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Dina Titus Attack Ad on Joe Heck and the Taxpayer Protection Pledge is Thoroughly Misleading - Friday, September 3, 2010 3:06 PM

120 Days to Go Until the
Largest Tax Hikes in History - Friday, September 3, 2010 11:10 AM

Government vs. Private Control and "Balkanization" of the Internet - Friday, September 3, 2010 10:55 AM
federal agencies to have a warrant and a target before asking, for example, Google for all Gmail ema...

FCC Stalls on Internet Regulation; Asks for More Comments - Thursday, September 2, 2010 2:02 PM
Against immense pressure from left-wing groups, yesterday the FCC announced that instead of adopting...

Harry Reid Looks to Resurrect RES During Lame-Duck - Thursday, September 2, 2010 11:22 AM
Harry Reid (D-Nev.) made news Tuesday when he announced that he would try to pass an energy bill dur...

Dina Titus Launches False Attack Ad on Joe Heck and the Taxpayer Protection Pledge - Wednesday, September 1, 2010 3:49 PM
It appears that Democrats can’t help themselves when it comes to campaigning against the Taxpa...

Election 2010 Taxpayer Protection Pledge Signers - Wednesday, September 1, 2010 2:53 PM
Federal Taxpayer Protection Pledge Signers for 2010...

Rally for Jobs Kicks Off Today in Texas - Wednesday, September 1, 2010 11:18 AM
Since coming into office, the Obama Administration has taken an antagonistic stance against America&...

Daily Media Spotlight August 31, 2010 - Tuesday, August 31, 2010 5:00 PM

Let us All Join in on the NOT so “Green Cause” - Tuesday, August 31, 2010 4:14 PM
Taxpayers are being told how great it is that they are giving money to the “green” cause...

Spill Commission Should Lift Moratorium Which Has Cost Gulf Residents 12,000 Jobs and $2.1 Billion - Thursday, August 26, 2010 4:54 PM
With the spill off the Gulf largely contained, the Administration has launched a commission to inves...

Unions plan on spending big this election cycle - Thursday, August 26, 2010 1:26 PM
[PDF Document] The AFL-CIO and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) recently announc...

WI Democrats Launch “Blatantly False” Attack on Sean Duffy - Wednesday, August 25, 2010 3:53 PM
Following in the DCCC’s footsteps, the Democrat Party of Wisconsin recently launched its own a...

Government Workers' Pensions are Underfunded by $3 Trillion - Monday, August 23, 2010 2:55 PM
[PDF File] With state and local spending overruns having prompted officials to take a second loo...

Sen. Al Franken Doesn’t Understand Wireless Networks...or the First Amendment - Friday, August 20, 2010 10:58 AM
Yesterday, Senator Al Franken (D-Minn.) sent an email to supporters chastising a consensus proposal ...

Daily Media Spotlight August 19, 2010 - Thursday, August 19, 2010 4:09 PM

Cost of Government Day Finally Arrives on August 19, 2010 - Thursday, August 19, 2010 12:00 AM
federal, state, and local levels. In 2010, Cost of Government Day falls on August 19. That means...

Regulatory Overreach in the Making: FDA Sets Sights on Cough Medicines - Wednesday, August 18, 2010 6:10 PM
Americans for Tax Reform sent a letter to the FDA's Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Boa...

Pew Poll: Americans Don’t Think Broadband Should Be Government Priority - Friday, August 13, 2010 4:20 PM

Schauer Campaign Launches Patently False Attack on Tim Walberg - Wednesday, August 11, 2010 4:11 PM
federal government. They’re trying to pull the wool over voters’ eyes with this argument...

Over 150 Organizations, Bloggers, State Lawmakers Oppose FCC Internet Regulation - Tuesday, August 10, 2010 6:21 PM
Federal Communications Commission in opposition to regulating broadband Internet.  Between the ...

Sam Brownback is Right to Oppose Federal Bailout of Kansas - Monday, August 9, 2010 3:19 PM
federal bailout of state governments, to be voted on in the House today. He rightly notes that the n...

FCC Sides with Neo-Marxists and Continues Internet Takeover - Friday, August 6, 2010 7:56 PM
Federal Communications Commission chose to end discussions aimed at finding a compromise on how and ...

Obama's Tax Pledge -- Documentation - Tuesday, August 3, 2010 4:22 PM
“I can make a firm pledge.  Under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year wil...

GA-07 Update: Rob Woodall Refuses to Sign the Taxpayer Protection Pledge - Monday, August 2, 2010 11:19 AM
federal government have too much money, or not enough.  Rob Woodall believes it doesn’t h...

ATR and a Broad Coalition of 27 Organizations Urge Congress to Oppose Oil and Gas Tax Hikes - Monday, August 2, 2010 10:09 AM
Click here to read the letter ATR sent to Congress. Today, Americans for Tax Reform and a coalit...

Gibbs Misleads Public on Obama’s Broken Tax Pledge - Tuesday, July 27, 2010 6:35 PM
Federal Tobacco Tax Hike:  On Feb. 4, 2009, just sixteen days into his presidency, Obama signed...

The U.S. Income Tax Is Already Steeply Progressive - Tuesday, July 27, 2010 4:54 PM
federal income tax bill for years. Income taxes as a portion of a person’s total tax...

Daily Media Spotlight July 26, 2010 - Monday, July 26, 2010 3:49 PM
In an interview with Fivebooks.com, Grover goes over the following list of the top five books he sug...

Google's Government Conundrum - Monday, July 26, 2010 11:15 AM
Federal Communications Commission vague authority to dictate how ISPs manage their networks that com...

FCC's Report on Broadband Internet "is Not Reasonable and Timely" - Thursday, July 22, 2010 5:48 PM
Federal Communications Commission issued its Sixth Annual Broadband Deployment Report (PDF), conclud...

Dodd-Frank Financial Regulation Bill is a Massive Taxpayer Funded Bailout. Period. - Wednesday, July 21, 2010 4:40 PM
[PDF Version] During today’s signing of the Dodd-Frank financial regulation bill, Presiden...

Sen. DeMint Offers Bill to Halt FCC’s Internet Regulation Scheme - Wednesday, July 21, 2010 4:26 PM
Federal Communications Commission’s overzealous drive to regulate the Internet, Senator Jim De...

Democrats Find New Way to Pitch Cap and Trade - Tuesday, July 20, 2010 1:01 PM
20 July 2010 Democrats Find New Way to Pitch Cap and Trade In an attempt to hoodwink the Ame...

Daily Media Spotlight July 19, 2010 - Monday, July 19, 2010 2:23 PM
In an exclusive interview with Newsmax, Grover discusses how the Obama administration’s plan t...

Rep. Culberson Rebuts Free Press on FCC Authority to Regulate the Internet - Wednesday, July 14, 2010 12:03 PM
Federal Communications Commission does indeed have the power, authority, and approval to regulate th...

Inflated Federal Employee Pay Costs Taxpayers $47 Billion a Year - Tuesday, July 13, 2010 4:25 PM
Federal Employee Pay Costs Taxpayers $47 Billion a Year Federal employees paid more than private s...

Daily Media Spotlight July 12, 2010 - Monday, July 12, 2010 3:43 PM
Investor’s Business Daily ran an editorial depicting a possible Democrat controlled lame-duck ...

Daily Media Spotlight July 8, 2010 - Thursday, July 8, 2010 4:16 PM
federal soda tax. CNET News quoted Government Affairs Manager for ATR, Kelly Cobb, about the Bou...

Free Press Manufactures Non-Profit Support for Internet Regulation - Thursday, July 8, 2010 12:08 PM
Remember when the socialist group Free Press was outed for their failed effort to manufacture suppor...

Six Months to Go Until
The Largest Tax Hikes in History - Wednesday, July 7, 2010 5:27 PM
In just six months, the largest tax hikes in the history of America will take effect.  They wil...

Daily Media Spotlight July 6, 2010 - Tuesday, July 6, 2010 3:43 PM
Grover wrote a piece for Politico’s Arena highlighting how the Left is trying to distract Amer...

Politicians Serious About Deficit Should Tie Government Worker's Compensation to Market Wages - Tuesday, July 6, 2010 11:59 AM
federal spending. Its proposals enacted over $38 billion (in 2010 dollars) in savings. The fatal fla...

Send ATR Videos of You Using the Obama Tax Hike Exemption Card - Tuesday, July 6, 2010 11:20 AM
The Obamacare tanning tax is now in effect, breaking Pres. Obama’s “firm pledge” t...

Daily Media Spotlight: July 2 - Friday, July 2, 2010 5:57 PM
The Washington Times published an op-ed by Grover on his stance against the DISCLOSE ACT. Grover bel...

Economy Sheds 125,000 Jobs in June, Fears of A Double Dip Recession Rising - Friday, July 2, 2010 1:07 PM
federal government added 240,000 new jobs – at least we know where the President’s prior...

Wounded Warriors Face New Tax This Independence Day - Friday, July 2, 2010 12:51 PM
[Printable PDF Version] As the nation prepares to celebrate Independence Day with parades and ba...

