The conservative group Citizens United says it is suing New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman over his interpretation of how much information the organization is legally obliged to disclose about its donors. Citizens United President David Bossie said the legal challenge would be filed Wednesday in Manhattan federal court and would be on behalf of […]
Washington, DC — Citizens United President David N. Bossie released the following statement in regards to a lawsuit filed today in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman. You can read a summary of the case here. “New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s constitutional […]
Just over a year ago, I called on Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki to step down. Despite having said repeatedly that he had more than adequate resources to fix the host of problems in his Veterans’ Affairs department, nothing seems to be getting fixed. Last year, it was the 2,000 percent backlog increase for applications […]
David Bossie fielding questions about the recent conservative primary wins in Nebraska and West Virginia.
Every once in a while, Congress manages to get something right. This is one of those times. The proposed legislation is Senator Rubio’s Let Seniors Work Act of 2014. Current law requires America’s working seniors who are past retirement age to continue to pay Social Security taxes, all while receiving almost no extra benefits in […]
With decisive primary victories by U.S. Senate candidate Ben Sasse in Nebraska and U.S. House candidate Alex Mooney in West Virginia, the establishment’s dream of electing more status quo-supporting candidates has been stopped after just one week. Sasse and Mooney, both fine conservative candidates, ran smart races and closed strong. Read more at Breitbart.com here.
As someone who has long advocated for the formation of a select committee on Benghazi, this week’s vote that it has become a reality was welcome and exciting news. Since learning about the upcoming committee probe, I have been thinking long and hard about what advice I have to offer after my experiences in similar […]
CU President David Bossie giving his insights regarding the Benghazi Select Committee on “The Real Story” with Gretchen …
This past Friday, Speaker John Boehner finally made a long overdue announcement, one we at Citizens United have been calling on him to make for over a year: The U.S. House of Representatives will soon vote to create a select committee to investigate the terrorist attack in Benghazi and its aftermath. Mr. Boehner’s decision to […]
Although the April jobs report numbers are portrayed in a positive light – with an unemployment rate of 6.3% – some 806,000 people have been forced to leave the workforce. These are Americans who desperately want to work and be able to provide for their families – but they simply cannot find a job in […]
Washington, DC — Citizens United President David N. Bossie released the following statement on the news today that the United States Senate will be bringing up a Constitutional Amendment that would stifle free political speech and go against the First Amendment principles set forth in Citizens United vs. FEC: “As with the failure of the […]
Early this morning, a new poll from the Washington Post and ABC News was released showing the President’s approval rating has dropped down to 41 percent. This is a 5-point drop from where the President’s approval rating was for the first three months of this year, and the lowest of his presidency in WaPo-ABC News […]