FreedomWorks’ Bill of the Month for October 2016: Welfare Reform and Upward Mobility Act
FreedomWorks has selected H.R. 5360, the Welfare Reform and Upward Mobility Act, as our bill of the month for October 2016. Introduced by Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), this legislation will…
FreedomWorks’ Bill of the Month for September 2016: Transportation Empowerment Act
FreedomWorks is proud to announce that our Bill of the Month for September 2016 is S.1541, the Transportation Empowerment Act introduced by Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), and its House…
Weldon Angelos Released, Mandatory Minimums Continue to Put Nonviolent Criminals Away
Weldon Angelos’s story has become known around the country as a horrifying example of how harsh mandatory minimums can ruin the lives of non-violent criminals and their families. Angelos was…
Elizabeth Warren and Joe Biden’s Memory Problems
Perhaps the cocktails preceding yesterday’s welcome dinner at the American Constitution Society’s annual convention are to blame, but when Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Elizabeth Warren addressed the dinner,…
A New Bill to Stop Midnight Regulations
The regulatory state has grown into the fourth branch of government. Executive branch agencies act with impunity, without accountability to Congress or to the voters. The Secretaries of Education, Energy,…
Moral Hazard in Flint, Michigan
Updated March 8, 2016. The city of Flint, Michigan is, in short, a mess. The city is broke, and because of corrosive water from the Flint River, the water supply…
The Congress Strikes Back
Article I of the U.S. Constitution grants Congress the power to make law and to allocate how money is spent in the enforcement of those laws. The president’s role, in…
Don’t Let Falsehoods Derail Justice Reform
In a recent interview, National Association of Assistant United States Attorneys (NAAUSA) President Steve Cook criticized legislation, the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act, that would make modest changes to federal…
How Three Senators Forced McConnell’s Hand on ObamaCare
Ever since Republicans took the majority in the Senate, the use of budget reconciliation to put a repeal of ObamaCare on the president’s desk has been a juicy apple hanging…
Senators Unveil a Modest but Historic Justice Reform Compromise
This morning, after months of negotiations, a bipartisan group of senators, led by Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), unveiled a historic justice reform compromise. The Sentencing Reform and…