Wounded Warriors Face New Tax This
Independence Day - Friday, July 2, 2010 12:00 PM

Headed in the Right Direction? Think Again, Mr. President. - Friday, July 2, 2010 11:06 AM
This post originally appeared at www.fiscalaccountability.org. With the release of the June empl...

Financial Reform Update - Thursday, July 1, 2010 3:58 PM
The House has just passed the House Conference Report of the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protect...

Kerry-Lieberman Energy Bill Will Kill 522,000 Jobs and Reduce GDP by $39 Billion - Thursday, July 1, 2010 10:52 AM
[PDF Document] After overhauling America’s healthcare industry, Democrats have returned to...

CFA Urges Nancy Pelosi To Wait Before Scheduling Vote on Financial Regulatory Reform Bill - Wednesday, June 30, 2010 1:32 PM
Today, CFA sent a letter to Nancy Pelosi urging her to allow taxpayers at least 72 hours to scruniti...

Congress is Ready to Help the Gulf Recovery, Why Isn’t President Obama? - Tuesday, June 29, 2010 5:31 PM
federal government in taxes each year.  Everyday the moratorium is in place our economy loses m...

House-Senate Resume Financial Conference - ATR Outlines Concerns - Tuesday, June 29, 2010 4:54 PM
Federal Reserve, with the consent of the Treasury Secretary) retains the power to bail out firms, so...

More of the Same: Proposed Energy Legislation Continues to Punish Consumers - Tuesday, June 29, 2010 3:39 PM
federal CAFE standards. In response to this legislation, ATR sent the following letter to Senat...

Kagan: "Strong Case to Make" For Farenheit 451 Dystopia - Tuesday, June 29, 2010 3:26 PM
federal candidate is almost certain to show the same blatant disregard for speech on television, rad...

Free Press: First Amendment for Me, Not for Thee - Monday, June 28, 2010 5:57 PM
Federal Communications Commission merely met with private sector representatives to try to broker a ...

Grover on North Dakota's Scott Hennen Show - Monday, June 28, 2010 3:50 PM
On North Dakota’s Scott Hennen Show, guest host Rob Port interviewed Grover about the new Obam...

Daily Media Spotlight June 28, 2010 - Monday, June 28, 2010 12:30 PM
In an op-ed for The Daily Caller Grover discusses the growing burden on families and small business ...

The Obama Tax Hike Exemption Card - Monday, June 28, 2010 2:11 AM
federal excise tax on tobacco. And Obamacare contains 21 tax increases – several of which viol...

Use Your Obama Tax Hike Exemption Card for these Taxes - Monday, June 28, 2010 2:00 AM
federal government limit).  There is one group of FSA owners for whom this new cap will be part...

ATR’s Net Neutrality Policy Brief - Friday, June 25, 2010 4:08 PM
federal government’s Internet takeover.  The Policy Brief outlines a brief history of Net...

White House Suddenly Falls Silent on Obama Tax Vow - Friday, June 25, 2010 3:54 PM
[PDF Document] Over the past few weeks House Democrats have attempted to distance themselves fro...

British Regulators Oppose Net Neutrality - Friday, June 25, 2010 3:38 PM
Federal Communications Commission wants to regulate.  Ofcom determined that such practices can ...

Daily Media Spotlight June 25, 2010 - Friday, June 25, 2010 3:07 PM
Grover wrote a piece for Politico’s Arena discussing how Barack Obama’s bad policy will ...

Obamacare’s First Pledge-Breaking Tax Hike Takes Effect July 1 - Thursday, June 24, 2010 12:48 PM
federal excise tax on tobacco.  At that time, Obama was rightly called out by Calvin Woodward o...

Financial Bill Conferees Should Remove Title 12, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau - Thursday, June 24, 2010 12:28 PM
Federal Reserve, but will function independent of the current established traditional regulatory fra...

Dennis Kucinich Looks to Amend DISCLOSE ACT to Silence Energy Companies - Thursday, June 24, 2010 12:21 PM
federal government, which owns the territory. In what amounts to a clear infringement of the first a...

ATR Supports Congressional Action While Obama Politicizes Spill - Thursday, June 24, 2010 10:10 AM
federal judge Martin Feldman’s rebuke of Obama’s moratorium, the Wall Street Journal edi...

DISCLOSE Act Exempts Unions from Central Disclosure Requirements - Thursday, June 24, 2010 9:13 AM
federal money during the financial crisis face restrictions on speech, but not unions: General Motor...

Daily Media Spotlight June 23, 2010 - Wednesday, June 23, 2010 4:32 PM
In an opinion piece for Human Events, Grover wrote about how the Taxpayer Protection Pledge has beco...

TAKE ACTION: Tell Congress to Defend Free Speech - Wednesday, June 23, 2010 3:29 PM
Today, the House Committee on Rules is meeting to craft the rule to bring the DISCLOSE Act to the Ho...

Tell Your Member to Vote No on the DISCLOSE Act - Wednesday, June 23, 2010 2:43 PM

MD-01 Update: Andy Harris Signs the Taxpayer Protection Pledge - Tuesday, June 22, 2010 6:09 PM
federal office since 1987. To date, 33 U.S. senators and 173 members of the U.S. House of Representa...

612% Oil Barrel Tax Hike Proposed by Senate Dems - Tuesday, June 22, 2010 4:38 PM
[PDF Document] As Senate Democrats continue to grope for a coherent energy plan, they have a pro...

Hoyer: Budgeting Best Left to Bureaucrats - Tuesday, June 22, 2010 2:26 PM
Today, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer confirmed that Congressional Democrats will not propose a b...

ATR Supports S. 3512, The WAIVER Act - Tuesday, June 22, 2010 11:46 AM
[PDF Document] In response to the Obama Administration’s decision in enforce the Jones Act...

Tanning Tax Burns Small Businesses - Tuesday, June 22, 2010 10:54 AM
The first of Obamacare’s 21 new tax hikes will go into effect next week – July 1.  ...

Democrats Latest Bailout Iteration - Tuesday, June 22, 2010 10:46 AM
federal government, and the nation’s taxpayers, have become agonizingly commonplace, Rep. Klei...

DeMint: Defender of the Internet - Monday, June 21, 2010 5:18 PM
Federal Communication Commission’s egregious over-stepping to regulate the Internet through br...

Daily Media Spotlight June 21, 2010 - Monday, June 21, 2010 5:07 PM
In Politico’s Arena, Grover discusses Republican leadership and Obama’s need to become a...

The End of the Capital Gains Tax...In Russia - Monday, June 21, 2010 4:31 PM
President Obama is poised to allow the Bush tax cuts to expire at the end of this year and see the c...

Daily Media Spotlight June 18, 2010 - Friday, June 18, 2010 3:23 PM
On Wednesday, Director of State Affairs at ATR, Patrick Gleason, wrote an op-ed for The Daily Caller...

Democrats Do Not Understand Their Own International Tax Legislation - Thursday, June 17, 2010 5:35 PM
Democrats currently have the H.R. 4213, the “American Jobs and Closing Loopholes Act of 2010,&...

ATRF Analysis: International Tax Hikes in H.R. 4213 - Thursday, June 17, 2010 5:30 PM
[ATRF analyses on all Obama Administration Proposals to “Reform the U.S. International Tax Sys...

Who Will Pay for the Unemployed Oil Workers? - Thursday, June 17, 2010 5:09 PM
Nearly two months have passed since the incident in the Gulf and the Obama administration has seized...

Daily Media Spotlight June 17, 2010 - Thursday, June 17, 2010 4:45 PM
Federal Affairs Manager for ATR, Brian Johnson wrote an op-ed for Fox News highlighting the mistruth...

Who's Running the FCC? - Thursday, June 17, 2010 10:50 AM
Federal Communications Commission unveils its plan to regulate the Internet. The details are uncerta...

Obama’s Union Politics Handcuff Him During Oil Spill - Wednesday, June 16, 2010 2:16 PM
President Obama has been under fire for the oil spill that occurred on his watch, some claims more l...

PA-07 Update: Do You Know Which Tax Hikes Bryan Lentz Supports? - Wednesday, June 16, 2010 1:04 PM
Taxpayer Protection Pledge signer Pat Meehan recently called on his general election opponent State ...

Daily Media Spotlight June 15, 2010 - Tuesday, June 15, 2010 5:01 PM
federal deficit by $80 billion, it will allow frivolous appropriators at the state level to continue...

The FCC’s Grand Plan to Control Your Internet, TV, and Phone? - Tuesday, June 15, 2010 1:19 PM
This Thursday, the FCC opens up comments on its proposal regulate the Internet.  While no one i...

Brief Outline of Key Provisions in Kerry-Lieberman American Power Act - Tuesday, June 15, 2010 1:12 PM
In the wake of incident in the Gulf, there exists a false impetus surrounding the Democrats push for...

