On Monday, FreedomWorks sent a coalition letter to Senate Majority Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and House Minority Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) urging them not to agree to deal that would bust the discretionary spending caps. Signers to the letter include Adam Brandon of FreedomWorks, Jonathan Bydlak of the Coalition to Reduce Spending, Grover Norquist of Americans for Tax Reform, Pete Sepp of the National Taxpayers Union, and David McIntosh of the Club for Growth. 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.

On Tuesday, House Democrats pulled the Bankrupting the People Act, H.R. 2021, from consideration on the floor because of divisions within the caucus. This bill, as written, would bust the discretionary spending caps by $360.8 billion over the next two fiscal years and mark the fifth time Congress has busted the spending caps since 2013. FreedomWorks had issued a key vote against H.R. 2021.

The House and Senate are in session this week.

In December, Judge Reed O’Connor released an opinion in Texas v. United States that struck down the Affordable Care Act (ACA), more commonly known as “ObamaCare,” because the individual mandate had been gutted by Congress in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The rest of the law, he wrote, is “inseverable and therefore invalid.” The opinion represents the biggest legal threat to ObamaCare in nearly seven years.

On Wednesday, FreedomWorks sent a coalition letter to members of Congress signed by representatives from 17 organizations against government rate-setting in healthcare. Government rate-setting in healthcare will only lead to premium increases, higher out-of-pocket costs, and decreased consumer choice. Signers to the letter include Adam Brandon of FreedomWorks, Tom Schatz of the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste, David Williams of the Taxpayers Protection Alliance, and Jeff Mazzella of the Center for Individual Freedom. 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.

House Democrats could soon bring legislation to the floor to expand Social Security, a failing wealth redistribution program. Last week, the House Subcommittee on Social Security held two hearings on the Social Security 2100 Act, H.R. 860, which has 203 cosponsors, all of whom are Democrats. According to the Office of the Chief Actuary, the Social Security 2100 Act would increase taxes by $18.9 trillion.

Radical changes to federal election law have become cause célèbre of Democrats. The House has already passed the For the Politicians Act, H.R. 1, on party lines. Although H.R. 1 has no chance of passage in the Senate, Democrats are discussing other changes to federal elections, including abolishing the Electoral College.