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Washington, Lincoln, Obama Codemn Obama
The nation’s two greatest statesman and its current president have all decried the sorts of lawless actions that President Obama has now undertaken, warning that such actions are incompatible with the Constitution, the presidential oath of office, and republican government.
The Weekly Standard, November 21, 2014 -
GOP Victory on Unemployment Benefits Challenges Idea They Can’t Repeal Obamacare
Republicans don’t have to look far for evidence that it is possible to rein in government subsidies.
Washington Examiner, November 17, 2014 -
The CBO Effectively Used Gruber’s Model to Score Obamacare
There is not a lot of daylight between the model the CBO developed and used to score Obamacare and the Jonathan Gruber model the Obama administration paid to use, and an amazing number of “independent” favorable reviews of Obamacare ultimately trace to Gruber.
The Weekly Standard, November 16, 2014 -
Want to Shut Down Obama on Immigration? Here’s How
The smart play for Republicans who care about defending the Constitution is to pass a short-term continuing resolution and, in January, pass two bills: one that funds everything but Citizenship and Immigration Services; another that funds that agency while denying funding for President Obama’s lawless actions.
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Fight the Power Grab
No policy preference is as important as the lawful adherence to our form of government.
National Review, November 17, 2014 -
The Great Immigration Betrayal
In a move that will undermine our republican forms, President Obama is set to trample on the Constitution, the separation of powers, and the rule of law, in plain defiance of Article I’s exclusive grant of federal legislative power to Congress.
New York Times, November 16, 2014 -
TWS Podcast: The Obamacare Lies
The 2017 Project’s executive director Jeff Anderson discusses Jonathan Gruber’s comments about “the stupidity of the American voter” and the importance of using noblelies to pass legislation that empowers the ruling class.
The Weekly Standard, November 12, 2014 -
Mike Lee’s Plan for a Congress That Works for Main Street
Senator Mike Lee offers five suggestions for how Congress can move from being a dysfunctional body that works for Wall Street, K Street, and Pennsylvania Avenue, to being an effective, dynamic, deliberative body that works for Main Street.
The Weekly Standard, November 13, 2014 -
Obama vs. the Internet
The best way for Americans to thwart President Obama’s ploy to give government far greater control over the internet is to have Congress exercise its power of the purse.
Wall Street Journal, November 10, 2014 -
Election Fuels Obamacare Alternative, Puts Brakes on Medicaid Expansion
In the wake of the election, Republicans will likely be looking anew at Obamacare alternatives while looking askance at Obamacare Medicaid expansions.
Heartland Institute, November 7, 2014 -
Sessions Outlines Plan to Stop Obama’s ‘Amnesty’
As Senator Jeff Sessions argues, Congress should pass legislation barring President Obama from spending the money he needs to carry out his planned extralegal decree of amnesty for illegal immigrants.
WND, November 7, 2014 -
Voters Trust Republicans to Stop Obama—Will the GOP Listen?
Rather than tying the hands of the newly elected Congress and emboldening President Obama as he weighs further lawlessness, the lame-duck Congress should agree to no more than a short-term continuing resolution to fund the government into January.
National Review, November 5, 2014 -
Clear Evidence on Disincentives to Work
Empirical evidence supports what common sense suggests—that part of the reason for recent gains in employment has been House Republicans’ decision not to re-extend federal unemployment benefits.
Wall Street Journal, November 9, 2014 -
There’s Nothing Neutral About Net Neutrality
So-called net neutrality is “crony capitalism pure and simple—an effort by one group of private interests to enrich itself at the expense of another group by using the power of the state.”
Inside Sources, September 23, 2014 -
GOP Hammers Democrats on Obamacare, Spending, and Immigration
To cut through the spin and understand what the 2014 elections were really about, one need only look at the issues candidates used in their ads to persuade voters: Obamacare, spending, and immigration.
The Weekly Standard, November 4, 2014