FTC Push for Media Bailout Continues; Public Pushes Back - Monday, June 14, 2010 5:26 PM
Federal Trade Commission released their draft proposal on bailing out the media, but that isn’...

Further Bipartisan Opposition to FCC’s Internet Regulation Plan - Monday, June 14, 2010 2:14 PM
Federal Communication Commission’s plan to reclassify broadband Internet as a Title II telecom...

The Free-Market Solution to Net Neutrality - Friday, June 11, 2010 3:37 PM
The political battle over Internet regulation has escalated over the past year into nuclear war.&nbs...

Norquist Accepts Obama Fiscal Commission Co-Chair Alan Simpson’s Invitation to Testify - Friday, June 11, 2010 1:18 PM
[PDF Version] Former U.S. Senator Alan Simpson, the co-chairman of President Obama’s fisca...

Daily Media Spotlight June 10, 2010 - Thursday, June 10, 2010 3:15 PM
John Fund of The Wall Street Journal published a piece in which he attributed the primary loss of fo...

DISCLOSE Act Silences Speech - Thursday, June 10, 2010 11:33 AM
Today, Americans for Tax Reform, accompanied by over fifty other groups, sent a letter to the United...

Americans Overwhelmingly Oppose a Media Bailout - Thursday, June 10, 2010 11:30 AM
Federal Trade Commission draft proposal on the "reinvention of journalism" that would rais...

Crucial Vote to Block the EPA's Power Grab Today - Thursday, June 10, 2010 11:27 AM
Today, the Senate will vote on whether or not to concede lawmaking authority to the EPA. Coming to t...

ATR WILL RATE Against “No” Vote on Murkowski EPA Resolution - Thursday, June 10, 2010 10:33 AM
Federal Affairs Manager Brian Johnson at bjohnson@atr.org...

Carly Fiorina Wins U.S. Senate Primary in California - Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:31 PM
federal offices have already signed the Pledge this election cycle. The Pledge commits signers to &l...

Daily Media Spotlight June 9, 2010 - Wednesday, June 9, 2010 3:52 PM
Grover wrote a piece for the American Spectator about the need for an anti-appropriations committee ...

Daily Media Spotlight June 8, 2010 - Tuesday, June 8, 2010 2:12 PM
federal legislation. Republican activist Grover Norquist said the GOP is most likely to benefit from...

Video: Dick Morris Endorses Carly Fiorina - Tuesday, June 8, 2010 1:03 PM

Daily Media Spotlight June 7, 2010 - Monday, June 7, 2010 1:05 PM
federal government and leaders of foreign nations to, “explain how taking one dollar-- through...

Now We’re Bailing out the Media?! - Thursday, June 3, 2010 7:09 PM
Federal Trade Commission’s recently released proposal on the “reinvention of journalism&...

Daily Media Spotlight June 2, 2010 - Wednesday, June 2, 2010 5:36 PM
In a piece for the Politico’s Arena Grover outlines the difference between President Obama&rsq...

ATR Analyzes Differences Between House and Senate Financial Reform Bills - Wednesday, June 2, 2010 10:45 AM
federally-insured banks to spin-off their swaps desks at a cost of billions in lost revenue and ceas...

Teaching the FCC about Free Markets - Wednesday, June 2, 2010 10:37 AM
Federal Communications Commission released a survey that found four out of five Americans aren&rsquo...

30 Days from Today: Obamacare’s First Pledge-Breaking Tax Hike Takes Effect - Tuesday, June 1, 2010 2:27 PM
[PDF Version] When President Barack Obama signed the healthcare bill into law, he formally broke...

Daily Media Spotlight May 28, 2010 - Friday, May 28, 2010 1:36 PM
federal government.”...

Daily Media Spotlight May 27, 2010 - Thursday, May 27, 2010 3:31 PM
Federal Affairs Manager for ATR, Brian Johnson, on the Democrats plan to push a $165 billion pension...

Diana Furchtgott-Roth Explains Pension Bailout Legislation on CNBC - Thursday, May 27, 2010 11:40 AM
Echoing ATR’s coalition letter, Diana Furchtgott-Roth explains the problem with Congressional ...

Diverse National Coalition Opposes Congressional Pension Bailout Bills - Thursday, May 27, 2010 11:02 AM
[PDF Press Release] Today, Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) and 50 diverse companies, organization...

Fact Checking President Obama’s Fuel Efficiency Standards Speech - Wednesday, May 26, 2010 4:42 PM
federal law would be wholly unnecessary as trucking companies would make the switch to more profitab...

Daily Media Spotlight May 26, 2010 - Wednesday, May 26, 2010 3:06 PM
federal government’s vast spending spree. “At the state level, Republican governors can ...

The FCC's False Marketing Campaign to Regulate the Internet - Wednesday, May 26, 2010 12:00 PM
Federal Communications Commission's equally false rhetoric as they try to market Net Neutrality ...

Central Difference Between Carly Fiorina and Tom Campbell: Taxes - Tuesday, May 25, 2010 4:31 PM

Daily Media Spotlight May 25, 2010 - Tuesday, May 25, 2010 2:52 PM
Joshua Culling, the state affairs manager at ATR, wrote an op-ed for The Daily Caller highlighting G...

Congress Slams FCC's Internet Takeover - Tuesday, May 25, 2010 11:04 AM
Federal Communications Commission “do whatever it takes” to enact Net Neutrality?  ...

'Net Neutrality' Only a Slogan - Tuesday, May 25, 2010 10:20 AM
While Internet service providers are among the loudest opponents of Net Neutrality, there are others...

Brown, Collins, Johanns, Murkowski, Snowe Side with Unions, Declare War on Volunteer Firefighters - Tuesday, May 25, 2010 9:25 AM
federalist divide. “Collective bargaining is nothing more than a vehicle used by the unio...

T Paw Sets the Bar High - Tuesday, May 25, 2010 8:02 AM
In today's Daily Caller, I have a piece on Gov. Tim Pawlenty's recent budget victory in Minn...

The FCC's Phony Wireless Crisis - Thursday, May 20, 2010 5:06 PM
Federal Communications Commission is incredibly adept at creating crises in order to implement their...

Good Employment News, Sort of - Thursday, May 20, 2010 3:33 PM
Although the unemployment rate rose to 9.9 percent, it was largely due to people re-entering the wor...

Americans Want an Energy Bill, Not a Climate Change Bill - Thursday, May 20, 2010 12:21 PM
The latest National Journal/Pew Research poll reveals, predictably, that “the job situation&rd...

Fairness Doctrine 2.0: "Nudging" What You Read Online - Wednesday, May 19, 2010 5:39 PM
The Fairness Doctrine was a rule abandoned in 1987 that required broadcasters to give equal time to ...

ATR Will Rate Against Cloture Vote Supporting Dodd-Lincoln Substitute Amendment to Financial Bill - Wednesday, May 19, 2010 12:40 PM
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to “make available … funds for the orderly...

Climate legislation raining on pension plans’ parade - Wednesday, May 19, 2010 12:23 PM
The following post was originally published by the Daily Caller and can be viewed here. Sens. Jo...

Violating privacy one bank account at a time - Wednesday, May 19, 2010 12:15 PM
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to "make available ... funds for the orderly liqui...

Vote on Dodd Financial Reform Bill is Today at 2:00pm - Wednesday, May 19, 2010 10:21 AM
Update: The cloture vote on the Dodd substitute amendment #3739 is scheduled for 2:00 pm this aftern...

Net Neutrality is a Government Takeover - Wednesday, May 19, 2010 9:46 AM
Last week, Sen. Byron Dorgan spoke to a room full of Internet regulation supporters at the Free Pres...

Tell Your Senator to Vote "NO" on the Cloture Vote for Dodd's so-called Financial Reform Bill - Tuesday, May 18, 2010 3:39 PM

How the FCC is Destroying Investment in the Internet - Tuesday, May 18, 2010 2:07 PM
Last week before a room of Net Neutrality skeptics at The Cable Show, the FCC’s chief of polic...

Do You Know Which Candidates Have Signed the Taxpayer Protection Pledge? - Monday, May 17, 2010 5:16 PM
federal government. The following candidates have signed the Pledge in: Arkansas ...

ATR's Financial Reform Toolkit - Monday, May 17, 2010 4:56 PM
As the U.S. Senate continues debate on Senator Dodd’s “Wall Street Bailout” bill, ...

Pittsburgh TV Station Pulls DCCC's False Attack Ad on Burns - Friday, May 14, 2010 3:35 PM

Peter Orszag: Obama’s “firm pledge” on taxes is just a “preference” or “stance” - Friday, May 14, 2010 1:57 PM
[PDF Version] On April 27, President Obama issued a warning to anyone thinking about asking him ...

The FCC: Your Cell Phone Nanny - Thursday, May 13, 2010 12:59 PM
Federal Communications Commission wants to mandate that cells phone users get messages keeping them ...

Dems’ energy policy: If you can’t beat ‘em, force it on ‘em - Thursday, May 13, 2010 10:08 AM
federally mandated Renewable Energy Standard (RES) will do the trick. The Hill reports that Sen...

