There is an important fight going on in our country today that is being under-reported by the media. Parents and activists are on the front lines every day fighting to save the quality of public education in this country; they are fighting to stop Common Core. It is disgraceful that the media isn’t doing more […]
Four years ago, the Supreme Court’s Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission decision remade the rules for how political campaigns are waged. Could a Citizens United v. Internal Revenue Service case be next? Yes, says David Bossie, the outspoken president of Citizens United — if the IRS enacts plans to restrict how certain tax-exempt nonprofit […]
Washington, DC — Citizens United filed comprehensive comments opposing the oppressive regulations proposed by President Obama’s Internal Revenue Service. You can view the full filing here. You can also view an outline of the filing here. “The ongoing IRS scandal first reported last year does not give President Obama’s IRS the authority to change the […]
Buried deep within Obamacare’s 2,801 pages, are provisions for a massive taxpayer-funded bailout of insurance companies. Specifically, Section 1341 creates a fund to cover more than $20 billion of losses insurance providers will suffer for covering people with specific high risk health problems, as required by Obamacare. This is a fee collected from insurers and […]
Yesterday marked the five year anniversary of President Obama’s federal stimulus, and I hate to say ‘I told you so,’ but it comes as no surprise to conservatives that it was a total failure. On February 17, 2009, President Obama signed the stimulus into law and promised it marked “the beginning of the end” of […]
Since 1917, Congress has asserted its constitutional authority to dictate just how America will finance its debt by statutorily limiting how much debt the Treasury Department can issue. In theory, the debt ceiling is there to ensure that public debt is not recklessly piled up without Congress periodically acknowledging it and addressing out-of-control spending patterns. […]
Citizens United President David Bossie joins Megyn Kelly to discuss the new “Hillary Papers” that reveal a side of Hillary Clinton …
Manchester, NH – Citizens United and Americans for Prosperity Foundation announce that Senator Ted Cruz will speak at the inaugural “Freedom Summit” in Manchester, New Hampshire, on Saturday, April 12. The Summit has already sold out with a waitlist still accepting grassroots activists. The Freedom Summit will also feature remarks from Senator Rand Paul; Senator […]
After flirting with the idea of pushing amnesty for illegal immigrants, Speaker John Boehner reportedly put the brakes on this effort late this week. Something finally became clear to him that we knew all along: conservatives don’t want amnesty, and we didn’t send Republicans to Washington, D.C. to focus on rewarding illegal behavior. Read more […]
Citizens United President David Bossie joined America’s News HQ on Fox News Channel to discuss the hearing about the IRS …
Today marks one hundred and three years since Ronald Reagan was born in a second floor apartment in Tampico, Illinois. Little did his parents know they were raising the man who would be one of the greatest presidents in our nation’s history, and the world would be a better place because Ronald Reagan was the […]
Manchester, NH – Citizens United and Americans for Prosperity Foundation announce today that the inaugural “Freedom Summit” in Manchester, New Hampshire, on Saturday, April 12 is sold out but a waitlist is available and more tickets will be released at a later date. The Summit will feature remarks from Senator Rand Paul; Senator Mike Lee; […]