Pathway to Citizenship Is Amnesty (VIDEO)
House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) has said that the Gang of Eight’s immigration bill is not amnesty—and he’s willing to debate anyone who believes… Read More
Q: Will Obamacare Encourage Fraud? A: “I’ll Have to Think About That…”
As we learn more each day about what Obamacare will bring, a video that recently became available reveals another frightening turn. The federal government already… Read More
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SUPREME COURT DECISION | Keeping Noncitizens Out of the Polling Place
The Supreme Court came down on the wrong side of election integrity on Monday when it ruled against an Arizona state law intended to keep… Read More
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Senator Cornyn’s Border Security Amendment Doesn’t Cut It
The Senate’s “Gang of Eight” is busy pushing for amnesty while promising that the border will be secured and U.S. immigration laws will be enforced…eventually…. Read More
WATCH: Heritage Hangout on Common Core Education Standards
The rubber is meeting the road with the Obama Administration’s Common Core education standards. As the standards start to affect students in the classroom, even… Read More
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Obama’s Amnesty Speech Falsehoods: Bogus Promises and Empty Rhetoric
On Tuesday, President Obama gave a speech in the East Room of the White House praising the efforts of the Senate in passing the “Gang… Read More
Family Fact: Fatherlessness in America
Sixty percent of kids in Richmond, Virginia, are without a dad in the home, reports First Things First of Greater Richmond. First Things First works… Read More
“Mr. Gorbachev, Tear Down This Wall!”
Today, we celebrate the anniversary of President Ronald Reagan’s great speech before the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on June 12, 1987. Coming two and a… Read More
20 Completely Unjustified Programs in the House Farm Bill
The House of Representatives is preparing to vote on a $1 trillion package of agriculture subsidies and welfare benefits that exemplifies warped federal policy. Within… Read More
Obama Admin Allows Sale of “Morning After” Pill to Girls of Any Age
This week, the Obama Administration agreed to allow the sale of Plan B One-Step, also known as the “morning-after” pill, to women of any age… Read More
Obamacare 2023: 31 Million Uninsured, $1.8 Trillion in Taxpayer Dollars Spent
A poll released last week by InsuranceQuotes reveals that 64 percent of the uninsured are uncertain whether they will purchase insurance coverage once Obamacare takes… Read More
Q&A on the NSA Leak
Recent reports indicate that a government contract employee leaked the details of a classified National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance program to the media. We asked… Read More
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National Organization for Marriage Chairman Testifies on IRS Abuses (VIDEO)
Adding to the list of complaints involving the IRS, this week, John Eastman, chairman of the board for the National Organization for Marriage (NOM), testified… Read More
Obama Reinforces Failure with Susan Rice Nomination
President Obama gets high marks for loyalty to his closest political friends and allies, but his nomination of Susan Rice as National Security Adviser shows that his concern… Read More
Obamacare Cost Rises by $30 Billion
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) issued a new statement on the budgetary effect of repealing the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) for fiscal years 2014 to… Read More
House Stands Up for Important Immigration Enforcement Program
For the second year in a row, the House of Representatives has taken a stand against the Administration’s attempts to undermine an important and… Read More
Obama’s Christmas Tree Tax Is Back
It’s never too early for Washington, D.C., politicians to dampen the holiday spirit. The House Agriculture Committee approved an amendment to its farm bill that… Read More
Heritage to Screen “Honor Flight,” Movie About World War II Heroes
Last summer the heartwarming movie “Honor Flight” premiered before record-breaking crowd of 28,442 at Miller Park in Milwaukee. The film, which chronicles the lives and… Read More
Amnesty Insanity: Doing the Same Thing and Expecting a Better Result
While debating the amnesty provisions of the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) of 1986, then-Senator Alan Simpson (R–WY) stated on the floor of the… Read More
Congressional Budget Office Should Forecast Long-Term Cost of Amnesty
With the Congressional Budget Office preparing to release a cost estimate for the Senate’s Gang of Eight bill in the coming days, a key Republican lawmaker yesterday insisted… Read More
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Amnesty Would Worsen the Entitlement Burden
A new study published in Health Affairs looks at the impact of immigrants’ payments into the Medicare trust fund and concludes that immigrants pay more… Read More
VIDEO: Heritage’s Robert Rector Explains the High Cost of Amnesty
Heritage Foundation Senior Fellow Robert Rector appeared at a Bipartisan Policy Center panel discussion yesterday to warn about the high cost of amnesty to American… Read More
WATCH: Google+ Hangout on Innovative Ways to Create a Savings Culture
I learned the importance of saving money early in life. After birthdays or holidays, my father would take my brother and me to the local… Read More
Benghazi Investigation Still Very Much Ongoing
Benghazi is back in the headlines with a vengeance as investigations continue on several congressional fronts: Representative Darrell Issa (R–CA) subpoenaed the State Department to… Read More
The Rich and Famous at the Farm Bill Trough
Congress is considering the renewal of massive agriculture subsidies that proponents characterize as a crucial “safety net” for struggling family farms. In fact, most of… Read More
Unions, Young Adults Grow Skeptical of Obamacare
As the full implementation of Obamacare nears, young adults and unions are growing more skeptical of the law. A new Fox News poll found not… Read More
Tornado Victims Get Help from Faith-Based Charities and Churches
In the midst of the tragedy that ravaged Oklahoma earlier this week, there are also stories of Good Samaritans—particularly local churches and charities—that have displayed… Read More
Did the IRS’s Lois Lerner Waive Her Fifth Amendment Rights?
It is not clear that Lois Lerner, the embattled head of the IRS’s tax-exempt organizations office, waived her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination, as has… Read More
Internet Sales Tax Coalition “Fact Check” Needs Checking
On Tuesday, the Marketplace Fairness Coalition, a group supporting the Marketplace Fairness Act (MFA), released a “fact check” memo identifying no fewer than seven “myths”… Read More
Obama Administration Refuses to Label London Attack as Terrorism
Yesterday’s appalling attack on a London street in the middle of the day, which left a British solider dead, was a barbaric act of terrorism… Read More