Ask Your Senator to Oppose Risky Loan Bailouts - Wednesday, May 12, 2010 12:29 PM

Free Press Continues Manufacturing Congressional Support for Net Neutrality - Monday, May 10, 2010 1:46 PM
Federal Communications Commission is trying desperately to manufacture Congressional support for the...

West Virginians: Do You Know Which Candidates Have Signed the Pledge? - Monday, May 10, 2010 1:40 PM

Our AAA Credit Rating - Monday, May 10, 2010 9:30 AM
federal interest payments on the public debt as a percentage of tax revenue. For the U.S., debt serv...

Tom Campbell is No Friend of Taxpayers - Saturday, May 8, 2010 9:30 AM

Mark Critz Is Open to Tax Hikes - Thursday, May 6, 2010 5:30 PM

Dodd Financial Bill Creates ACORN for Risky Credit Applicants - Thursday, May 6, 2010 4:52 PM
federal affairs manager Brian Johnson at bjohnson@atr.org for more information....

Americans for Tax Reform Supports McConnell-Shelby Consumer Protection Amendment - Thursday, May 6, 2010 11:30 AM
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). Since its inception, the FDIC has protected and r...

Congress to FCC: Don't Enact Net Neutrality - Thursday, May 6, 2010 9:50 AM
Yesterday, the FCC made the bold announcement that it will begin procedings to regulate the Internet...

ATR Condemns FCC's Move to Regulate the Internet - Wednesday, May 5, 2010 5:56 PM
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for indicating it will attempt to regulate the Internet unde...

Stop the Government Takeover of Our Banks - Wednesday, May 5, 2010 1:03 PM

President of the United States uses the term “Tea-baggers” - Tuesday, May 4, 2010 12:24 PM
[PDF Version] President Barack Obama, known for his lectures to others on civility, saw fit to u...

The Capital Gains Tax - Tuesday, May 4, 2010 11:52 AM
In an effect to fund the trillion dollar Obamacare healthcare takeover/boondoggle, President Obama r...

Public Service Recognition Week – Fact #2 - Tuesday, May 4, 2010 11:26 AM
federal workers say their employer is hiring, only 28% of non-government workers say their company i...

Note to the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids: If Tigers Can Be Smuggled into the US, So Can Cigarettes - Friday, April 30, 2010 4:39 PM
Federal Cigarette Taxes Will Not Create a Black Market in the United States.” The ten talking ...

The FCC Has Left the Internet Alone for...25 Years and Counting - Friday, April 30, 2010 3:22 PM
Federal Communication Commission has absolutely no authority under current law to regulate the Inter...

Americans for Tax Reform and the Anti-VAT Caucus - Friday, April 30, 2010 11:20 AM
federal elected officials have signed onto the Anti-VAT caucus, you can see the complete list here....

Strike III for Dodd’s Wall Street Bailout – When Will Dems Go Back to Drawing Board? - Wednesday, April 28, 2010 3:45 PM
Today, for the third day in a row, the U.S. Senate failed to reach cloture on Sen. Dodd’s &ldq...

Dodd Wall Street Bailout Bill Creates Fannie Mae 2.0 - Wednesday, April 28, 2010 11:36 AM
Today, Americans for Tax Reform sent the following alert to all Senate offices. Click here for a PDF...

The Final Countdown - Dodd Financial Bill Update, Day 3 - Wednesday, April 28, 2010 10:54 AM
Today at 12:20, the U.S. Senate will have their last vote on cloture on Sen. Dodd’s “Wal...

Glen Urquhart Signs Taxpayer Protection Pledge in Delaware Congressional Contest - Tuesday, April 27, 2010 5:24 PM
federal office since 1987. To date, 34 U.S. senators and 173 members of the U.S. House of Representa...

Strike II for Dodd’s Wall Street Bailout – Cloture Fails Second Day in a Row - Tuesday, April 27, 2010 4:58 PM
[PDF DOCUMENT] Today, for the second day in a row, the U.S. Senate failed to reach cloture on Se...

ATR Files Comments to FCC Opposing Net Neutrality - Tuesday, April 27, 2010 2:49 PM
Federal Communications Commission strongly opposing government regulation of the Internet under prop...

CBO: Millions To Pay Obamacare Tax - Tuesday, April 27, 2010 10:30 AM
Okay, so, admittedly President Obama's pledge to not to raise “any form” of tax...

Obama to debt commission: Feel free to break my tax pledge - Monday, April 26, 2010 12:59 PM
[PDF Version] During his campaign, President Obama made a “firm pledge” not to raise...

Update: Senator Shelby says Republicans will block reform bill - Monday, April 26, 2010 12:43 PM
The Washington Post is reporting that Sen. Shelby says Republicans will block Dodd financial reform ...

Taxpayers Will Lose Under Any Dodd-Shelby Financial Bill Compromise - Monday, April 26, 2010 12:40 PM
The Senate will vote on the motion to invoke cloture to proceed to consider Senator's Dodd's...

Stovall Witte Signs Taxpayer Protection Pledge in SC-01 Congressional Contest - Friday, April 23, 2010 4:23 PM
federal office since 1987. To date, 34 U.S. senators and 173 members of the U.S. House of Representa...

Linda McMahon Signs the Taxpayer Protection Pledge in Connecticut Senate Contest - Friday, April 23, 2010 1:15 PM
federal candidates and sign the Taxpayer Protection Pledge. The official statement from ATR can ...

Brace yourself, you won't believe this... - Friday, April 23, 2010 1:00 PM
Brace yourself.  This post is going to blow your mind. I mean it. There is no way anyone could ...

Maine Would Gain $522 Million From Offshore Drilling - Friday, April 23, 2010 9:21 AM
With Maine facing a predicted $849 million shortfall and 8.3 percent unemployment, Americans for Tax...

Do As I Say, Not As I Do: Democrats Are Invested in Wall Street - Thursday, April 22, 2010 8:10 PM
federal budget. The American public is already facing a massive debt from the auto bailouts ($42 bil...

President on taxes: I had hoped to invest in your future..without asking more of you..but I can't - Thursday, April 22, 2010 4:41 PM
“I had hoped to invest in your future by creating jobs, expanding education, reforming health...

SC-01 Update: Paul Thurmond Signs the Taxpayer Protection Pledge - Thursday, April 22, 2010 4:35 PM
federal office since 1987. To date, 34 U.S. senators and 173 members of the U.S. House of Representa...

Happy Earth Day, A Look at Obama’s Failed Anti-Growth Energy Policies - Thursday, April 22, 2010 9:28 AM

Obama floats a VAT:
Admission explains attempt to alter tax pledge - Wednesday, April 21, 2010 8:07 PM
[PDF Version] President Obama made it official today : He is open to the imposition of a Value-A...

Petition: A National Energy Tax is Coming, ATR Needs Your Help - Tuesday, April 20, 2010 4:45 PM
Update: Sen. Graham has become frustrated with Democrat leadership...but the fight is not over yet. ...

ATR Applauds United GOP Caucus Opposition to Dodd Bill - Tuesday, April 20, 2010 4:45 PM
Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) applauds the united opposition by all 41 Republican members of the U....

White House economic advisor refuses to rule out a VAT - Tuesday, April 20, 2010 3:05 PM
[PDF Version] White House economic advisor Austan Goolsbee today left the door open to considerat...

I think we may have located the problem... - Monday, April 19, 2010 11:10 AM
You know how we at ATR have been scratching our heads trying to work out why-oh-why, despite all the...

NYT: Obama’s economic team already calculating VAT revenue - Monday, April 19, 2010 4:53 AM
[PDF Version] President Barack Obama’s economic team is already calculating government r...

Obama's Next Tax: The Internet - Thursday, April 15, 2010 5:28 PM
Since its tax day and you’ve (probably) already paid your taxes for last year, it might be wo...

Obama Attempts to Alter the Terms of his Broken Tax Pledge - Thursday, April 15, 2010 2:19 PM
federal excise tax on tobacco violated the pledge, White House spokesman Reid H. Cherlin said: ...

Tennessee Congressional Candidate Diane Black Signs Taxpayer Protection Pledge - Wednesday, April 14, 2010 4:43 PM
federal office since 1987. To date, 34 U.S. senators and 172 members of the U.S. House of Representa...

More Tax Hikes On Persons Earning Under $200,000 - Wednesday, April 14, 2010 4:17 PM
On numerous occasions we've pointed out how President Obama's pledge not to raise taxes on person's ...

ATR Asks Obama to Clarify Administration's Position on a VAT Tax - Wednesday, April 14, 2010 4:12 PM
Given the enormous deficit facing America and the Administration’s calls for additional revenu...

SEIU President Andy Stern Set to Retire - Tuesday, April 13, 2010 5:23 PM
federal law. I guess now we will never know exactly what happened behind the scenes of Stern’...

John Dennis Signs Taxpayer Protection Pledge in CA-08 - Tuesday, April 13, 2010 4:12 PM
federal office since 1987. To date, 34 U.S. senators and 172 members of the U.S. House of Representa...

