The Senate is in session this week. The House is in recess until Tuesday, November 12.

Co-authored by Luke Hogg, the program coordinator for FreedomWorks Foundation.

The House and Senate are in session this week.

On Wednesday, FreedomWorks sent a coalition letter to members of the House of Representatives applauding the leadership of the Republican Study Committee (RSC) on healthcare. The letter was released a day after the RSC released its healthcare reform plan, A Framework for Personalized, Affordable Care. Signers to the letter include Adam Brandon of FreedomWorks, Tim Chapman of Heritage Action for America, Grover Norquist of Americans for Tax Reform, Brandon Arnold of the National Taxpayers Union, and Brett Gardner of Americans for Prosperity. The text of the letter is below and a PDF of the letter and the signers can be found here.

The House and Senate are in session this week.

Earlier this week, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) appeared on ABC’s The View to talk about his new book, The Case Against Socialism. During the interview, Paul remarked that the “[m]ost people [who earn] below $50,000 don’t pay any income tax.” He added that the top 1 percent of income earners pay 40 percent of income taxes.

The House and Senate are in session this week.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation recently released its annual crime statistics report. There hasn’t been much media coverage of the report, but it does show the violent crime rate in 2018 was at its second-lowest point since this particular crime metric peaked in 1991. Generally, crime rates fell across the board compared to 2017.

Co-authored by Luke Hogg, the program coordinator for FreedomWorks Foundation.