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One of the new Members of Congress, Idaho’s Rep. Bill Sali, clearly understands the economics underpinning the Democrats’ energy bill passed in the House this week. Rep. Sali noted in a release tonight that policy ideas like raising taxes “would only further de-energize America and cost consumers more for the gas they need.”
Rep. Sali [...]

We are going to be supporting Rep. Charlie Norwood’s effort to prevent union intimidation via union “card check” legislation.

We are going to be fighting against the “Employee Free Choice Act” which is an Orwellian name for a bad piece of legislation sponsored by Senator Ted Kennedy. This bill would do [...]

As today’s RollCall reports, Senate Republicans are threatening to bring the Democrats ethics and lobbying package to a halt if an amendment for a line item veto is not considered. While Majority Leader Reid has said he would allow the line item to appear on the floor as a stand alone item bill before the [...]

Chairman Dick Armey published a great piece on the Democrat Party’s plan to enact “paygo” spending.
It ran in The Wall Street Journal today.

FreedomWorks and Dick Armey sent a letter to new Florida Governor Charlie Crist yesterday to alert him to the counterproductive ideas being considered as reform in the sunshine state. In the wake of Katrina and Rita, the rising cost of property insurance is a huge issue across the Gulf region, but many of the [...]

Our grassroots team in Florida is gearing up to fight for a Taxpayer Bill of Rights. Please join our campaign by signing the petition to Governor Crist.
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Human Events examines Senator Barack Obama’s record in the Illinois legislature, and finds a number of votes against business and in favor of higher taxes. Obama voted to sustain the state’s death tax, he voted for a protectionist tax scheme on gas from outside the state, and he voted to increase the state minimum [...]

Our President, Matt Kibbe, has published a scathing critique of Big Labor.
It is over at TownHall.com
My favorite quote:
Given their shrinking membership, labor bosses have nothing to lose and everything to gain. UNITE HERE’s Bruce Raynor, a big labor front group, told the New York Times, “There’s no reason to subject the workers to [...]

H.R. 2, the minimum wage increase bill, passed the House today, despite the fact that this legislation will increase the labor costs of small businesses and will cause many people to lose their jobs.
The Washington Post has the story.

Senator Sam Brownback, a 2008 Presidential hopeful, has made it clear where he stands on fundamental tax reform. He supports a flat tax that would abolish many of the loopholes and complexities that make the current system unfair and untenable.
The San Jose Mercury-News has the article here.
The last times that the idea of a flat [...]