The House Ways and Means Committee has advanced legislation that would repeal most of ObamaCare, including the individual and employer mandates, as well as multiple taxes imposed by the Affordable Care Act.
The language would employ the budget reconciliation process, which is able to bypass a Senate filibuster and pass with a simple majority in both houses of Congress. Republicans have been promising to do this for some time, and FreedomWorks has consistently supported these efforts. Read more here...
2. U.S. Tea Party aided rise of McCarthy, Boehner's Possible Successor - via Reuters
Hours after Boehner said he would step down, Tea Party groups began putting McCarthy on notice.
"McCarthy knows the reason he's in this job is because the grassroots took out Cantor and the Freedom Caucus took out Boehner. He damn well better be paying attention," said Adam Brandon, head of FreedomWorks, a conservative advocacy network. Read more here...
3. John Boehner's Resignation Spells Trouble for Jeb Bush - via CNN
Conservative groups aligned with the Tea Party and the House Freedom Caucus were quick to claim that Boehner's decision showed they had defeated the more moderate elements of the party. Citizen's United President David Bosse declared that Boehner's exit was a "victory for grassroots conservatives."
FreedomWorks CEO Adam Brandon linked the Cantor and Boehner ousters and proclaimed: "the tide is changing in Washington." He pledged the group would force the next set of House leaders to "adhere to conservative principles." Read more here...
4. Back Stage with Rep. Thomas Massie
5. Trump's Pro-Growth Tax Plan - by FreedomWorks Senior Economic Contributor Stephen Moore
"It's great to hear Donald Trump talk about 3 percent growth or higher. What all the candidates running for president need to do is talk more about how we can grow the economy."
"This is a pro-growth plan that reduces tax rates, gets rid of the estates tax, gets rid of the alternative minimum tax. It's not good that 70 million people, that's two thirds of households, are taken off the income tax and have no skin in the game." Read more here...
6. A Victory in the Face of Preposterous Copyright Laws - by Marc Dupont
On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge George H. King issued a ruling that should make celebrating your birthday a little bit happier. For the better part of a century, the song “Happy Birthday to You” had been locked up under copyright claim, and those who wanted to officially use the song had to pay royalties to the company that owned its rights. These royalty payments were often collected from stage productions, television shows, movies, and even greeting cards, whenever they decided to use the celebratory song. However, after a long 80 years, King has rendered the copyright invalid, since the original only granted rights to the explicit piano arrangements and not the song itself.
Re:Create, a coalition dedicated to supporting a balanced copyright system, are calling this ruling “a victory for Americans” stating, “This ruling shows how seriously out of balance the U.S. copyright system is. For decades, creators and small businesses have been unjustly forced to pay extraordinary copyright royalties for one of the most widely known songs in the world, which dates from the 1800s.” Read more here...
7. Oklahomans Support End to Civil Asset Forfeiture - by Jason Pye
Legislation introduced in Oklahoma to require a criminal conviction before property can be forfeited to the government has strong backing from likely voters in the Sooner State, according to a survey released on Thursday. The survey also found strong support for law enforcement in the state. This highlights that support of civil asset forfeiture reform and appreciation for those who protect and survey communities are not mutually exclusive.
State Sen. Kyle Loveless (R-Oklahoma City) introduced SB 838, the Personal Asset Protection Act, in May. The legislation was filed too late to be considered in the 2015 session, but the hope was that it would start a conversation about Oklahoma's terrible forfeiture laws and a path forward for reform. Not long after SB 838 was introduced, law enforcement officials came out strongly against it and resorted to hyperbolic and vicious attacks against Loveless. Read more here...
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