Archive for the 'Grassroots Tactics' Category

Virginia Moving to Repeal “Abusive Driver” Fees

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008 by Brendan Steinhauser

The Virginia General Assembly is moving fast to repeal the largely unpopular “abusive driver fees” that it imposed last year. Here is a report from the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
The House passed 95-2 without debate a bill that would repeal the unpopular bad-driver fees. The fees were adopted last year as part of a $3 billion transportation […]

Make if Flake campaign rolls on — vote delayed!

Thursday, January 17th, 2008 by Brendan Steinhauser

To all of you following the effort to get Jeff Flake on the House Appropriations Committee, there is some good news to report. Our efforts have connected thousands of constituents with their congressional offices via phone and email. Because of grassroots pressure, the vote to decide who will sit on the House Appropriations Committee has […]

Ron Paul supporters sprinting to New Hampshire primary

Thursday, December 6th, 2007 by Brendan Steinhauser

The fundraising and grassroots organizing of the Ron Paul for president campaign are quite impressive. Even the Washington Post has caught on to the “Ron Paul Revolution.”
Reporter Alec MacGillis writes in today’s paper,
With so much money in the bank — and with more expected after another one-day fundraising “bomb” pegged to the Dec. 16 anniversary […]

Cap and Trade a Scam on Taxpayers and Consumers

Tuesday, December 4th, 2007 by Brendan Steinhauser

As this great blog post over at the Baltimore Sun notes,
Europe tried a pollution credit trading system to curb carbon dioxide emissions after it passed the Kyoto Protocol in 1997, and power companies worked the system to make billions in profits.  Electricity customers paid higher bills, thinking they were contributing to a cooler planet.  […]

Ron Paul on CBS Face the Nation

Monday, November 12th, 2007 by Brendan Steinhauser

On Sunday, Congressman Ron Paul talked to Bob Schieffer on Face the Nation. He discussed his views on everything from foreign policy to fiscal responsibility.

FreedomWorks Liberty Summit Nov. 14th-15th

Wednesday, October 10th, 2007 by Brendan Steinhauser

It’s official, FreedomWorks is hosting a Liberty Summit with Dick Armey, Steve Forbes and friends here in D.C.
Save the date: November 14th and 15th.
We will bring in members of FreedomWorks from all over the country to get grassroots training, network with each other, mingle with various congressmen and former congressmen, and lobby for the freedom […]

Club for Growth Endorses Steve Beuhrer in Ohio Special Election

Thursday, October 4th, 2007 by NSwift

The Club for Growth, Pat Toomey’s network of economic growth advocates, recently endorsed Steve Beuhrer to fill the seat of the late Honorable Jim Gillmor of Ohio’s 5th Congressional district.
In a field with two Republicans vying for the empty seat, Beuhrer could not be more different from his party-lapdog opponent, […]

Media Coverage of Young Conservatives Al Gore protest

Thursday, October 4th, 2007 by Brendan Steinhauser

I just got an email from YCT with links to the various media coverage of their protest of Al Gore in Austin.
Watch the local Fox 7 coverage here
The story in The Daily Texan
Coverage in The Austin American-Statesman
KXAN News 36, the local NBC affiliate
and KLBJ 590 AM, a local talk radio station

The Church of Global Warming — Young Conservatives of Texas video

Thursday, October 4th, 2007 by Brendan Steinhauser

This is a great video put together by my friends in Texas. They are members of The Young Conservatives of Texas at UT-Austin and UT-San Antonio.

Al Gore comes to Austin, Texas

Monday, October 1st, 2007 by Brendan Steinhauser

Former Vice President and Climate Change snake-oil salesman Al Gore is speaking at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas today. A group of student activists led by Liz Young of The Young Conservatives of Texas, and former FreedomWorks intern Jessica Irwin, will be outside to protest against Gore’s misleading message.
They will be armed with […]