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The FreedomCast - Episode 51 - Dr. Tom Borelli on the EPA's Death Sentence for Coal

06/26/2013

On today’s edition of the FreedomCast, FreedomWorks fellow, Dr. Tom Borelli joins me to discuss the new proposed EPA regulations, Obama’s attempt to circumvent congress, and how this may be the death penalty for the coal industry.

Obama Dropped the Ball on Economic Freedom

BY Nicholas Lisowski

President Obama presided over one of America’s darkest, anti-capitalist, pro-federal government administrations in decades. The federal expansion of power was at levels only previously seen perhaps since the Great Society of LBJ or the New Deal programs under FDR.

07/13/2017

Publication

FreedomWorks Foundation's Formal Comment on FDA's Proposed Smokeless Tobacco Ban

BY Patrick Hedger

Today, FreedomWorks Foundation's Regulatory Action Center (RAC) submitted comments to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) opposing the proposed Tobacco Product Standard for N-Nitrosonornicotine (NNN) Level in Finished Smokeless Tobacco Products.

07/10/2017

Blog

Restoring Article I of the Constitution

BY Brett Heinisch

Throughout the last century, Congress has been delegating a lot of its legislative authority to the executive branch through the creation of new administrative agencies to make new regulations.

05/30/2017

Press Release

Sen. Rand Paul's REINS Act Clears Senate Hurdle

BY Jon Meadows

FreedomWorks president Adam Brandon released the following statement on Sen. Rand Paul's (R-Ky.) REINS Act passing the Senate's Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee:

05/17/2017

Press Release

FreedomWorks: The House and Senate Must Be Committed to Congressional Review of Regulations

BY Jon Meadows

Following the introduction of legislation by House and Senate Democrats to repeal the Congressional Review Act (CRA), FreedomWorks Director of Public Policy and Legislative Affairs Jason Pye commented:

05/17/2017

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Democrats Are Trying to Repeal the Tool Congress Has to Hold the Regulatory State Accountable

BY Jason Pye

Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Rep. David Cicilline (D-R.I.) have introduced legislation that would repeal one of the tools that give Congress greater oversight of actions taken by federal agencies. Passed in 1996 as part of the Contract with American Advancement Act, the Congressional Review Act provided Congress with power to canceled rules finalized and published by federal agencies.

05/17/2017

Press Release

President Donald Trump’s First 100 Days

BY Jon Meadows

While the first 100 days is fairly arbitrary time of reckoning for a new president, FreedomWorks President Adam Brandon commented on the Trump administration’s progress to this point:

04/25/2017

Press Release

Statement on the Executive Order on the Clean Power Plan

BY Jon Meadows

FreedomWorks Foundation director of the Regulatory Action Center, Ken Cuccinelli, released the following statement on President Donald Trump’s executive order on President Obama’s Clean Power Plan rules:

03/28/2017

Press Release

FreedomWorks Supportive of Trump Budget, Ax Not a Scalpel

BY Jon Meadows

FreedomWorks released a statement from President Adam Brandon about President Donald Trump’s FY 2018 budget proposal.

03/16/2017

Press Release

FreedomWorks Supports Senate Bill to Scrutinize Regulations

BY Jon Meadows

Today Jason Pye, FreedomWorks' director of public policy and legislative affairs, sent Senate offices the following letter supporting the REINS Act, S. 21, sponsored by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.). This bill requires that agencies’ major rules cannot go into effect until they pass the House and Senate and are signed by the president.

03/02/2017