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 […]
Citizens United wants you to check out their new video, marking the one-year anniversary of Hillary’s Benghazi testimony. I asked them, “What difference, at this point, does it make?” Read more at The National Review here.
On Tuesday, Citizens United announced a campaign to raise awareness about a proposed Constitutional amendment that would prohibit members of Congress from exempting themselves from federal laws. H.J. Resolution 55, sponsored by Congressmen Ron DeSantis (R-FL) and Matt Salmon (R-AZ), has been introduced in order to stop the sort of abuses attendant on the passage […]
So it begins—the revival of the right-wing’s get-Hillary crusade. The conservative outfit Citizens United, which in 2008 released the anti-Hillary Clinton film that led to the 2010 Supreme Court decision that removed restrictions on supposedly independent political spending for federal campaigns, is working on a new flick assailing the former secretary of state, and it […]
“Paul Teller is one of the true heroes of the conservative movement,” the letter reads. “For over a decade, he has been the guiding light of conservatism on Capitol Hill. No one has done more to advance conservative principles and block the liberal agenda than Paul Teller. In the tradition of President Reagan, he is […]
But David N. Bossie, who is president of Citizens United, the group that was plaintiff in the 2010 Supreme Court case, said forcing the disclosure of donors flies in the face of the country’s founding principles. “Since the founding of our republic, individuals have wanted to be anonymous, whether it’s in political writing or political […]
WASHINGTON — Sen. David Vitter, R.-La., teamed up with the group Citizens United to launch a new “Live By Your Laws” advertising campaign to pressure members of Congress and their staff to lose their employer health insurance contributions. The television ad and petition campaign promote the so-called Vitter “no exemption” amendment to ensure that members […]
Sen. David Vitter took his campaign against federal employer-provided health benefits to a new level on Monday night. The Louisiana Republican appeared on the Fox News program “Hannity” along with David Bossie of the conservative group Citizens United to launch a new advertising effort in favor of the Vitter amendment that includes a fundraising effort […]
Citizens United, the 2010 Supreme Court ruling that bolstered political speech against campaign finance reform limitations, may also mean trouble for Obamacare’s contraception coverage mandate, according to the second-highest court in the country. Attorneys for Francis and Philip Gilardi argued that the Gilardis should not be required to provide contraception to their employees because it […]
“The conservative movement has yearned for a fighter to take on the failed Washington, D.C., establishment for years,” said David Bossie, president of Citizens United, whose PAC was an early booster of Cruz’s 2012 Senate campaign. “Senator Cruz stepped up and has filled that void by fighting Obamacare on every front and he is not […]
Jimmy Kimmel got some yucks from his audience the other night when he sent faux pollsters out to ask ordinary Americans which they preferred: “Obamacare” or the Affordable Care Act. Of course, they’re one and the same, but that didn’t stop interviewees from criticizing Obamacare but praising the Affordable Care Act. A presumably more scientific […]
David Bossie, chairman of Citizens United — which President Barack Obama has repeatedly blamed for many of Washington’s problems — says the commander-in-chief is frustrated because he wants “absolute power.” “He hates Citizens United, he hates our organization, he knows that we are responsible for the House of Representatives’ not being under Democratic control, or […]