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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...

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Solution 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...

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“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...

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Shallow 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...

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Shocked 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...

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John 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...

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FreedomWorks 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...

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Key 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...

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Letter 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...

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California 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...

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Debt 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...

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Capitol 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...

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Coalition 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...

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Senate 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"...

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DOE 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...

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TOP 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...

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Arizona 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...

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Rundown: 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...

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Key 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...

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See 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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