Robert Romano is the Executive Director 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.
By Robert Romano Antitrust concerns don’t arise without good reason. More often than not, modern-day mergers between larger players in an industry can mean layoffs for workers and bad deals for consumers. It’s rare that a good deal comes along that spurs economic investment, brings back […]
By Robert Romano President Donald Trump came one, big, beautiful step closer to achieving his legislative agenda for 2025 as the Senate passed 51 to 50 the One Big Beautiful Bill Act on July 1 in time for the President’s July 4 self-imposed deadline. The bill now moves back to the House where it will either go to […]
By Robert Romano Recently I wrote about a small sideshow in the ongoing Congressional war over the budget reconciliation bill that dealt with the so-called “duty drawback” provision. Based on the magnitude of President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act and his policies to put America first on trade, such an insider […]
By Robert Romano President Donald Trump’s announced 24-hour ceasefire on June 23 between Israel and Iran following U.S. airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear enrichment facilities on June 21 got off to a bumpy start after Israel Defense Minister Israel Katz said that Israel would “respond with force” after “Iran’s total violation” of the nascent […]
By Robert Romano On June 21, President Donald Trump ordered targeted air strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities with an aim to eliminating its nuclear enrichment capabilities, then thought to be days or weeks away from achieving nuclear weapons in violation of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, following similar […]
By Robert Romano Each day another story comes out about the games and outright deceptions being run on the public and members of Congress as the effort to enact a budget plan drags on. The process is so cumbersome and mutated because Congress is unable or unwilling […]
By Robert Romano “I may do it, I may not do it. I mean, nobody knows what I’m going to do.” That was President Donald Trump, speaking at a flag-raising ceremony at the White House on June 18 , maintaining strategic ambiguity ahead of what could be a U.S. military strike against Iran’s nuclear capabilities as Israel’s war with […]
By Robert Romano 56 percent of voters say they support deploying the National Guard to quell the anti-Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) riots in Los Angeles according to the latest polling taken by Harvard-Harris on June 11 and June 12 . That includes 29 percent of Democrats, 55 percent of independents and 83 percent of Republicans and comes as […]
By Robert Romano 52 percent of voters say the U.S. economy is strong but 39 percent say inflation is still the top issue facing the nation, according to the latest polling from Harvard-Harris taken June 11 to June 12. The stark turnaround in public sentiment towards the economy from former President Joe Biden’s tenure, […]
By Robert RomanoConsumer and producer inflation continued cooling in the month of May, only rising 0.1 percent in both categories, according to the latest data compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, amid increasing energy production and cooling demand. Energy dropped 1 percent on the consumer side including […]
By Robert Romano “California is no stranger to immigration enforcement. But instead of focusing on undocumented immigrants with serious criminal records and people with final deportation orders, a strategy both parties have long supported, this administration is pushing mass deportations, indiscriminately targeting hardworking immigrant families, regardless of […]
By Robert Romano 54 percent of Americans approved of President Donald Trump’s program to deport illegal aliens, the latest CBS News poll taken June 4 to June 6 shows. The consistent findings throughout President Trump’s second term that began on Jan. 20 show that immigration, key to Trump’s wins in 2016 and 2024, are now his most-popular issue […]
By Robert Romano Since President Donald Trump began running for president in 2015, one of his most consistent campaign promises was to enforce federal immigration laws, deport illegal aliens and construct a southern border wall. In his very first speech as a candidate on June 16, 2015 after he descended the golden escalator, Trump vowed to build a border […]