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Robert Romano

Robert Romano is the Vice President of Public Policy at Americans for Limited Government Foundation and Americans for Limited Government and can be reached at robert@getliberty.org. He grew up in a suburban Long Island township. He studied and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Stony Brook University with the Class of 2008. In his free time, he composes music on piano, paints oil on canvas, and writes fiction.

Robert lives in Virginia, is married and is a father of two.

Robert Romano
03.18.2024

Better off? Prices up 18 percent since Feb. 2021, incomes still only up 16.6 percent as Trump, Biden square off

By Robert Romano “ARE YOU BETTER OFF THAN YOU WERE FOUR YEARS AGO?” That was former President Donald Trump’s question to his supporters on Truth Social on March 18 . After locking up the Republican Party’s presidential nomination for 2024, now the American people are looking towards the general election where Trump will square off against incumbent […]

03.15.2024

If H.R. 7521 was only about TikTok, it would only apply to TikTok

By Robert Romano “The TikTok bill gives Biden the power to ban websites & apps run by ‘a person subject to the direction or control of a foreign person or entity.’ Given that Biden routinely smears political opponents as being under the control of Putin, the danger […]

03.14.2024

As Trump and Biden officially presidential nominations, Trump is leading every single battleground state in the polls: AZ, GA, WI, MI, PA, NC and NV

By Robert Romano Former President Donald Trump and incumbent President Joe Biden both easily clinched their respective party’s nominations for the 2024 presidential race on March 13 after winning the necessary amount of delegates, setting the stage for the general election in November. And, don’t look now, […]

03.12.2024

Inflation ticks up to 3.2 percent in February amid jump in energy, transportation and shelter prices as Fed weighs interest rate cuts

By Robert Romano Consumer inflation ticked up 0.4 percent in February to an annual rate of 3.2 percent amid a jump in oil, gasoline, natural gas, transportation and shelter according to the latest data by the Bureau of Labor Statistics . Gasoline was up 3.8 percent. Fuel oil was up 1.1 percent. Natural gas was up 2.3 percent. […]

03.11.2024

Is Congress expanding the censorship regime? Not defunding censorship at Justice, Defense, State and Homeland Security while banning ‘foreign adversary controlled applications’

By Robert Romano President Joe Biden on March 9 signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024, H.R. 4366 , into law, funding the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Housing and Urban Development, Justice, Energy, Interior, Transportation, and Veterans Affairs, and with it likely went any hope of Congress reining in various […]

03.08.2024

Unemployment up 760,000 since Dec. 2022 as unemployment rate jumps to 3.9 percent after Biden promised ‘the landing is and will be soft’

By Robert Romano Don’t look now, but U.S. labor markets appear to be churning in the wrong direction, as the unemployment rate jumped to 3.9 percent in February , and the unemployment level hit a new high for this cycle at almost 6.5 million, up 760,000 from its low this cycle of 5.7 million in Dec. 2022, according […]

03.07.2024

CBS News Exit Poll: Trump carried 87 percent of Republicans, 61 percent of Independents in North Carolina, key to landslide victory

By Robert Romano A CBS News exit poll conducted March 5 for the Super Tuesday primary in North Carolina , which former President Donald Trump won 790,751 to 249,651, or 74 percent to 23 percent, found significant support for Trump across party lines that proved the key to the landslide victory there. According to CBS News, of Trump’s supporters, 74 percent […]

03.06.2024

Trump unites the GOP with Super Tuesday domination winning 14 out of 15 states as Haley drops out of race

By Robert Romano Former President Donald Trump all but locked up the Republican presidential nomination for 2024 after completely dominating the March 5 Super Tuesday primaries, winning 14 out of the 15 states up for grabs — Virginia , North Carolina , Alabama , Maine , Massachusetts , Oklahoma , Tennessee , Texas , Arkansas , Colorado , […]

03.04.2024

9-0: Supreme Court unanimously overturns Colorado, Maine, Illinois disqualifications of Trump on ballot, says only Congress can enforce Fourteenth Amendment

By Robert Romano The U.S. Supreme Court on March 4 unanimously overturned moves by the states of Colorado, Maine and Illinois to disqualify former President Donald Trump from running for president in 2024 under Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment, finding that “Because the Constitution makes Congress, rather than the States, responsible for enforcing Section 3 against federal officeholders and candidates, […]

03.01.2024

After crushing loss in Michigan, an open primary state, Haley has no chance of winning GOP nomination against Trump

By Robert Romano Former South Carolina Republican Gov. Nikki Haley’s prospects of securing the Republican nomination in 2024 over former President Donald Trump hit yet another firewall as Trump crushed Haley in the Feb. 27 Michigan GOP primary 68.1 percent to 26.6 percent. Other than the Nevada caucus, in which Haley did not […]

02.29.2024

Supreme Court expedites consideration of whether presidents can be prosecuted for executing their Article II powers, but what about their First Amendment rights?

By Robert Romano The Supreme Court on Feb. 28 granted a motion by Special Counsel Jack Smith to treat former President Donald Trump’s request for a stay of a ruling from the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals pending an en banc hearing as a petition for a writ […]

02.28.2024

Ukraine First: House GOP rebels expedite discharge petition to move foreign aid bill before securing border or funding U.S. government

By Robert Romano House Republican rebels led by U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) are openly discussing joining with House Democrats to sign a discharge petition to move a $90 billion foreign aid bill to the floor of the House that includes $60 billion for Ukraine before anything […]

02.27.2024

Senate Minority Leader McConnell pushes for ‘clean appropriations and away from poison pills’ as House Speaker Johnson pushes to ‘rein in Democrats’ overspending and policies’ harming America

By Robert Romano Congress is once again at an impasse on funding the federal government with partial shutdowns looming in the next week, with no agreement between the House and Senate, or even between House and Senate Republicans, with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) calling for […]

02.26.2024

After being crushed in South Carolina by 20 points, Nikki Haley can’t win and she knows it

By Robert Romano Former President Donald Trump demolished former South Carolina Republican Gov. Nikki Haley in the Feb. 24 South Carolina Republican presidential primary by 20 points, 59.8 percent to 39.5 percent, leaving almost no hope that she could defeat Trump outright for the GOP nomination with Trump leading national and state primary polls […]

02.21.2024

Congress could defund censorship—if it could just pass its appropriations bills

By Robert Romano For Fiscal Year 2023, the U.S. House of Representatives has successfully passed appropriations bills that defund censorship for the Departments of Homeland Security, State and Defense that have been domestically targeting what the government calls misinformation, disinformation and malinformation (MDM). Another defund for the […]

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