06.03.2015

By Robert Romano This week the House of Representatives is taking up the appropriations bill for Commerce, Science and Justice. This is an opportunity for Congress to exercise its constitutional power of the purse through policy riders that can help limit the size and scope of government. […]
06.01.2015

By Nathan Mehrens A recent response from the Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im Bank) to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request made by Americans for Limited Government sheds some light on how the Bank isn’t needed. This is not a talking point from a Republican Member of […]
05.28.2015

By Robert Romano Does the party of Abraham Lincoln support human slave trafficking overseas? Believe it or not, we’re about to find out. Last week, the Senate passed trade authority legislation that explicitly bars Malaysia from joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal due to their official U.S. State Department certification as human slave traffickers . According […]
05.26.2015

By Rick Manning Summer is here, and in Congress that means it is spending season. The time when appropriators’ eyes turn to buying those extra little frills that make being a Member of Congress such fun. The budget has been set, and now it’s time to spend […]
05.21.2015

By Nathan Mehrens In the wake of the IRS scandals involving the targeting of Tea Party and other conservative organizations and leaks of their legally-protected information, one would have thought that the agency would become a little more careful in how it handles its review […]