Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, the First Lady of the United States, and Citizens of America. Tonight, as we mark the conclusion of our celebration of Black History Month, we are reminded of our Nation’s path toward civil rights and the work that still remains. Recent threats targeting Jewish Community Centers and … Continue reading Video and Full Text of Trump’s Address to a Joint Session of Congress
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In his inauguration speech, President Donald Trump asserted, “We must protect our border from the ravages of other countries making our products, stealing our companies and destroying our jobs. Protection will lead to great prosperity and strength." Throughout his campaign, Trump made it clear that manufacturing jobs have been leaving the U.S. for far too … Continue reading School Choice Will Restore Our Competitive Edge
“[O]n life support,” says US Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) of the “Border Adjustment Tax,” proposed during last year’s GOP presidential primaries by US Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) and backed by Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI). If the idea is indeed dead, American workers and consumers should heave a sigh of relief. It’s a very bad … Continue reading The Target of the “Border Adjustment Tax” is You
Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin said he’s puzzled his predecessor, Steve Beshear, will be delivering the Democratic response to President Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress. Democrats have touted Beshear for making Obamacare work in Kentucky. Bevin said that’s not the case. “He unilaterally chose to expand Medicaid in Kentucky, enrolled hundreds of … Continue reading GOP Governors Say Real Threat Comes If Obamacare Not Repealed
The annual Conservative Political Action Conference ended Saturday with the usual release of its Straw Poll results. The Straw Poll is a self-selecting survey of CPAC attendees. Comparing those numbers to scientific national polling blows several holes in the mainstream media's coverage of the event. One some measures, CPAC attendees' opinions are virtually identical to … Continue reading CPAC Straw Poll results blow holes in mainstream media claims
Guest post from Americans for a Better Economy - America's most effective grassroots opponent of liberal environmentalists These 16 Senate Republicans have NOT co-sponsored Rand Paul's REINS Act. That’s a problem. The REINS Act is a simple, but Swamp Draining reform. It takes away the power of unelected bureaucrats to make up and enforce their own … Continue reading Which of these 16 Republicans will stab you in the back?
Congress has written some laudable policies into the Pet and Women Safety Act of 2017 (H.R.909) that are designed to protect domestic violence victims from “trauma caused by acts of violence or threats of violence against their pets.” There is one provision of the bill, however, that takes a familiar step too far: It … Continue reading This Bill Drags the Federal Government Into Pet Disputes
Chief White House strategist Steve Bannon's "Dismantle The Administrative State" speech to CPAC was a great prosecution of D.C.'s unaccountable regulatory regime. But it bears no resemblance to Donald Trump's actual Big Government agenda. Trump's agenda of centralized command of the economy, through trade restrictions and expanded social spending, requires the administrative state to be … Continue reading What Bannon’s CPAC speech got wrong
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, everybody. So great to be with you. Thank you. (Applause.) Great to be back at CPAC. (Applause.) The place I have really -- I love this place. Love you people. (Applause.) So thank you. Thank you very much. First of all, I want to thank Matt Schlapp, and his very, very … Continue reading VIDEO AND TRANSCRIPT: President Trump’s full CPAC speech
An Oklahoma police chief had a message to President Donald Trump on a controversial tool that allows law enforcement to seize property without ever charging its owner with a crime: police can’t step on the rights of citizens, as the tool called civil asset forfeiture allows. Stephen Mills, a police chief in Apache, Oklahoma, made … Continue reading Oklahoma Police Chief to Trump: Reform the Laws Letting Police Take Americans’ Property
