This week U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) along with Sens. Tim Scott (R-SC) and Pat Toomey (R-Penn) officially introduced the FDIC Board Governance Reform Act, which would enhance the protection of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) from political meddling. The Scott-Cruz bill removes the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the … Continue reading Sens. Cruz, Scott, Toomey and Colleagues Introduce Bill to Shield the FDIC from Political Influence
U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), sent a letter to U.S. Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Ranking Member Pat Toomey (R-PA) voicing his opposition to the nomination of Ms. Sarah Bloom Raskin to be vice chair of supervision at the Federal … Continue reading Biden Federal Reserve Nominee’s Extreme Views Will Starve the American Energy Sector
Senator Lummis joined her Republican colleagues in a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Reagan to reconsider its proposed blanket denial of small refinery exemptions (SRE) under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program. “We are puzzled by the action EPA took in these proposals, including the unprecedented and drastic step to propose a … Continue reading Senators urge the Environmental Protection Agency to reconsider denial of Small Refinery Exemptions
U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), along with Senator Mike Lee (R-UT), ranking member of the ENR Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining, sent a letter to Secretary of the Interior, Deb Haaland, opposing the United States Geological Survey’s (USGS) recent proposal to remove helium … Continue reading Energy Committee Leaders to Secretary Haaland: Helium & Uranium are Critical Minerals
With free legal aid from National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation staff attorneys, Zachary Pedigo and his fellow paramedics and EMTs at Galesburg Hospitals Ambulance Service are seeking to exercise their right to vote unwanted Teamsters Local 627 bosses out of power at their workplace. Pedigo submitted a petition to the National Labor Relations … Continue reading Galesburg Paramedics and EMTs Seek Election to Free Themselves from Unpopular Teamsters Union
Over the weekend, the Pennsylvania Democrat Party declined to endorse a Senate candidate, including Conor Lamb (D-PA) who “hustled behind the scenes to capture the party’s blessing in the Senate race.” That clearly backfired. Lamb, who has been trailing frontrunner John Fetterman, needed this boost from the establishment in his state. But the writing is … Continue reading PA Dems Decline to Endorse in Gut Punch to Lamb Campaign
Americans for Free Trade (AFT), a broad coalition of American businesses, trade organizations, and workers united against tariffs sent a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA-12) and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA-23) expressing support for amending the America COMPETES Act of 2022 to include language requiring the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative … Continue reading No more tax hikes: US job creators back tariff exclusion amendments to America COMPETES Act
The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) signed onto a letter by the American Energy Alliance (AEA) opposing the White House’s nomination of Sarah Bloom Raskin to be Vice Chair for Supervision at the Federal Reserve. Writing to Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Pat Toomey (R-PA), the chairman and ranking member of the Senate Banking Committee, AEA President Thomas … Continue reading CEI Joins AEA in Opposing Sarah Bloom Raskin’s Nomination to Federal Reserve
This week Dr. Elizabeth Weiss, a fully tenured professor at San Jose State University, filed a lawsuit to stop efforts by the university to stifle her free speech and impede her research. Professor Weiss is a highly decorated, fully tenured professor of anthropology at San Jose State University, where she specializes in osteology—the study of … Continue reading Tenured professor sues San Jose State University officials for stifling free speech and blocking research
On a cold winter night four years ago, Casondra “Cassi” Pollreis was an innocent bystander to a terrifying situation. Her two boys, Hayden and Weston—then 12 and 14 years-old—were walking home from their grandparents’ house when a police car stopped in front of them and an officer emerged with his gun drawn. Within moments, the … Continue reading Lawsuit Appeal Challenges Police Officer’s Ability to Threaten Innocent Bystanders
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