Conservative Action Alerts 02/16/2011

Tell House Leadership to Defund ObamaCare Rep. Steve King (R-IA) tried to introduce an amendment to COMPLETELY DEFUND OBAMACARE, but the House of Representatives' Rules Committee shut him down. We need your immediate help! Fax House of Representatives GOP Members and tell them to allow this amendment! GOP leadership is trying to block Rep. King's amendment ... tell them to take down the rule and allow King to introduce new language that will DEFUND Obamacare! Read More

Healthcare Reform Law Requires New IRS Army Of 1,054 The Internal Revenue Service says it will need an battalion of 1,054 new auditors and staffers and new facilities at a cost to taxpayers of more than $359 million in fiscal 2012 just to watch over the initial implementation of President Obama's healthcare reforms. Among the new corps will be 81 workers assigned to make sure tanning salons pay a new 10 percent excise tax. Their cost: $11.5 million. Read More

Tea party joins opposition to raising debt limit The largest tea party group in America has come out forcefully in opposition to raising the debt limit, adding more pressure to House Republicans who can end plans to permit continued borrowing by the federal government and thus mandate the most dramatic government cuts in spending in decades. Read More