FreedomTalks

Here’s the media statement put out today:
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The following statement was issued today by House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL), Majority Leader John Boehner (R-OH), and Rules Committee Chairman David Dreier (R-CA):
“The House-passed lobbying and ethics reform bill includes a series of significant reforms meant to bring greater transparency and accountability to the congressional […]

The Hill newspaper today reported that Senate Republican leaders plan to bring up a White House endorsed line item veto for a vote after the August recess. While many in the Senate leadership preferred a budget reform package introduced by Sen. Judd Gregg (R-NH) it is now likely that the line item provision in that […]

Today, in the first state supreme court decisions since the US Supreme Court’s reviled Kelo decision, Ohio’s supreme court rejected the city of Norwood’s bid to use eminent domain to confiscate properties in a “deteriorating” neighborhood and give them to private developers. The court unanimously ruled that the economic development rationale which the U.S. […]

Today I met with six young, bright French free-market conservatives, and provided some grassroots training for them.
They are part of a program led by the Institut de Formation Politique in France. The program exposes French students to free market organizations in the United States, and gives them the training they need to build effective grassroots […]

Heritage presents a few good reasons to oppose the minimum wage on its website, the chief one being that it lowers income. But wait, you ask, how can a law that mandates that businesses pay more per hour reduce the income of workers? Shouldn’t it raise income? These questions reflect a mindset […]

The latest round of World Trade Organization talks has collapsed over disagreements between the EU and the US. Both have put the blame on each other for the failure of the so-called ”Doha round” of talks, which began in 2001. The US had called on the EU to drastically cut agricultural tariffs so as to allow US farmers access […]

In November Maine taxpayers will get a chance to vote to limit government spending through TABOR reform.  The question “Do you want to limit increases in state and local government spending to the rate of inflation plus population growth and to require voter approval for all tax and fee increases?” will be asked to taxpayers.  […]

An ad taken out last month in Minnesota’s Star Tribune called for an increase in tax rates on all Minnesotans in order to provide more funding for education and healthcare. Interestingly enough, the ad was sponsored and signed by over 200 “wealthy Minnesotans” who want the marginal tax rates hiked across the board, but especially on high-income earners, for which […]

Hundreds of Democrats gathered yesterday at a meeting organized by the centrist Democratic Leadership Council to discuss their agenda and garner support from voters. During the event, Sen. Hillary Clinton unveiled the “American Dream Initiative,” a set of economic proposals aimed at helping the middle and lower classes. Similar to the agenda John Kerry campaigned […]

Joe Solis, a Texas activist, is producing a newsletter that is calling out Republicans who are not living up to their principles.
Two thumbs up to Joe, who is apparently taking heat from the establishment on his efforts.
The San Antonio Express-News reports.