WASHINGTON, D.C. -- FreedomWorks Foundation today filed a comment opposing the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) proposal to mandate that public companies disclose their impact on climate change. Our activists filed 1263 comments opposing this proposal.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, FreedomWorks Foundation submitted a comment to the Federal Reserve opposing the creation of a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). The comment, which was co-signed by 10,988 FreedomWorks activists, noted that while digital currency offers many benefits, it is essential to maintain a robust cash economy where consumers can enjoy the benefits of privacy.
As the White House and congressional leadership begin bipartisan negotiations over another legislative response to COVID-19, fiscal conservatives both inside and outside of Congress are expressing concerns about the federal budget deficit.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- FreedomWorks Foundation, American Legislative Exchange Council, Tea Party Patriots and Committee to Unleash Prosperity in partnership with a coalition of conservative organizations and prominent individuals, today launched the Save Our Country Coalition.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- FreedomWorks’ Vice President of Advocacy, Noah Wall, testified before the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) this morning regarding “Guidance under Section 6033 Regarding the Reporting Requirements of Exempt Organizations,” which is the proposal to eliminate the schedule B donor disclosure requirement for non-501c3 exempt organizations. FreedomWorks’ Vice President Noah Wall commented:
In July 2015, FreedomWorks Foundation published an issue brief, From High Seas to Highway Robbery: How Civil Asset Forfeiture Became One of the Worst Forms of Government Overreach, which documented the history of civil asset forfeiture and how it came to be used so frequently. In the more than four years since the publication of this issue brief, several states have passed reforms to protect innocent individuals from civil asset forfeiture. There has also been a case at the Supreme Court that touches on the issue.
Tucked away in the rules that House Democrats rolled out at the beginning of the 116th Congress is a provision that temporarily suspends the debt limit if the House of Representatives passes a budget resolution. The provision is what’s known as a self-executing rule. This may be legislative inside baseball, but it's a rather radical change to the rules that differs from even from a similar rule employed in the past.