Conservative Action Project

November 9, 2018
Washington, DC

Congress returns to work after the elections for a lame duck session that already has numerous items on its agenda. Government funding expires on December 7, several statutes must be reauthorized or extended, and House and Senate leaders have committed to funding President Trump’s border wall.

We ask that the Congress focus on four very specific action items.

Fully fund a border wall. For two years, Congress has failed to address the crisis at the border – one made all the more urgent as thousands of migrants surge toward the U.S. with the intent to cross. House and Senate leaders have made encouraging comments about considering a border wall as part of a funding package in December, and we urge them to follow through. Specifically, they should provide $25 billion for a border wall system, ports of entry/exit, northern border improvements and enhancements, and end “catch-and-release.”

Do not provide amnesty as part of a border wall deal. Conservatives have long opposed amnesty for illegal immigrations out of respect for the rule of law, respect for legal immigrants, and the incentive it provides for further illegal immigration. Our opposition will not be muted simply because Congress funds a border wall. Moreover, it is nonsensical to pass wall funding to deter illegal immigration while agreeing to an amnesty that will only incentivize it. This lame duck Congress should not pass amnesty.

No deal on spending caps. This Congress has managed to spend far and above the spending caps conservatives passed in 2011, and well above what President Trump requested in his budget submission. Any attempt to cut a caps deal in the lame duck which enshrines higher spending into law is firmly opposed by conservatives.

Confirm the remaining judges before adjournment. The Senate Republican leadership has done yeoman’s work in confirming two Supreme Court justices and a host of appellate judges. However, over one hundred vacancies still exist on the federal courts, and 72 judges are still pending confirmation in the Senate. We urge the Republican majority to confirm these judges before closing out the session in December.


