Republican leaders in Congress are coming under conflicting pressures as influential voices in the party debate whether the new majority should work with President Obama or oppose him at every turn.
“Passing all of the Washington lobbyists’ wish-list items is not going to get Republicans through 2016,” said Matt Kibbe, president of the Tea-Party group FreedomWorks, which has frequently criticized GOP leaders.
Kibbe urged leaders to tackle the individual mandate and reign in so-called “risk corridors” in the healthcare law that conservatives deride as bailouts for insurance companies. He also wants to see Congress vote on an alternative to the healthcare law, something Republicans failed to do this past election cycle. Read more here...
2. FreedomWorks to Obama: Keep Your Hands Off the Internet
Washington, DC- Following President Obama’s statement urging the Federal Communications Commission to adopt strict rules on net neutrality, FreedomWorks President Matt Kibbe commented:
“Keeping the internet ‘free and open’ through federal oversight is an oxymoron that only government logic can create. We have seen the messes created by federal bureaucrats trying to micromanage industries they know nothing about. Net neutrality enforced by a bunch of suits in Washington, DC would be as successful as the HealthCare.gov website- a disaster from day one.” Read more here...
3. Crapitalism with Jason Mattera: Part 1
FreedomWorks sits down with Jason Mattera, author of the new book "Crapitalism," to discuss the inherent problems of government intervention and crony capitalism. Watch here...
4. HealthCare.gov Still Isn't Working as Promised - by Jason Pye
More than a year after the Obama administration launched the federal ObamaCare exchange, HealthCare.gov, is still giving health insurance companies problems. Though the second open enrollment period is just days away from launching, backend systems that are supposed to communicate with insurers aren't yet finished, according to Politico: Read more here...
5. Students are Fleeing Common Core's Sinking Ship - by Logan Albright
It is fairly common knowledge by now that most people aren’t happy with the Common Core education standards that state and federal governments are trying to ram down their throats. From needlesslyconvoluted math problems to anti-American history curricula, Common Core makes education a maddening chore for students, parents, and teachers alike. Read more here...
6. LibertyBeats "ObamaCare" - by Sam Martin
The Affordable Health Care Act, also know as "ObamaCare" is falling apart right in front of our eyes. Its time for Patient Centered Health Care driven by Free Market Principles that will benefit all Americans. Watch here...
7. Supreme Court will Hear Legal Challenge to ObamaCare Subsidies - by Jason Pye
ObamaCare is, once again, headed to the nation's highest court. The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments over an IRS rule that granted tax credit subsidies to states that opted not to create an ObamaCare exchange. By granting review, the Supreme Court is going against the wishes of the Obama administration, which had argued that the case, King v. Burwell, should work its way through lower courts: Read more here...
In Liberty,
Jackie Bodnar
Director of Communications, FreedomWorks
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