The last forty-eight hours have been a complete failure for the Republican Party leadership in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House and scores of their members. With a clear majority in the House of Representatives 85 Republicans voted for a $620 billion tax increase on all Americans. In the Senate, only five Republicans stood their […]
Going over the fiscal cliff was supposed to bring $494 billion in new tax hikes with it. What the United States Senate agreed to early this morning would bring $620 billion in new tax hikes according to the Congressional Budget Office with only $15 billion in spending cuts. As Kentucky Senator Rand Paul said last […]
America is days away from historic tax increases that will affect all Americans. According to the Heritage Foundation, on January 1, 2013, taxes will go up by $494 billion as a result of expiring tax policies and new taxes coming online thanks to Obamacare. With our economy still struggling to gain momentum, now is not […]
President Obama is coming back from his Hawaiian vacation to try to stave off the fiscal cliff. In reality, President Obama needs taxes to go up so he can pay for his Big Government programs. Next week taxes will go up for all Americans, millions of whom are President Obama’s supporters in the lower and […]
In the month and a half since the November elections, the conservative movement has taken some not so subtle hits from those in the D.C. establishment. Well, after the show of force by principled conservatives in the U.S. House of Representatives this week, conservatives scored a major victory when Speaker John Boehner’s “Plan B” tax […]
The conservative movement won tonight when House Republicans withdrew Speaker Boehner’s “Plan B” tonight from the House floor. Thank you for all of your efforts in making this happen. Read the full story on the failure of Plan B here.
Prominent conservative leaders, including former attorney general Edwin Meese III, Ken Blackwell of the Conservative Action Project, Brent Bozell of ForAmerica, Colin Hanna of Let Freedom Ring, Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council, David Bossie of Citizens United, Gary Bauer of American Values, Jim Backlin of the Christian Coalition of America, Richard Viguerie of […]
As leaders of broad based American citizen groups we call upon Republican House Members to vote no on Speaker Boehner’s Tax Hike known as “Plan B.” This tax increase bill is just like the tax increase proposal Nancy Pelosi offered last year on May 23rd. NO MORE TAXES!!!!!!!!!
With less than three weeks until America goes over the fiscal cliff, it’s important that all Americans understand how we got into this position in the first place. President Obama’s utter lack of leadership over the past four years has made our financial situation worse. Along with Democrats in Congress, President Obama refused to tackle […]
After a close election in which the seats of power remained the same, President Obama is trying to claim a mandate for tax hikes, increased spending, and executive power grabs. There is no such mandate. Read more at Breitbart.com here.
Real entitlement reform needs to be made or America’s debt crisis will only get worse. Republicans in Congress must hold the line on spending and taxes for the sake of future generations and not capitulate to absurd and irresponsible White House demands. Read more at Politico here.
Today I joined with almost 40 other prominent Americans representing a broad cross section of the conservative movement who have united on the “Fiscal Cliff” issue with the following Memo for the Movement: ANY “GRAND BARGAIN” MUST INCLUDE: NO NET TAX INCREASE NO DE-COUPLING OF TAX RATES NO SEQUESTER WITHOUT REAL SPENDING REDUCTIONS NO TWO-STEP […]