Live Vicariously Through Rep.Garrett’s Forceful Letter to Rep. Frank - Tuesday, April 13, 2010 3:46 PM
If one were to pass by my house on a weekday from 8:00-9:00 and hear a flurry of obscenities strung ...

Um... Did The New York Times Just Say Death Panels Will Save Money? - Tuesday, April 13, 2010 1:16 PM
Two weeks ago, we wrote with some surprise that President Obama's lackey-economist Paul Krugman said...

ATR Urges Senate to Oppose OTC Derivative Regulation in Dodd Bill - Tuesday, April 13, 2010 12:53 PM
Federal Affairs Manager Brian Johnson in my office at bjohnson@atr.org or 202.785.0266.  On...

Fact Checking for The New York Times on Internet Policy - Tuesday, April 13, 2010 12:03 PM
This weekend, the New York Times published an op-ed by University of Michigan professor Susan Crawf...

Justin Amash becomes First Pledge Signer in Michigan's 3rd District - Monday, April 12, 2010 2:29 PM
federal office since 1987. To date, 34 U.S. senators and 172 members of the U.S. House of Representa...

FactCheck.org Agrees DCCC Ad Against Taxpayer Protection Pledge is Blatantly False - Monday, April 12, 2010 12:00 PM

Polls: Get Your Micromanaging, Moneygrubbing Hands Off The Internet - Monday, April 12, 2010 11:00 AM
Following last week’s major setback in the FCC’s grand plan to regulate the Internet, a ...

Tax Day 2010 - Friday, April 9, 2010 12:51 PM
federal plus state). In order to get to the European average of 25 percent, the federal rate needs ...

Day 2 and the Internet Still Works! - Wednesday, April 7, 2010 7:21 PM
Federal Communication Commission’s ridiculous claim that it had the authority to regulate Int...

DCCC Attacks Charles Djou with False Claims about the Taxpayer Protection Pledge - Wednesday, April 7, 2010 2:00 PM

Consequences of Ever-growing Public Sector Unionization - Tuesday, April 6, 2010 2:27 PM
A recent short paper by the Cato Institute’s Chris Edwards examines the growth of public secto...

Arkansas Tax Returns - with smiley emotions! - Tuesday, April 6, 2010 2:05 PM
The American Principles Project has made a rather ... interesting... discovery about the Arkansas in...

Gloria Carlineo Signs Taxpayer Protection Pledge in Keystone State's 8th District - Tuesday, April 6, 2010 10:38 AM
federal office since 1987. To date, 34 U.S. senators and 172 members of the U.S. House of Representa...

Michel Faulkner is First Pledge Signer in NY-15 - Monday, April 5, 2010 4:25 PM
federal office since 1987. To date, 34 U.S. senators and 172 members of the U.S. House of Representa...

VAT in practice - Monday, April 5, 2010 4:06 PM
In recent weeks, more and more pundits inside the Beltway have been raising the prospect of the Obam...

Tea Partiers Are Mainstream - Monday, April 5, 2010 3:42 PM

Obamacare's Taxes on Working Families - Monday, April 5, 2010 3:25 PM

Obamacare and Taxes: The Final Tab - Monday, April 5, 2010 2:38 PM
New Health Law Raises Taxes on Working Families By Over $500 Billion Individual Mandate Excise T...

"Stimulus" Unemployment: The Continuing Saga - Monday, April 5, 2010 9:30 AM
 At times when writing for this blog, I feel like I'm somewhat of a gameshow host. This is one ...

Sunshine State's 11th Congressional District Gets Two Pledge Signers - Thursday, April 1, 2010 12:16 PM
As the November midterm elections draw ever nearer each day, candidates from all across the nation c...

Recess Toolkit: Let Your Representative Know How You Feel About Their ObamaCare Vote - Wednesday, March 31, 2010 12:35 PM
Congress is home for the next two weeks for town hall meetings and other events. This is your o...

Fleecing the Rich - Wednesday, March 31, 2010 11:30 AM
We've said again and again that hiking taxes on the "rich" won't increase revenue - instea...

The Cost Of Obamacare For Business - Wednesday, March 31, 2010 10:00 AM
In this economy, with record high unemployment, you would think the Administration would have known ...

Insurance Premiums For Young People Under Obamacare - Wednesday, March 31, 2010 9:30 AM
Remember how we warned  young persons would suffer most under Obamacare? Well, in shocking news...

Return Of The VAT - Tuesday, March 30, 2010 2:14 PM
For some time now, American taxpayers have been worried about the looming prospect of a crippling na...

Sean Duffy: One of the Newest Taxpayer Protection Pledge Signers - Tuesday, March 30, 2010 12:31 PM
federal office since 1987. To date, 37 U.S. senators and 172 members of the U.S. House of Representa...

Stimulating the Nanny State - Monday, March 29, 2010 10:21 AM

CBO: Our "Stimulus" Jobs Estimates Are Useless - Monday, March 29, 2010 10:00 AM
Just in case there was anyone left living that still believed the Administration's claims of jobs &q...

Florida-24 candidate Karen Diebel signs the Taxpayer Protection Pledge - Friday, March 26, 2010 3:50 PM
federal office since 1987. To date, 34 U.S. senators and 172 members of the U.S. House of Representa...

Dana Walsh becomes First Pledge Signer in Pelosi's District - Friday, March 26, 2010 3:25 PM
federal office since 1987. To date, 34 U.S. senators and 172 members of the U.S. House of Representa...

USA Today Wrong on the Cigarette Tax - Friday, March 26, 2010 3:07 PM
USA Today, best used as a floormat outside of hotel rooms nationwide, ran an article in today'...

Ezra Klein On the Mandate - Friday, March 26, 2010 1:25 PM
I am certain if I go outside I shall see pigs flying, because, for the second time this month, I act...

OHSA Creeps Towards Ergonomics Regulations - Thursday, March 25, 2010 3:34 PM
Ergonomics, another form of government imposed work standards, has been a long sought-after goal of ...

AZ-08 Update: Jonathan Paton Signs Taxpayer Protection Pledge - Thursday, March 25, 2010 1:40 PM
federal office since 1987. To date, 34 U.S. senators and 172 members of the U.S. House of Representa...

Rolling the Dice on Energy - Thursday, March 25, 2010 1:20 PM
federal revenue gained from businesses purchasing emission credits back to consumers in a form not y...

AWF Urges Obama to Respect the Will of the Senate: Do Not Recess Appoint Craig Becker - Thursday, March 25, 2010 12:50 PM
Following the intense debate surrounding Craig Becker’s failed confirmation to the National La...

Caught on Camera: Baucus Admits Obamacare Hikes Taxes on Families Making Under $250,000 - Thursday, March 25, 2010 11:09 AM

Moment of Truth for
Senate Dems on Obama Tax Pledge - Wednesday, March 24, 2010 4:12 PM
[Printable PDF version] A moment of truth has arrived for Senate Democrats as today they will...

Another Round of "Stimulus" Grants to Lobby for Higher Taxes - Wednesday, March 24, 2010 3:25 PM
federal spending to push for higher taxes at the state and local level is perhaps the most objecti...

Obama Threatens U.S. AAA Bond Rating - Wednesday, March 24, 2010 1:54 PM
Federal Reserve’s emergency measures to fix the financial system are boosting the economy and ...

Baucus admits ObamaCare breaks Obama tax pledge - Tuesday, March 23, 2010 8:59 PM
Senator Max Baucus (D-Mont.) has admitted that some Americans making less than $200,000 per year wi...

Healthcare Bill Cost Taxpayers $2970 in 60 Seconds Just by Being Signed - Tuesday, March 23, 2010 12:59 PM
In the 60 seconds it took the President to sign the massive government takeover of healthcare into ...

ATRF Analysis: International Tax Hikes In H.R. 4849 - Tuesday, March 23, 2010 11:41 AM
H.R. 4849, the "Small Business And Infrastructure Jobs Act of 2010" will most probably com...

Obama’s “firm pledge” on Taxes is Anything But - Tuesday, March 23, 2010 10:22 AM
federal excise tax on tobacco -- White House spokesman Reid H. Cherlin attempts to claim that the O...

Obama to Sign Massive Tax Hike on Working Families in Violation of His Campaign Pledge - Monday, March 22, 2010 3:35 PM
President Obama is about to break his central campaign promise: a “firm pledge” not...

Tell Members of Congress to Vote Against “Deeming” the Senate Health Bill as Passed - Friday, March 19, 2010 5:33 PM
This Sunday, the U.S. House of Representatives will be voting on a budget reconciliation bill. The c...

CFA in Budget & Tax News on the Alternative to President's Debt Panel - Thursday, March 18, 2010 5:06 PM

ObamaCare: By the Numbers - Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:45 PM
federal tax rate on wages and self-employment earnings under this bill: 43.4% The annual tax hike f...

Interior Department Hides Data, Pushes Back Offshore Drilling Plan - Wednesday, March 17, 2010 5:49 PM
One hundred and twenty five days after the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leasing Progra...

