CONSERVATIVE ACTION ALERTS 04/04/2011

Nanny-State to Impose Ban on Traditional Light Bulbs What light bulbs will you be using in 2012? If federal bureaucrats have their way, your only option will be to buy expensive Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs (CFLs). The Renewable Fuels, Consumer Protection and Energy Efficient Act of 2007 includes new lighting efficiency standards and will effectively phase out the use of 100W and 75W incandescent light bulbs by the year 2012...that's next year!. Read More

House Republican to cut 4 Trillion from Budget over the next decade Pressing their differences with President Obama, House Republicans will propose a 2012 federal budget Tuesday that includes an overhaul of Medicare and Medicaid and would aim to chop at least $4 trillion from the federal deficit over the next decade. House Budget Committee Chairman Paul D. Ryan's broad overview of the plan, which he described Sunday, is the clearest picture yet of how the party plans to reduce government spending over the long term. It also telegraphs the central role the issue will play in the GOP's pitch to voters in 2012. Read More

Undocumented students not targeted for deportation U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Friday that undocumented students, including those who stand to benefit if Congress ever approves the DREAM Act, are not a "priority" for deportation. "I will say, and can say, that you know what? They are not, that group, if they truly meet all those criteria, and we see very few of them actually in the immigration system, if they truly meet those (criteria), they're not the priority," she said at a forum in Washington organized by progressive think-tank NDN. Read More