Conservatives Urge Expanded Access to HSAs in Forthcoming COVID-19 Legislation
August 5, 2020 Washington, DC Conservatives support efforts in Congress by Senators Ted Cruz and Ben Sasse, and Representatives Ted Budd and Chip Roy, to decouple health savings accounts (HSA) from high deductible health plans in forthcoming COVID-19 legislation. Health savings accounts allow individuals to set aside money, pre-tax, for certain medical services. This gives […]
The Trump Administration Should Halt Tax Breaks for Abortions
July 20, 2020 Washington, DC Conservatives call on President Trump to direct the Department of Treasury to issue new regulations to clarify that abortions (except when the mother’s life is physically endangered) cannot constitute medical care under §213(d) of the Internal Revenue Code (the Code). By extension, the IRS should stop considering premiums for medical […]
Conservatives Stand with America’s Monuments – History Matters
July 2, 2020 Washington, DC Conservatives applaud President Donald Trump for issuing his June 26 “Executive Order on Protecting American Monuments, Memorials, and Statues and Combating Recent Criminal Violence.” The President’s unequivocal statement denounces recent nationwide assaults on revered American monuments such as the Lincoln Memorial, the World War II Memorial, statues of former Presidents […]
Justice, Not Chaos Needed For A More Perfect Union
June 12, 2020 Washington, DC Conservatives are confronting a country at unrest. Peaceful demonstrations over the unjustified murder of George Floyd have turned violent, exploited by individuals and organizations using Floyd’s death to pursue their own agenda of social conflict and destruction. Some of the videos of the unrest all over America during the last […]
Conservatives Oppose the Federal Land Grab in S. 3422
June 8, 2020 Washington, DC Conservatives oppose legislation that would massively increase funding for federal and state land acquisition. We recognize that the bill, S. 3422, enjoys overwhelming support from Democrats in the House and Senate, significant support from Republicans, and has been endorsed by President Trump, and therefore enactment may be inevitable. We urge […]
U.S. Policy Must Require China To Tear Down its Great Firewall
June 1, 2020 Washington, DC Like all totalitarian governments, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) can survive only by the suppression of truth and free speech. To that end, the CCP exerts tight control over the flow of information on the Internet in China through the use Internet firewalls. As the U.S. seeks to challenge Chinese […]
Conservatives Oppose Proxy Voting
May 29, 2020 Washington, DC The House of Representatives has now invoked proxy voting, to allow their Members to cast their votes without being present on the House floor. Many constitutional scholars believe this is unconstitutional. We agree, and emphatically oppose it. We echo the sentiment outlined by Members of the House who have asked […]
The Senate Must Swiftly Confirm Russ Vought
May 18, 2020 Washington, DC Conservatives applaud President Trump’s nomination of Russ Vought to be the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Russ Vought is both extremely capable and qualified to officially take the helm at OMB. Not only has he been a member of the Trump administration since the transition, he […]
No State & Local Government Bailouts in COVID-19 Relief Legislation
May 8, 2020 Washington, DC As Congress considers additional relief efforts to address the COVID-19 crisis, conservatives are firmly opposed to the inclusion of federally funded bailouts for states and local governments. Federal aid has been primarily targeted toward individuals, businesses, and hospitals struggling due to the public health mitigation efforts designed to slow the […]
The U.S. Should Not Fund the World Health Organization
April 30, 2020 Washington, DC Conservatives stand with the Trump Administration in suspending US taxpayer financial support for the World Health Organization as officials review the future of federal funding of the WHO. The Taiwanese government has stated it provided evidence of human-to-human transmission to the WHO in December. Even WHO’s own doctors have admitted […]
Conservatives Oppose a National Public Health Surveillance System
April 23, 2020 Washington, DC Signatures updated: 4/24/20 As Americans shelter-in-place to avoid the spread of COVID19, disturbing examples have emerged of leaders at the state and local levels taking this “shelter-in-place” to the extreme. From issuing citations to individuals for driving alone in cars or surfing alone on the beach, to ticketing Americans who […]
It’s Time to Re-Open American Communities
April 23, 2020 Washington, DC Signatures updated: 4/24/20 In response to public health guidance from the White House, governors in Georgia, Texas, Mississippi, Florida, South Carolina, Alaska, and Tennessee have begun announcing phased re-openings of their states and communities, allowing people to choose to return to work, go shopping, purchase services, and attend religious services, […]
