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Rick Manning

Rick Manning is the President Americans for Limited Government and can be reached at rmanning@getliberty.org. A long time public affairs professional, Rick served as the Public Affairs Chief of Staff at the U.S. Department of Labor during the George W. Bush Administration, where he was twice recognized by the Secretary for Exceptional Achievement.

Born and raised in southern California, Rick graduated from the University of Southern California working his way through school running political campaigns.

Shortly thereafter, he became a state lobbyist for the National Rifle Association for nine years responsible for the southeastern United States, Maryland and New Jersey. At NRA, Rick worked closely with local groups to pass the groundbreaking concealed carry law in Florida which has subsequently served as a national model.

A veteran of dozens of corporate communications and grassroots campaigns, Manning has emerged as a leading voice in the conservative community with columns appearing in The Hill, Investor’s Business Daily, FoxNews.com and other major publications across the nation.

A resident of Maryland where he is a former town council member locally, Rick is active in his local church and is married to his college sweetheart.


Rick Manning
03.18.2024

There should be no corporate tax for small businesses that employ only American citizens or legal residents

  By Rick Manning There is an axiom of tax policy which states, “raise taxes on what you want to limit and cut taxes on what you want to encourage,” which synopsizes why some expenditures are allowed to be deducted, others get you credits, but most you […]

03.05.2024

Biden’s Consumer Financial Protection Board bank late charge edict is another price fixing scheme

By Rick Manning Joe Biden’s inflation has caused a banking crisis, which came to a head last year with the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature due to the near tripling of interest rates on new bonds, which destroyed the value of the low-interest bonds in […]

02.28.2024

If Energy Independence Matters, It Is Time To End Bio-Fuels Refining Credits

By Rick Manning The Biden administration’s continued war on oil and American energy independence continues unabated, and just as the coal industry has been harmed more by the expectation by investors that new coal electricity generation could be shut down, our nation’s oil refining capacity is stalled […]

02.19.2024

Does Special Counsel Report + Calls for Dem SCOTUS Retirements = Michelle Obama for President?

By Rick Manning A few headlines rang the news that some on the left are targeting Supreme Court Justice Sonya Sotomayor in a campaign to pressure her to resign from the Court now, while a Democrat still sits in the White House.  Citing fear of a replay of the Ruth Bader Ginsburg decision […]

02.15.2024

Why Alejandro Mayorkas Wasn’t Impeached the First Time and Why He Should Be Convicted

By Rick Manning There have been more than nine million illegal aliens who have crossed the border since Joe Biden became president. Biden’s hand-picked Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas has aided and abetted this invasion through his failure to enforce the laws of the land, and the House of Representatives […]

02.14.2024

Biden’s Border Assault Continues – Any Questions?

By Rick Manning Joe Biden’s record setting presidency continues as it has been announced that more illegal immigrants crossed the southern border in January than in any previous January on record, according to the latest data from U.S. Customs and Border Patrol . That’s right amazing Joe continues his stunning success in breaking the illusion of a U.S. […]

01.23.2024

10 percent of student debt borrowers refusing to pay their loans out of entitlement

By Rick Manning The New York Post reports that “nearly 9 million Americans failed to make their first [student loan] payment” after a resumption of payments following a Supreme Court decision overturning President Joe Biden’s attempt to forgive $500 billion of loans. 69 percent in a survey by Intelligent.com say they cannot afford to pay […]

01.22.2024

Joe Biden’s legacy of disastrous failure comes home to roost with Houthi terrorist attacks on Suez trade route

By Rick Manning Joe Biden’s presidency started with a series of blunders ranging from creating the current illegal immigrant crisis through his immediate rollback of former President Donald Trump’s successful border security policies to rejoining the Paris Climate Accords and revoking the permit for the Keystone XL […]

01.19.2024

U.S. Rep. Spartz’ Debt Commission Act to address debt death spiral is long overdue

By Rick Manning We need a debt commission like the one U.S. Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.) is offering in the  Debt Commission Act of 2024 . America is in a debt death spiral,  with OMB projecting the national debt to rise to $50 trillion by 2033 , and it is unclear whether Congress will ever have the political will to do something about it. One […]

01.17.2024

Trump Wins Big in Iowa but His Policies are More Popular with the Average American Than You Think 

By Rick Manning The establishment political apparatus is visibly shaken by former President Donald Trump’s nearly 30-point victory in the Iowa Republican caucus Monday, but largely labeling the victory a Trump-friendly state remaining Trump-friendly. Iowans have favored the former president in the last two election cycles, and while his victory in […]

01.09.2024

Thank you, Wayne LaPierre, America’s unsung civil rights leader

01.03.2024

The Constitution must trump mass surveillance and the FISA Court

By Rick Manning The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution states: “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by […]

01.02.2024

Three words House GOP should forget in 2024:  Vacate the Chair

By Rick Manning 2024 promises to be an opportunity for Republicans in Congress, particularly in the House of Representatives, to stymie the Biden administration’s multi-front onslaught against America. But this can only occur if the House GOP can focus on what brings them together rather than what […]

12.20.2023

Lake Mead Recovery Stuns Climate Change Zealots

By Rick Manning Global warming alarmists are continually looking for evidence to support their doomsday predictions and just last year, Lake Mead, which results from the Hoover Dam in Nevada, was a prime focal point. Why should you care?  The water levels of Lake Mead serve as […]

12.04.2023

Biden’s CFPB Director Wants You To Pay For Late Credit Card Payers

By Rick Manning Imagine a regulatory body of the United States government deciding that people who pay their bills should subsidize those who don’t. Well, imagine no more.  The constitutionally dubious Consumer Financial Protection Board (CFPB) has a proposed rule (Regulation Z) that would lower the penalty […]

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