FREEDOMWORKS 12/14/2017 TAX CUTS REALIZED BY FEBRUARY IF PASSED!

1. Trump Announces Americans Will See Tax Cuts by February, if Plan Passes on Schedule - via Fox News

President Trump on Wednesday made his closing argument for passing a sweeping tax reform package, dangling the prospect of Americans seeing tax cuts by February if Congress can pass a bill by Christmas.

“We're so close right now, so close,” the president said during a speech at the White House.

The president spoke as House and Senate negotiators were holding a meeting on a compromise plan that still must pass both chambers. Trump declared they have reached an agreement that will “deliver more jobs, higher wages and massive tax relief for American families and for American companies.” Read more here...

Right now, Obama's so-called "Clean Power Plan" threatens to destroy thousands of American jobs and cause your energy bill to skyrocket.
Thankfully President Trump and his conservative EPA Commissioner Scott Pruitt aren't going to let that happen.
But radical leftists are striking back. And if you stay silent now, they will save these big government mandates. Don’t let that happen.
Write a comment to President Trump's EPA right now. Tell them to support the president's efforts to repeal Obama’s Clean Power Plan today.

2. WATCH NOW: Rep. Jody Hice discusses ObamaCare’s mandates and the damage they cause to the American health care system and economy

3. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry's Staggering Hypocrisy on Net Neutrality - by Patrick Hedger via Washington Examiner

On Monday, Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, R-Neb., took to Twitter in support of so-called “net neutrality” rules set to be overturned by the FCC this week.

While Fortenberry has clearly chosen lazy pandering over doing his homework regarding FCC Chairman Ajit Pai’s proposed Restoring Internet Freedom Order, a quick look into Fortenberry’s record as a member of the City Council of Lincoln, Neb., reveals he bears direct responsibility for the threat of “monopolistic domination” in that city’s Internet Service Provider market. 

In short, if you don’t like your choice of ISPs, blame people like Fortenberry. Read more here...

4. Occupational Licensing Locks Workers in Place. Here's One Idea for Fixing That - via Reason

Workers whose jobs require a state-issued license lose out on between $178 million and $711 million they could have earned by moving to a different state, according to a new paper by two labor economists at the University of Minnesota.

Occupational licenses make it harder for workers to pursue opportunities because getting licensed in another state often requires retaking classes and other time- and money-consuming requirements. Researchers have identified that phenomenon before—including in this wide-ranging report from the Brookings Institution—but the new working paper by Janna Johnson and Morris Kleiner takes a stab at figuring out exactly how many workers those state rules hurt. Read more here...

5. Four Reasons So-Called Net Neutrality Regulations Should Be Scrapped - via Competitive Enterprise Institute

CEI applauds the anticipated Federal Communications Commission vote to roll back the harmful 2015 Open Internet Order and replace it with the pro-consumer Internet Freedom Order. The new order means a return to the light-touch regulatory regime the Internet thrived under for twenty years. 

Here are four reasons these so-called net neutrality regulations should be scrapped. Read more here...

Jason Pye
Vice President of Legislative Affairs, FreedomWorks