FreedomWorks in the News

Tea Party messages ring loud in Harrisburg

Nov 16, 2009

Harrisburg — The Pennsylvania Tea Party took its message of limited government to this capital city Saturday.

Hundreds of protesters from regional groups that came from as far as the Ohio and New Jersey borders gathered at Harrisburg's City Island early yesterday afternoon for a march through the city to the Capitol.

It’s not about health, it’s about who runs the US

Power is draining from Obama. If he can’t get his Bill through he will be at best another Clinton, at worst another Carter

Nov 11, 2009

A funny thing happened in Ida Grove, Iowa, last Saturday. Funny and a bit sad. Steve King missed his son’s wedding. The weather was perfect. The traffic was light. Steve really loves his son, Mick, and has no problem with his new wife, Stephanie. He wanted to be there and could have been, but instead he was in Washington voting against a healthcare reform Bill in the House of Representatives. Despite his vote, the Bill passed.

Dick Armey Is Back on the Attack

Nov 09, 2009

At sunset on a September evening, Dick Armey, the former House majority leader, strode to a lectern set up in the parking lot of a Harley-Davidson dealership in Hickory, N.C., where about 300 people had gathered to hear him speak. He was dressed less like a Washington power player and more like someone intending to clear brush. Armey, who is 69, wore black jeans, a red Western-cut long-sleeve shirt and a white cowboy hat.

Armey says health care reform will kill innovation

Nov 09, 2009

(CNN) - Dick Armey, the former House majority leader whose leadership of FreedomWorks has proved vital to organizing opposition to Democrats' health care reform efforts, told CNN Monday the recently-passed House health care bill could cripple the entire pharmaceutical industry.

Washington Times: Hot Button

Nov 09, 2009

Answering the call

Thousands of conservative activists answered Rep. Michele Bachmann's call to come to Washington and protest the Democratic health care expansions being pushed through Congress.

Democrats Confront Coalition Strains

Nov 09, 2009

Elections this week left Democrats scrambling to renew the coalition that elected President Barack Obama after independent voters, whose power to determine U.S. elections is rising with their numbers, broke heavily toward Republicans.

Democrats Confront Coalition Strains

Nov 09, 2009

Elections this week left Democrats scrambling to renew the coalition that elected President Barack Obama after independent voters, whose power to determine U.S. elections is rising with their numbers, broke heavily toward Republicans.

Dick Armey: Obamacare 'Ruthless' to Patients, Elderly

Oct 08, 2009

A government-run healthcare system favored by many Democrats would be "ruthless" in its treatment of healthcare recipients, warns former House Majority Leader Dick Armey.

In a wide-ranging exclusive Newsmax interview, the Texas Republican also said Sarah Palin will prove to be a far better proponent of small-government conservatism than John McCain was in 2008.

And Armey agrees with House Minority Leader John Boehner's recent assertion to Newsmax that President Obama's appointment of many so-called "czars" constitutes a "circumvention" of the Constitution.

FreedomWorks Harnesses Growing Activism on the Right

Oct 05, 2009

WASHINGTON -- When throngs of conservative protesters descended on the capital last month, former House Majority Leader Dick Armey led the crowd in a pro-market chant. "Freedom works!" he yelled. "Freedom works!"

It wasn't just a rallying cry. It was also a plug for Mr. Armey's small-government advocacy group, FreedomWorks, which the Texas Republican hopes will emerge from a summer of political turmoil as the right's answer to such liberal activist groups as MoveOn.org.

The left aims for critics' jugular

Sep 29, 2009

Liberal allies of President Barack Obama aren’t just getting mad at conservative attacks on his agenda. They are getting even in a way calculated to hit conservatives where it counts: their pockets.