Stop Religious Intolerance
At the recent confirmation hearing of Office of Management and Budget deputy director nominee Russell Vought, Senator Bernie Sanders (D-VT), joined by Sen. Chris van Hollen (D-MD) asked him a number of intrusive and openly hostile questions about his religious beliefs.[1] We find the manner in which these questions were asked, and even more […]
Restoring America’s Military Strength: Military Readiness or Transgender Politics
Conservative leaders strongly support the principle of peace through strength and therefore the need for immediate action to return the priority of the Department of Defense to restoring America’s military readiness and ending costly and distracting social engineering. President Trump has mandated that his Administration restore the strength of our military. We, and most […]
Necessary Principles to Repeal Obamacare
The current House bill does not achieve the health care vision articulated by President Trump. The House of Representatives bill must include full repeal of the Obamacare insurance regulations, must permit interstate purchasing of health insurance and must expand health savings accounts. The House should not pre-emptively capitulate on these principles by making unwarranted assumptions […]
Thank You, President Trump, for Nominating Judge Neil M. Gorsuch
President Trump has nominated Judge Neil M. Gorsuch to fill Justice Scalia’s seat on the Supreme Court. He is an exceptionally qualified individual who has a record of applying the Constitution as the Framers meant it to be. President Trump went further than any presidential candidate in history by sharing his list of potential Supreme […]
Stop the Return of Earmarks!
WASHINGTON, DC: We congratulate the Senate Republican Conference for its vote on January 10th to keep the ban on earmarks. Sadly, some House Republicans still want to bring back earmarks in appropriations bills and thus bring back the old ways of Washington. It’s hard to think of a single practice in the political arena that better […]
The Time to Repeal Obamacare Is Now
WASHINGTON, DC: (Signatures updated 1/9/17) For the last six years, Americans have endured extraordinary hardship under Obamacare, a thousand-page law of broken promises and failed policies. Sadly, millions of families and individuals have had their insurance plans cancelled and access to their doctors and drugs limited. And they have lacked affordable insurance options. Those Americans […]
Congress Should Not Hold A Lame Duck Session
WASHINGTON, DC: In September, we sent a Memo for the Movement declaring that Congress should not hold a “lame duck” session after the 2016 elections. Historically, lame duck sessions have been used to enact massive backroom deals containing spending increases, tax increases, and ratifications of treaties that threaten U.S. sovereignty. Furthermore, lame duck sessions are […]
“We bought it, we paid for it, we built it, and we intend to keep it.”
Ronald Reagan, March 31, 1976, recommending that the (now Chinese controlled) canal in Panama not be tossed away. Governor Reagan was referring to only one strategic American asset. On October 1, 2016, President Barack Obama will hand to Iran, China, Russia, and others control of perhaps America’s single greatest strategic asset – the world wide […]
Congress Should Not Hold A Lame Duck Session
WASHINGTON, DC: As Congress approaches the end of their second session, we conservative leaders want to emphasize the message we sent to the Speaker of the House and the Majority Leader of the Senate in April of this year: Congress should not hold a so-called “lame duck” session after this year’s elections. Historically, lame duck […]
House Republicans: Support H.R. 5053 The “Preventing IRS Abuse and Protecting Free Speech Act”
The Conservative Movement supports the “Preventing IRS Abuse and Protecting Free Speech Act” (H.R. 5053), which would prevent the Internal Revenue Service from collecting the identity of most donors to tax-exempt organizations. The bill has been introduced by Rep. Peter Roskam (R-IL). It would prohibit the IRS from requiring that Section 501(c) organizations (that is, […]
Sensible Reform for the People of Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico is broke. That means it can’t pay its debts. But the majority of the debt is owed not by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico but by public corporations and specific government authorities. Puerto Rico is not, yet, bankrupt. Being bankrupt means that a person or entity has been through a legal bankruptcy proceeding. […]
Urging GOP Leadership Not to Hold a ‘Lame-Duck’ Session
WASHINGTON, DC: The Honorable Mitch McConnell Majority Leader of the Senate Washington, DC 20510 The Honorable Paul Ryan Speaker of the House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 Dear Mr. Leader and Mr. Speaker: As the 114th Congress approaches the midpoint of its second session, we the undersigned urge you to not hold a so-called “lame […]
