California; and Washington D.C. systematically discriminated against...
View ArticleKey Vote NO on the House Farm Bill
As one of our millions of FreedomWorks members nationwide, I urge you to contact your representative and urge him or her to vote NO on H.R. 1947, the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management...
View ArticleSee How Your Reps. Voted on the House Farm Bill Here!
Today, the House of Representatives voted on the so-called "Farm Bill", H.R. 1947. This bill, which is 80% food stamps and 100% fiscally irresponsible, failed 195-234. FreedomWorks is scoring NO votes...
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