To receive the Must Reads in your inbox, click here ! Americans for Limited Government President Bill Wilson ’s quote of the day from Pelosi shuttles to D.C. to bailout states and teachers unions : “when you see your favorite Democrat politician talking about how they saved hundreds of thousands of teacher jobs, just remember the child who will […]

The unemployment figure remains unchanged at 9.5%. Also, 131,000 jobs were lost. The high number of job losses were due to nearly 143,000 temporary census jobs ending. As many predicted, these census jobs would only temporarily pad the employment figures put out by the administration. […]

A common argument made by some Republicans and conservatives is that labor unions were necessary in society a hundred years ago, but they are no longer needed in today’s workplace. This argument, however, has many flaws. When looking deep into the history of the labor […]

Some 15 million of the approximate 55.95 million mortgages nationwide are said to be “underwater” or in negative equity, i.e. the market value of the home is less than the total value of the mortgage. That’s about 26.8 percent of all mortgages. And according to […]

Nancy Pelosi is excitedly hustling back to D.C. with her congressional cohorts to pass a $26.1 billion state and teacher union bailout bill. With teacher unions alone garnering around $40 million in dues money from their $10 billion chunk of the bill, it is easy to understand how the big […]

Americans for Limited Government (ALG) President Bill Wilson today urged the House of Representatives to “either reject the $26.1 billion bailout to balance bankrupt state budgets like New York and California or stay home.” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is pulling members of Congress away from the August recess for a special session to vote on legislation that includes $16.1 billion for state Medicaid spending and […]

By Kevin Mooney — While addressing the executive council of the AFL-CIO at the Washington Convention Center in D.C. earlier this week, President Obama told labor leaders that he would push congress to pass the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), which includes the anti- secret […]

By Kevin Mooney — Big government activists knew they were going to lose this one going into it. On Tuesday, Missouri became the first of at least three states to vote on a ballot measure aimed against a key component of President Obama’s healthcare overhaul. […]

The U.S. Senate has confirmed Elena Kagan as the newest member of the Supreme Court. The vote was 63-37, with Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE) crossing party lines to vote no. There were 5 Republicans that voted in favor of Kagan: Lindsey Graham, Olympia Snowe, Susan […]