Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning issued the following statement blasting 86 House Republicans who voted for trade adjustment assistance , legislation that will increase taxes to make payments to unions affected by the Trans-Pacific Partnership: “It is almost incomprehensible that 86 House Republicans were so desperate to make an Obamatrade deal that they voted […]

Americans for Limited President Rick Manning today issued the following statement praising 34 House Republicans who voted against a rule to bring trade authority legislation to the floor of the House: “Today 34 House Republicans displayed an extraordinary amount of political courage by voting to deny Speaker Boehner the ability to bring fast track trade […]

By Robert Romano “Republicans are expected to make up the bulk of the support, but some number of House Democrats will be required to get a majority vote.” That is Susan Davis’ take writing for USA Today on the state of play for a Friday vote in the House of Representatives on granting trade authority to […]

By Marita Noon The Ex-Im Bank has become a key talking point in the 2016 presidential campaign, but most people don’t even know what it is or why it exists. They surely don’t know that it is a New Deal-era government program that takes our […]

By Robert Romano “This should be an easy case. Frankly, it probably shouldn’t even have been taken up.” That was President Barack Obama at the G-7 summit in Germany blasting the Supreme Court for daring to even question whether a key portion of the health care law should be enforced as written in the upcoming King v. Burwell  decision. At issue is […]

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By Robert Romano One Supreme Court decision flying under the radar at the moment is Texas Dep’t of Housing & Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project . Yet the implications of this case are every bit as important as anything else before the nation’s highest court being decided this month, including the constitutionality of federal exchange subsidies under […]

By Robert Romano Now we know why Harry Reid never wanted any appropriations bills to come to the floor under normal order when he was Majority Leader. The concessions. Senate Democrats have vowed to filibuster every single appropriations bill that Republicans attempt to bring to the floor […]

By Robert Romano “I think they see now that this is actually a good thing for the Internet.” That was Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) CEO Fadi Chehade, declaring to Reuters that congressional opposition to an Obama administration plan to transfer key Internet names and numbers authorities from the Department of Commerce was fading. Chehade added, “I am […]