Making Laws Should Be Transparent - Wednesday, March 17, 2010 4:30 PM

Study: Health Care Legislation Will Cost up to 700,000 Jobs by 2019 - Wednesday, March 17, 2010 10:21 AM
Americans for Tax Reform Foundation today released a study conducted by the Beacon Hill Institute ...

Comprehensive List of Tax Hikes in Government Health Bill to be Voted on by House - Wednesday, March 17, 2010 9:05 AM
  [PDF Version]   Americans for Tax Reform today released the following comprehensive ...

How the FCC Plans to Tax the Internet - Tuesday, March 16, 2010 3:42 PM
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released its National Broadband Plan (PDF), an outline fo...

PA-12 Special Election Update: Tim Burns Signs the Taxpayer Protection Pledge - Monday, March 15, 2010 1:21 PM
federal office since 1987. To date, 33 U.S. senators and 172 members of the U.S. House of Representa...

How Government Accounting Works - Monday, March 15, 2010 11:59 AM
Federal government is rather adept at using "fuzzy math". Whether it be claiming jobs were...

The Final Battle on Health Care: Everything You Need to Know - Monday, March 15, 2010 11:36 AM
For months, Americans for Tax Reform has kept you up to date on what's going on with the health care...

ATRF Analysis: The Importance of International Tax Competition - Monday, March 15, 2010 11:24 AM
federal corporate tax rate in the world, a staggering 35 percent. This is almost 15 percent higher t...

Latest Developments In The Fight To Stop A Govt Internet Takeover - Friday, March 12, 2010 6:19 PM
With the rise of our big-government state, many of us have become almost used to the idea that if go...

Craig Miller Signs Taxpayer Protection Pledge in FL-24 - Friday, March 12, 2010 2:42 PM
federal office since 1987. To date, 34 U.S. senators and 172 members of the U.S. House of Representa...

The Economics of #StimulusFail - Friday, March 12, 2010 12:15 PM
federal government’s spending is determined: namely, by political processes devoid of economic...

Rusty Bowers Signs the Taxpayer Protection Pledge for AZ-01 Race - Thursday, March 11, 2010 5:46 PM
federal office since 1987. To date, 34 U.S. senators and 172 members of the U.S. House of Representa...

Economic Issues Dominate at the Bloggers Briefing - Thursday, March 11, 2010 1:14 PM
This week’s Blogger’s Briefing, hosted by The Heritage Foundation, gave an in-depth...

Pushback Against EPA’s Attempts to Regulate Carbon Emissions Grows - Thursday, March 11, 2010 11:59 AM
Americans for Tax Reform applauds the letters sent by business leaders and governors supporting Sen....

Will Rep. Baron Hill Hike Taxes on Hill-Rom Workers in Batesville? - Thursday, March 11, 2010 10:07 AM
[Printable PDF Version]    Will Congressman Baron Hill Hike Taxes on Hill-Rom Worke...

The endemic rot in government run health care - Tuesday, March 9, 2010 3:03 PM
We have previously, and on numerous occasions, highlighted the myriad of problems that exist in othe...

The Debt Panel's 800-lb. Gorilla: Why Andy Stern Stands Out - Tuesday, March 9, 2010 1:59 PM
federal deficit. The 18-member group consists of economists, major leaders of industry, Republican a...

The Left Agree: Obamacare Ushers In Their Radical Ideological Agenda - Tuesday, March 9, 2010 1:17 PM
President Obama has repeatedly attempted to sell his government takeover of healthcare as a centeris...

We Ought Focus On Cutting Taxes & Spending, Not Deficits - Tuesday, March 9, 2010 1:07 PM
 Harvard economist Greg Mankiw has a great analogy of how the current plans by the Administrati...

ATR Urges Opposition to Sen. Isakson Pension Bailout - Tuesday, March 9, 2010 10:44 AM
federal affairs manager Brian Johnson at bjohnson@atr.org or 202.785.0266....

More on the VAT - Monday, March 8, 2010 6:11 PM
 As more and more on the left are floating the idea of imposing a Value Added Tax (VAT) to pay ...

Public Sector Jobs - Monday, March 8, 2010 5:46 PM
Federal employees earn higher average salaries than private-sector workers in more than eight out of...

How 550,000 jobs were destroyed by the minimum wage hike - Monday, March 8, 2010 5:39 PM
Federal government demonstrated their ignorance of economics by raising the minimum wage, an action ...

Legislation Introduced to Put Ronald Reagan on the $50 Bill - Friday, March 5, 2010 6:15 PM
Since 1913, Americans have seen the portrait of former General and President Ulysses S. Gr...

"Net Neutrality" To Kill Jobs - Friday, March 5, 2010 3:18 PM
As the Administration continues in its plans to takeover the internet, under what is laughingly call...

California US Senate Candidates Square Off in First Debate - Friday, March 5, 2010 11:31 AM

ATR and CFA Support the Spending Limit Amendment - Thursday, March 4, 2010 3:16 PM
federal spending has been growing at unsustainable rates, and with entitlement spending on an explos...

The reliability of spending "estimates" - Wednesday, March 3, 2010 5:38 PM
As the Administration is attempting to downplay the cost of a government takeover of healthcare, it ...

Energy Tax Hike Series: Raises Taxes on Tertiary Injectants - Wednesday, March 3, 2010 12:15 PM
The President’s FY 2011 budget contains hundreds of billions of dollars in new taxes on energy...

Texans: Do You Know Which Candidates Have Signed the Taxpayer Protection Pledge? - Tuesday, March 2, 2010 11:20 AM

Rick Berg First Pledge Signer in North Dakota Congressional Race - Friday, February 26, 2010 5:23 PM
federal office since 1987. To date, 34 U.S. senators and 172 members of the U.S. House of Representa...

Energy Tax Hike Series: IRS Sec. 199 Repeal - Friday, February 26, 2010 9:31 AM
The President’s FY 2011 budget contains hundreds of billions of dollars in new taxes on energy...

Senator Inhofe Urges EPA to Reconsider Endangerment Findings - Thursday, February 25, 2010 1:41 PM
[PDF Document] Dear Senator Inhofe: On behalf of Americans for Tax Reform, and millions of taxpa...

Energy Tax Hike Series: Repeal of Percentage Depletion Deduction - Thursday, February 25, 2010 10:54 AM
The President’s FY 2011 budget contains hundreds of billions of dollars in new taxes on energy...

Bob McConnell the First Signer of the Taxpayer Protection Pledge in CO-03 Race - Wednesday, February 24, 2010 3:31 PM
federal office since 1987. To date, 34 U.S. senators and 172 members of the U.S. House of Representa...

Energy Tax Hike Series: Passive Loss Exception Repeal - Wednesday, February 24, 2010 1:41 PM
federal government is going to be a full partner in your profitable years, and a deferred partner in...

Energy Tax Hike Series: Marginal Well Tax Credit Repeal - Tuesday, February 23, 2010 2:21 PM
The President’s FY 2011 budget contains hundreds of billions of dollars in new taxes on energy...

AWF Will Rate Vote on Reid Jobs Bill Amendment - Monday, February 22, 2010 4:58 PM
AWF sent the below legislative alert to all members of the Senate uring them to oppose Sen. Reid's a...

UPDATED: Obamacare Raises Taxes by
$748 Billion Over the Next Decade - Monday, February 22, 2010 4:20 PM

Obamacare Plan Breaks
$250,000 Tax Pledge - Monday, February 22, 2010 12:26 PM

ATRF Analysis: Prevent the Avoidance of Dividend Withholding Taxes - Monday, February 22, 2010 11:39 AM
This is part of a series of posts analyzing proposed changes to the U.S. international tax system. F...

Energy Tax Hike Series: LIFO - Monday, February 22, 2010 11:01 AM
The President’s FY 2011 budget contains hundreds of billions of dollars in new taxes on energy...

Where Your Tax Dollars Really Go Part II: Stimulus Funding - Monday, February 22, 2010 10:37 AM
federal stimulus just for the purpose of raising tobacco taxes! Think this is a mere manipulati...

Serial Taxpayer Protection Pledge Breaker Brad Ellsworth Looking to Run for Indiana U.S. Senate Seat - Friday, February 19, 2010 12:26 PM

Tax Hikes a Foregone Conclusion Under Obama’s Tax-and-Spend Commission - Thursday, February 18, 2010 11:23 AM
Federal spending and leave no room for tax increases. Rep. Patrick McHenry’s (R-NC) CORE Spend...

Bill Flores Signs the Taxpayer Protection Pledge for US House Race - Thursday, February 18, 2010 11:01 AM
federal office since 1987. To date, 34 U.S. senators and 172 members of the U.S. House of Representa...

Marlin Stutzman Signs the Taxpayer Protection Pledge for Indiana US Senate Race - Wednesday, February 17, 2010 6:10 PM
federal office since 1987. To date, 34 U.S. senators and 172 members of the U.S. House of Representa...

