WASHINGTON, D.C. -- This week FreedomWorks announced Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) as our featured Member of the Month and Senator Rand Paul’s (R-Ky.) Read the Bills Resolution (S. Res. 20) as our Bill of the Month for March 2022.
FreedomWorks is excited to honor Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) as our member of the month for March 2022. He has served in the United States Senate representing the state of Utah since 2011.
Once again, the D.C. swamp pulled out another win last night. Republican Utah Sen. Mike Lee’s amendment to the 2022 Continuing Resolution (CR) would have defunded vaccine mandates. It failed 46-47. Democrats were missing three votes, but Republicans were missing four. What happened here?
On behalf of FreedomWorks’ activist community, I urge you to contact your senators and ask them to cosponsor the CBO Show Your Work Act, S. 793. Introduced by Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), the CBO Show Your Work Act would require the Congressional Budget Office to make its models and data available to Congress and the public.
Welcome to this week’s Regulatory Action Center (RAC) Review! RAC proudly keeps you up to date on what we’re up to and what we’re keeping our eyes on here in the swamp. We offer resources for you to get involved in the rulemaking process to hold unelected bureaucrats accountable and occasionally offer praise in the event they have a good impulse. We will also highlight the incredible work our activists have done to advance the principles of smaller government, lower taxes, free markets, personal liberty, and the rule of law. For more ways to get involved and stay informed, check the links at the bottom of this post.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In response to President Trump’s threat to veto the USA FREEDOM Act Reauthorization Act, H.R. 6172, and the subsequent withdrawal of the bill from consideration in the House, Jason Pye, FreedomWorks' Vice President of Legislative Affairs, commented:
On March 15, the authority for Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act formally expired. This is one of the provisions that spawned the Edward Snowden leaks back in 2013 and drew the American people’s attention to the scope of abuses perpetrated by the intelligence community. Though some reforms have been made, many in Congress still stand by the program despite the revelations.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Following the passage - by an overwhelming bipartisan majority - of an amendment sponsored by Sens. Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) to increase the involvement of amici curiae in FISA court proceedings and to require that the government disclose exculpatory evidence in such proceedings, Jason Pye, FreedomWorks' Vice President of Legislative Affairs, commented:
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Ahead of an expected vote in the Senate on amendments to reform expired FISA surveillance authorities, a coalition of over 30 groups from across the political spectrum, led by FreedomWorks, Demand Progress, and the ACLU, joined together on a letter to the Senate demanding strong reforms to protect their constituents’ civil liberties.