Mitch McConnell has written a good op-ed on why we need to preserve the secret ballot in union elections. The “Employee Free Choice Act of 2007″, which would actually reduce the choices available to workers, has passed the House and will be voted on in the Senate this week.
Rather than enable employees’ free choice, [...]
Last week the Supreme Court ruled that unions cannot use a member’s mandatory dues for political activity without their explicit consent. Essentially, they cannot force you to support a political candidate against your will. This is an expansion on the 1988 case, Communication Workers vs. Beck, where the court said that unions could not use [...]
In 2005 alone the Department of Defense spent $20 million dollars on cell phones! Because the money was in an earmark it was not competitively bid on. Qualcomm, a San Diego company, got the $20 million for their CDMA cell phones. Recently Qualcomm chips were banned from all new US cell phones. Executives at [...]
Jonah Goldberg has written a good piece on why we need vouchers for public education. He cites the DC school system as a prime example of why the school system needs drastic reform.
Out of the 100 largest school districts, according to the Washington Post, D.C. ranks third in spending for each pupil  $12,979  [...]
Baker Spring at Heritage is calling on Bush to veto any bill with harmful “buy America” provisions that will drive up the already astronomical price of war. Congress should ensure that all war materials are procured through open and fair competition so that taxpayer money can be used most efficiently.
a diversity of supply and greater [...]
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a series of academic studies over the last half-dozen years…count between three and 18 lives that would be saved by the execution of each convicted killer.
Last night the compromise Immigration bill failed to pass a senate cloture vote 45-50, it needed 60 votes to end debate and bring a final vote. The bill would have allowed the 12 million hard working undocumented workers currently in the country to stay legally with a 4-year, renewable ‘Z’ visa. They could also [...]
Add Dick Armey as a friend on Facebook and MySpace.
John Stossel has written an excellent editorial on oil-company profits. He criticizes the media for not adjusting for inflation and suggesting that we are currently paying record gas prices.
It’s like saying the movie “Rush Hour II” out-earned “Gone with the Wind.” The media should quote prices in real dollars, but when they get excited, [...]
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has set up a website where you can find information on earmarks passed in 2005. I just looked at New York earmarks. Here are some of the fine projects your hard earned tax-dollars are funding
$1,488,000 for a “demonstration project to determine the feasibility of bringing naturally chilled water [...]
Chris focuses on technology, new media, finance, and trade policy at FreedomWorks.
Brendan is the Director of Federal and State Campaigns for FreedomWorks. He is the author of The Conservative Revolution: How to Win the Battle for College Campuses.