FCC: We’ll Just Give Ourselves Authority to Regulate the Internet - Tuesday, February 16, 2010 1:58 PM
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has begun an unprecedented foray into a hitherto untouched...

Cantwell-Collins Energy Bill Not a CLEAR Choice - Monday, February 15, 2010 5:20 PM
federal government will have a direct hand in how America utilizes energy. Nor does the CLEAR Act pr...

Rose Izzo Signs Taxpayer Protection Pledge in Delaware Congressional Contest - Monday, February 15, 2010 10:20 AM
federal office since 1987. To date, 34 U.S. senators and 172 members of the U.S. House of Representa...

A Timeline of Obama's $250,000 Tax Pledge - Friday, February 12, 2010 5:52 PM
federal excise tax on tobacco, White House spokesman Reid H. Cherlin attempts to claim that the Obam...

Bruce O’Donoghue Signs Taxpayer Protection Pledge for Florida U.S. House Race - Friday, February 12, 2010 5:43 PM
federal office since 1987. To date, 34 U.S. senators and 172 members of the U.S. House of Representa...

Rick Barber Signs the Taxpayer Protection Pledge in Alabama Congressional Contest - Friday, February 12, 2010 2:27 PM
Federal office in this year’s midterms to make the same commitment to taxpayers all across the...

Kurt Kelly Signs Taxpayer Protection Pledge for Florida Congressional Race - Friday, February 12, 2010 12:07 PM
federal office since 1987. To date, 34 U.S. senators and 172 members of the U.S. House of Representa...

Health Care, and Education Highlight This Week's Bloggers Briefing - Wednesday, February 10, 2010 2:23 PM
Federal Head Start program, yet there is a $1billion increase in the HHS budget. The final speake...

"Stimulus" Jobs: Rhetoric vs Reality - Wednesday, February 10, 2010 11:50 AM
federal government had approved $1.6 million in stimulus money to help transform the American Can Bu...

Dishonest Accounting Scam In President's Budget - Tuesday, February 9, 2010 2:07 PM
Federal deficit. As the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget has noted, of the sneakiest trick...

Obama Proposes Over $220 Billion in New Energy Taxes - Tuesday, February 9, 2010 11:47 AM
[PDF PRESS RELEASE] The President’s FY 2011 budget contains hundreds of billions of dollars o...

More Job Creation By The Federal Government - Monday, February 8, 2010 9:30 AM
Federal Government was indeed creating jobs (albeit in the field of bankruptcy attorneys and repo-me...

The Obama Budget - Friday, February 5, 2010 5:42 PM
Federal Income 39.6% ...

Obama Should Cooperate with Boehner and Cantor to Force Debate on Spending Reductions - Friday, February 5, 2010 1:45 PM
federal spending, taxpayers have had to witness drastic increases in the same, and just this week ye...

Not All Bipartisan Reform Commissions Are Created Equal - Friday, February 5, 2010 11:43 AM
There has been a lot of talk lately about various ideas to set up bipartisan reform commissions to a...

Arizona Congressional Candidate Eric Wnuck Signs the Taxpayer Protection Pledge - Thursday, February 4, 2010 1:26 PM
Federal office to sign the Taxpayer Protection Pledge and make the same commitment to taxpayers in A...

David Schweikert Signs the Taxpayer Protection Pledge for Congressional Race - Thursday, February 4, 2010 12:53 PM
federal office since 1987. To date, 34 U.S. senators and 172 members of the U.S. House of Representa...

Why Everyone Should be Worried About Craig Becker (and why Scott Brown needs to stop him) - Thursday, February 4, 2010 11:09 AM
Originally posted on BigGovernment.com: Craig Becker is President Obama’s nominee to the Nati...

Guess Where Politicians From Socialised Medicine Countries Go For Healthcare... - Wednesday, February 3, 2010 4:03 PM
 The political classes have long argued that we ought become more like Canada, particularly whe...

De-Facto Card Check Vote Coming Soon - Wednesday, February 3, 2010 12:03 PM
Originally posted at WorkerFreedom.org: This week, the United States Senate will be considering Pre...

Grover Norquist Urges Senators to CoSponsor Non-Government Spending Jobs Bill - Wednesday, February 3, 2010 9:18 AM
federal affairs manager Brian Johnson in my office at bjohnson@atr.org and contact Bryan Zumwalt in ...

Jim Ward Signs the Taxpayer Protection Pledge in Arizona Congressional Race - Wednesday, February 3, 2010 9:01 AM
Federal office to sign the Taxpayer Protection Pledge and let the taxpayers in this country know tha...

Administration Pushes Ahead With Internet Takeover - Tuesday, February 2, 2010 4:12 PM
 As if the disappointment of the budget wasn’t enough, supporters of a free and robust ec...

Sound Tax Competition Policy From Switzerland - Tuesday, February 2, 2010 12:44 PM
federal corporate tax rate is 8.5%. In the United States, companies pay a staggering 35% - the highe...

US Attorney Reviews Call for Probe into SEIU President Andy Stern’s Lobbying Activities - Monday, February 1, 2010 3:44 PM
Today, new reports confirm that the United States Attorney, Channing Phillips, is reviewing our Nov....

What does the "budget freeze" actually mean? - Monday, February 1, 2010 3:00 PM
We've reported previously on what President Obama's proposed "spending freeze" actually am...

The Budget & International Tax Competition - Monday, February 1, 2010 1:56 PM
Earlier today, the U.S. Office of Management and Budget released the President's FY2011 budget....

Another Look At Employment Data - Monday, February 1, 2010 12:04 PM

Obama Labor Board Nominee, "workers should not be able to choose against having a union" - Monday, February 1, 2010 11:29 AM
If the Senate’s schedule remains unchanged, a cloture vote on Obama's nominee to the National ...

Presidential Math: Failed Policies + More Failed Policies = More Jobs - Monday, February 1, 2010 8:53 AM
In his State of the Union speech, President Obama acknowledged the need to focus more on job creatio...

Very well, so there is a 'job boom' - Friday, January 29, 2010 5:04 PM
 Oh very well, there is a 'jobs boom' due to the so-called "stimulus". Reason.tv has ...

Trains, Pains, and a Whole Lot of Subsidies - Friday, January 29, 2010 12:39 PM
Federal Railroad Administration has plans for 8,500 miles of track, and at $3.5 million per mile the...

Do You Know Which Candidates in Illinois Have Signed the Taxpayer Protection Pledge? - Friday, January 29, 2010 12:13 PM

State of the Union Myth/Fact: Obama's Taxes on Energy & Families - Friday, January 29, 2010 12:12 PM
MYTH:    “But at a time of record deficits, we will not continue tax cuts for o...

Updated: How Much Does It Cost To Hire a New Federal Employee? - Wednesday, January 27, 2010 3:48 PM

Tax Preparation "Simplification": A Big Government Power Grab - Wednesday, January 27, 2010 3:33 PM
There has been some talk by the Administration, and in the media recently, on the creation of a &lsq...

State of the Union: Time to play Obama BINGO! - Wednesday, January 27, 2010 12:29 PM
Back by popular demand: Obama BINGO!   To help you get through the State of the Union addr...

ATR and CFA Endorse CARFA Act - Wednesday, January 27, 2010 11:30 AM
federal spending, taxpayers demand that Congress take action. Thankfully, the Senate has already rej...

CARFA Act Provides Alternative to Flawed (and Failed) Conrad/Gregg Commission Proposal - Tuesday, January 26, 2010 5:17 PM
Federal debt ceiling at a vote of 46-53. As written, the Conrad/Gregg proposal would have lead to a ...

Pat Herrity Signs Taxpayer Protection Pledge in VA-11 Race - Tuesday, January 26, 2010 10:14 AM
federal office since 1987. To date, 34 U.S. senators and 173 members of the U.S. House of Representa...

ATRF Analysis: Determine the FTC on a Pooling Basis - Monday, January 25, 2010 4:46 PM
Federal Tax Credit rate – notably belowwhat they would be entitled to. It is notable tha...

EPA Regulation of Carbon will Harm US Economy - Monday, January 25, 2010 1:24 PM
federal affairs manager Brian Johnson in my office at 202.785.0266 or bjohnson@atr.org. Onward, ...

Obama’s First Year: Summary of Energy Taxes - Friday, January 22, 2010 11:59 AM
federal government. GED estimates that the total national cost of these fees will be $175 billion by...

Quiz Yourself on Obama's First Year - Friday, January 22, 2010 10:59 AM
Federal Reserve. C. He refused to do another stimulus and bailout like Bush had tried in 2008. D. ...

Now is the Time for a BRAC-Style Commission for Government Spending - Thursday, January 21, 2010 3:52 PM
federal agencies and programs. Explains Grover Norquist: If we’re really serious about a...

Pseudo-Libertarian Megan McArdle Calls For Largest Tax Hike In U.S. History - Wednesday, January 20, 2010 6:40 PM
federal government the insurer of last resort.  Any medical expenses more than 15% or 20% of ho...

