As America heads towards a presidential election this fall, the growth and size of the federal government will and must be at the heart of the electoral debate. Both Republicans and Democrats have had a hand in increasing the size and scope of the federal government for decades. But President Obama has taken the expansion […]
Americans get a two-day reprieve from the Tax Man this year due to April 15th falling on a Sunday and the following day being a Washington, D.C. holiday. The deadline to file federal taxes is April 17th, a day which many Americans dread and Big Government relishes. The old saying that death and taxes are […]
Since its founding, America has been a beacon for entrepreneurship. In no other place on the planet do people have the freedom to take a great idea and grow it into a business the way they do in the United States. Slowly but surely that has been changing as the role of Big Government has […]
As all of Washington was preparing for the long Memorial Day weekend, Andrew Breitbart and his crack team of reporters were running down sources for a story that would eventually rock Washington and New York. Making sure they had the story correct — Congressman Anthony Weiner had sent a lewd Twitter message to a college […]
President Obama, there you go again. Barack Obama giving a speech about the importance of fiscal restraint is like Bill Clinton talking about the importance of telling the truth. It just doesn’t pass the smell test. The national debt has increased by $3.6 trillion on President Obama’s watch, exploding from $10.6 trillion to $14.2 trillion […]
A Wall Street Journal editorial today, highlights how the government job sector employs nearly twice as many people than in the manufacturing sector. When you combine the manufacturing, construction, farming, fishing, forestry, mining, and utilities industries you still do not eclipse the number of Americans who work for the government. Big government is draining the […]
To get America’s fiscal house in order, Congress must be sure to fully defund Obamacare, says CU President David Bossie on Big Government: America’s unsustainable $14 trillion debt will cripple our nation if we do not stop the spending. The Obama Administration and Congressional Democrats appear to be unable to garner the strength to curb […]
CU President David Bossie opines on the first anniversary of Citizens United v. FEC: One year ago today, on January 21, the Supreme Court released its landmark decision in Citizens United v. FEC. The decision corrected an anomaly in campaign finance law, and in doing so was a tremendous victory for the First Amendment and […]
A few words of advice to the freshman class of the 112th Congress by David N. Bossie: You’ve endured a long hard campaign season, weathered vicious attacks from your opponent, on Election Night, you triumphed, and now you will take your seat in the 112th Congress. Now the real work begins.While much of your time […]
CU President David Bossie says the conservative charge of November was bolstered by leadership of women: Conservative Republicans nationwide made a resounding comeback last Tuesday night, recapturing the majority in the U.S. House by picking up more than 60 seats – the biggest gains since 1948! In addition to the historic night in the House, […]
Regulating liberty, by David N. Bossie: Today the Senate returns to session having not yet addressed Senator Chuck Schumer’s troubling legislation, the Democracy is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections Act (“DISCLOSE Act”). Senator Schumer sought and failed to pass the DISCLOSE Act – a bill that would restrict the First Amendment rights […]