1. Conservatives Would Love to Say Good Things About Mitch McConnell -- But Not Until He Delivers - by Adam Brandon via Washington Examiner
Conservative grassroots activists are dissatisfied with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., for good reason. It is not personal, and it is not simply because he is the majority leader. The anger is based on his history of policy failures and policy betrayals. Most conservatives would love nothing more than to be praising McConnell for his leadership in the Senate, for fulfilling his promises and passing bills to put the country back on the right track.
But under McConnell's "leadership," the Republican Party has gone from being "the party of no" to "the party of nothing." It is mid-October, and no legislation has been passed to fulfill the major Republican campaign promises. When in session, the Senate has worked an average of 2.5 days per week – and they went on vacation two weeks ago. Read more here...
2. Ted Cruz: Major Republican Priorities Not 'Solvable' Without Stronger Economic Growth - via Washington Examiner
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, argued Wednesday that economic growth generated by lower taxes is the key to achieving other GOP objectives, including reducing the debt and rebuilding the military.
"If you care about the national debt, if you care about the deficit, if you care about rebuilding and strengthening our military, if you care about strengthening and improving Social Security and Medicare so they are there for the next generations, you've got to have growth," Cruz said on the Senate floor. Read more here...
3. Sens. Rand Paul and Ron Wyden Unveil Long-Awaited, Privacy-Protecting Surveillance Reform Bill - via Reason
In this corner, Sen. Richard Burr (R–N.C.), head of the Senate Intelligence Committee, wants to expand the feds' ability to snoop on citizens without a warrant. In this corner, Sens. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) want to significantly restrain the federal government from accessing information collected without warrants.
Let's fight it out. Read more here...
4. Regulatory Scheme Killed by EPA's Scott Pruitt Cost Taxpayers $68 Billion - via Washington Examiner
A practice known as "sue and settle" used by the Environmental Protection Agency to enact controversial regulations cost taxpayers $68 billion since 2005 and has an annual cost of $26 billion, according to a new report.
The American Action Forum found that "sue and settle," killed this month by EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, also dumped millions of hours of red tape on industries. Read more here...
5. The Clean Power Plan's Counterfeit Benefits - via The Wall Street Journal
The Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed repeal of the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan is a milestone. No Republican administration has ever mustered the courage to roll back a major EPA regulation. In a clever twist, the Trump administration has done so by directly challenging the plan’s purported health benefits.
Although the Clean Power Plan was pitched as a way to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases from coal-fired power plants, averting climate change was not how the Obama EPA justified the rule. In 2015 House Science Committee Chairman Lamar Smith forced Obama’s EPA administrator, Gina McCarthy, to acknowledge that the plan would produce no change to global temperatures. Read more here...
Jason Pye
Vice President of Legislative Affairs, FreedomWorks
Vice President of Legislative Affairs, FreedomWorks
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