The Honorable Edwin Meese III
Attorney General
President Ronald Reagan (1985-1988)
Alfred S. Regnery
Chairman, Conservative Action Project
Chairman, Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund
The Honorable Colin A. Hanna
President
Let Freedom Ring, Inc.
The Honorable J. Kenneth Blackwell
Chairman
Constitutional Congress, Inc.
The Honorable Tony Perkins
President, Family Research Council
President, Council for National Policy
Wesley Denton
Communications Director
Senator Jim DeMint (SC) (2005-2013)
Cleta Mitchell, Esq.
Partner
Foley & Lardner LLP
The Honorable T. Kenneth Cribb, Jr.
Chief Domestic Advisor
President Ronald Reagan (1987-1988)
The Honorable Becky Norton Dunlop
White House Advisor
President Ronald Reagan (1981-1985)
Rachel Bovard
Policy Director
Senate Steering Committee (2014-2015)
David Bozell
President
ForAmerica
The Honorable Jim DeMint
Member, South Carolina
United States Senate (2005-2013)
Ed Corrigan
Vice Chairman, Conservative Action Project
Executive Director, Senate Steering Committee (2003-2012)
Jenny Beth Martin
Chairman
Tea Party Patriots Citizen Fund
William L. Walton
Chairman
CNP Action, Inc.
Lt. Gen. William G. Boykin (Ret.)
Executive Vice President
Family Research Council
Tim Chapman
Executive Director
Heritage Action for America
The Honorable Bob McEwen
Member, Ohio
U.S. House of Representatives (1981-1993)
The Honorable Donald P. Hodel
Former Secretary of Energy
Former Secretary of Interior
Bob Adams
President
Revive America PAC
Jenna Ellis
Director of Public Policy
James Dobson Family Institute
Michelle Easton
President
Clare Boothe Luce Center for Conservative Women
Floyd Brown
Chairman
America Fighting Back PAC
Charlie Copeland
President
Intercollegiate Studies Institute
Craig Dance
President /CEO
Champion Coach Inc
Jack Park
Conservative Activist and Donor
Allen Hebert
President and Chairman
American-Chinese Fellowship of Houston
Susan A. Carleson
Chairman/CEO
American Civil Rights Union
Tim Macy
Chairman
Gun Owners of America
Mat Staver
Founder & Chairman
Liberty Counsel
Sal Russo
Co-Founder and Chief Strategist
Tea Party Express
Robert Fischer
Meeting Coordinator
Conservatives of Faith
The Honorable Mike Spence
Founding President
Conservative Republicans of California
Kevin Freeman
Founder
NSIC Institute
Rebecca Hagelin
Secretary
Council for National Policy
Caroline C. Lewis
Owner
Percipio Communications
The Honorable Belden Bell
Co-Chairman Legacy Society
The Heritage Foundation
Ron Pearson
Director
Conservative Victory Fund
Lee Beaman
CEO
Beaman Automotive Group
C. Preston Noell III
President
Tradition, Family, Property, Inc.
Bob Carlstrom
President
The Carlstrom Group, LLC
Sandy Rios
Director of Governmental Affairs
American Family Association
Rob Chambers
Vice President
AFA Action
Joan Lindsey
President
Lindsey Communications
Richard D. Hayes
Partner
Hayes, Berry, White & Vanzant, LLP
Roxanne Phillips
Member, Executive Committee
Council for National Policy
Donald Woodsmall
President
Perfect Man Truth Campaign
The Honorable Morton Blackwell
Chairman
The Weyrich Lunch
Dr. Jerome R. Corsi, Ph.D.
Founder and CEO
CorsiNation.com
J. Keet Lewis
Co-Founder
Lewis Group Intl
Kay R. Daly
President
Coalition for a Fair Judiciary
The Honorable Terrence Scanlon
Retired Chairman and President
Capitol Research Center
William Mills
President
WPM Exploration
Matthew Tyrmand
Principal
Matthew Tyrmand LLC
Peter J. Thomas
Chairman
The Conservative Caucus
The Honorable Gary L. Bauer
President
American Values
Willes K. Lee
President
National Federation of Republican Assemblies
Hugh Maclellan
Retired
Elaine Donnelly
President
Center for Military Readiness
Col Francis X. De Luca USMC(R)
President Emeritus
Civitas Institute
Nick Logan
CEO
Cornerstone Payment Systems
James L. Martin
Founder/Chairman
60 Plus Association
Saulius “Saul” Anuzis
President
60 Plus Association
The Honorable Roy Moore
President Emeritus
Foundation for Moral Law
Rod D. Martin
Founder and CEO
The Martin Organization, Inc.
Sherri R. Martin
Executive Vice President
The Martin Organization, Inc.
Haley E. Martin
President
The Martin Foundation
Nicholas Stehle
Campaign for the American Future
Shawn A. Mitchell
Former National Chaplain
National Federation of Republican Assemblies (NFRA)
Jerry Melvin
Former Dean
Florida House of Representatives
Judson Phillips
Founder
Tea Party Nation
George C. Landrith
President
Frontiers of Freedom
Jim Backlin
Vice President of Legislative Affairs
Christian Coalition of America
Craig Shirley
Reagan Biographer
Presidential Historian
Brian Brown
President
National Organization for Marriage
Kayla Moore
President
Foundation for Moral law
Paavo Ensio
Board
FRC
Tim LeFever
Chairman
Capitol Resource Institute
Peggy Dau
Representative
Iran Alive
Richard H. Wright
CEO
Andrews Group
James Clymer
Former National Chairman
Constitution Party National Committee
Jeremy Cerone
CEO
EliteSafe Inc.
Dr. Virginia Armstrong
Nat’l. Chrm., Court Watch
National Eagle Forum
Steve Berger
Pastor
Grace Chapel
The Honorable Tom DeLay
Former Majority Leader
U.S. House of Representatives
Ed Martin
President
Phyllis Schlafly Eagles
Rebekah Gantner
Executive Director
Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund
Khadine Ritter
President
Eagle Forum of Ohio
The Honorable Charles J. Cooper
Former Assistant Attorney General, President Ronald Reagan
Cooper & Kirk, PLLC
James Hansberger
Chairman
Legal Immigrants for America
Randy M. Long
CEO
Long Business Advisors, LLC
The Honorable Diana Denman
President
Reagan Legacy Forum
Kirk Uhler
Executive Director
National Tax Limitation Committee
Donna Hearne
CEO
Constitutional Coalition
Ron Robinson
President
Young America’s Foundation
The Honorable Penny Pullen
President
Life Advocacy Resource Project
The Honorable George K. Rasley, Jr.
Managing Editor
ConservativeHQ.com
Dr. Janice Shaw Crouse, Ph.D
Board Chair
Institute on Religion and Democracy
William W. Pascoe, III
Board Member
Tea Party Patriots Action
Father Frank Pavone
National Director
Priests for Life
Ladeine Thompson
Member
Montana Republican Women
Dr. Richard Lee
President
There’s Hope America
James C. Dobson Ph.D.
Founder & President
James Dobson Family Institute
The Honorable Michael R. Long
State Chairman
NYS Conservative Party
Sean Noble
President
American Encore
Dr. Richard K Rounsavelle
Trustee
Media Research Center
Richard A. Viguerie
Chairman
ConservativeHQ
Malcolm Morris
Attorney
Stewart Title Guaranty Company

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