Taxes Won't Stop Cigarette Smokers - Wednesday, January 20, 2010 2:07 PM
Does lowering taxes on tobacco lead to an increased consumption of cigarettes? According to a s...

An Analysis of Obama's First Year in Office - Wednesday, January 20, 2010 12:28 PM
In preparation for the anniversary of President Obama’s inauguration, Americans for Tax Reform...

Broken Promises: Obama's First-Year Tax Hikes On Families Making Less Than $250,000 - Wednesday, January 20, 2010 8:00 AM
Sept. 12, 2008: Candidate Obama said the following:   “I can make a firm pledge.&n...

Obama’s First Year: A Year Of Fuzzy Math - Tuesday, January 19, 2010 5:32 PM
federal recovery funding would create 40 new jobs for the Flathead City-County Heath Department. How...

Obama’s First Year: Stimulating Unemployment - Tuesday, January 19, 2010 4:24 PM
  In January, the Obama Administration the$787 billion so-called “stimulus” woul...

Tell Your Senator to Reject the Conrad/Gregg Commission Proposal - Tuesday, January 19, 2010 12:41 PM

Taxpayer Hero Announces Run for Congress - Monday, January 18, 2010 6:00 PM
federal Taxpayer Protection Pledge, a written commitment to oppose tax increases on Capitol Hill. &...

ATRF Analysis: Combat "Under-Reporting" of Income through Accounts Offshore - Wednesday, January 13, 2010 5:14 PM
Americans For Tax Reform Foundation Analysis of Administration Proposals to “Reform the U.S. ...

Stern, Death Tax, and Phillips Foundation Highlight Blogger Briefing at Heritage - Wednesday, January 13, 2010 3:06 PM
The Bloggers’ Briefing, hosted by the Heritage Foundation, covered a variety of topics this we...

Even The New York Times Agrees - The "Stimulus" Has Failed - Wednesday, January 13, 2010 12:45 PM

Healthcare Quote Of The Day - Wednesday, January 13, 2010 11:45 AM
 "Now, let me get this straight.....We are going to pass a health care plan written by a c...

A Letter to SEIU President Andy Stern, RE: Obama's Big Labor Meetings - Monday, January 11, 2010 5:54 PM
[PDF DOCUMENT]   Andy Stern, President Service Employee International Union 1800 Massachuse...

The Public Option in Disguise - Monday, January 11, 2010 4:07 PM
federal government agency that is responsible for managing salary, benefits and pensions for the fed...

Bureaucratic Nightmare Of Government Run Healthcare - Monday, January 11, 2010 2:20 PM
As we are faced with the imminent prospect of government-rationed healthcare in the U.S.,  it i...

ATRF Analysis: Repeal 80/20 Company Rules - Monday, January 11, 2010 1:36 PM
Americans For Tax Reform Foundation Analysis of Administration Proposals to “Reform the U.S. ...

ATR "Told You So" Series: Stimulus Unemployment - Monday, January 11, 2010 11:09 AM
Economist Greg Mankiw presents the following graph following the release of December unemployment nu...

Richard Pombo Returns in California’s 19th Congressional District - Thursday, January 7, 2010 4:28 PM
federal office since 1987. To date, 34 U.S. senators and 172 members of the U.S. House of Representa...

2010 Brings Over $1 Billion in New Energy Taxes - Thursday, January 7, 2010 1:59 PM
[PDF DOCUMENT] The Obama-Reid-Pelosi Troika is welcoming 2010 with seventy-three new tax increases ...

Bo-Tax Replaced with Tanning Tax - Wednesday, January 6, 2010 2:58 PM
 An article written by Caitlin McDevitt in Monday’s Washington Post explains that Senate ...

Andy Stern Pressed on ATR/AWF Investigation on CNN - Tuesday, January 5, 2010 4:15 PM
CNN’s American Morning today did a piece on SEIU lobbying on the healthcare bill.  CNN&rs...

"Green Energy" in the UK - Tuesday, January 5, 2010 10:45 AM
As radical liberals continue to push for job-killing cap & tax provisions, designed to hike...

Maria Rodriguez Signs Taxpayer Protection Pledge for Illinois Congressional Race - Monday, January 4, 2010 3:00 PM
federal office since 1987. To date, 33 U.S. senators and 172 members of the U.S. House of Representa...

Joe Walsh Signs the Taxpayer Protection Pledge - Monday, January 4, 2010 12:05 PM
federal office since 1987. To date, 33 U.S. senators and 172 members of the U.S. House of Representa...

Why I Will Drop Health Insurance If The Senate Bill Is Passed (& how this will destroy healthcare) - Tuesday, December 22, 2009 5:01 PM
If the current Senate healthcare bill passes, I – and millions of other Americans – will...

Every Democrat Taxpayer Protection Pledge Signer Has Broken His Pledge Now - Monday, December 21, 2009 4:50 PM
Last night’s cloture vote on the Obama-Reid Big Government Healthcare Bill brought an end to a...

Do as They Say, Not as They Do - Monday, December 21, 2009 3:36 PM
federal government employees owe more than three billion dollars in unpaid taxes. All together,...

Why Supporting Reid-Obama Health Bill Violates Taxpayer Protection Pledge - Monday, December 21, 2009 10:46 AM

If Specter Votes for Health Bill Cloture He Will Violate Taxpayer Protection Pledge - Sunday, December 20, 2009 5:56 PM

Sen. Ben Nelson Will Violate His Tax Pledge if He Votes for Senate Health Bill - Sunday, December 20, 2009 12:49 PM

Reid's Manager's Amendment Employs the Terms "Tax", "Taxable", and "Fee" 68 Times - Saturday, December 19, 2009 5:42 PM

Senate Health Bill Now Contains Seven Tax Hikes on Families Making Less than $250,000 - Saturday, December 19, 2009 3:30 PM
With the release of Sen. Harry Reid’s Manager’s Amendment, the Senate healthcare bill no...

Free Press Shows Its Extreme Side - Friday, December 18, 2009 12:15 PM
Today, Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) and Media Freedom Project (MFP) issued a statement condemning ...

Patricia Lightner Signs Taxpayer Protection Pledge for KS-03 Race - Thursday, December 17, 2009 4:52 PM
federal office since 1987. To date, 33 U.S. senators and 172 members of the U.S. House of Representa...

Mike Pompeo Signs the Taxpayer Protection Pledge for his Kansas Congressional Race - Thursday, December 17, 2009 2:39 PM
federal office since 1987. To date, 34 U.S. senators and 172 members of the U.S. House of Representa...

CFA Warns House: Vote NO on "Son of Stimulus" - Wednesday, December 16, 2009 2:34 PM
With the House set to adjourn for the Christmas break in two days, there are several bills hitting t...

CFA WILL RATE House Vote on Defense Appropriations Bill - Wednesday, December 16, 2009 2:32 PM
The House is set today to take up the last spending measure it has yet to approve this year, the Dep...

CFA Alerts House of Representatives: Vote No on Debt Increase - Wednesday, December 16, 2009 2:30 PM
Today, CFA sent a vote alert to the House of Representatives warning members that we will rate a vot...

Mandated Electricity Standards Kill More Jobs Than They Create - Wednesday, December 16, 2009 10:41 AM
federal subsidies that would diminish further resources from other sectors of the economy. Spain&rs...

Baucus Earns Place on 2009 “Naughty” List - Tuesday, December 15, 2009 4:49 PM
Sen. Max Baucus has earned a place under the “Naughty” column on Americans for Tax Refor...

Everyone wants to Save the World, as long as Everyone else pays for it - Tuesday, December 15, 2009 4:34 PM

The Public Option In 40 Seconds - Tuesday, December 15, 2009 2:52 PM

Senate Dems Reminded of Obama’s “firm pledge” on Taxes - Tuesday, December 15, 2009 1:58 PM
The Senate healthcare bill contains at least six tax increases on Americans making less than $250,00...

Stop the Obama-Reid Healthcare Bill - Tuesday, December 15, 2009 11:04 AM

Presenting the Official 2009 "Naughty and Nice" List - Tuesday, December 15, 2009 10:55 AM
 Santa has completed his 2009 "Naughty and Nice" list, and he managed to leak us an a...

Senate Democrats Face Moment of Truth on Obama Tax Pledge - Monday, December 14, 2009 7:00 PM
The Senate will vote Tuesday on an amendment which would send the healthcare bill back to the Financ...

Credit Limit Made Simple - Monday, December 14, 2009 5:21 PM
The Heritage Foundation has put together this great clip explaining, in plain English, just what exa...

ATR & CFA to Leadership: Let Taxpayers See the Bill - Monday, December 14, 2009 10:50 AM
Today, ATR and CFA sent a letter to Speaker Pelosi and Leader Reid, urging them to post the Departme...

Ask Sen. Ben Nelson to Keep His Taxpayer Protection Pledge on Any Health Care Votes - Monday, December 14, 2009 10:06 AM
Senator Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) is the only Senator to have signed the Taxpayer Protection Pledge as a D...

California’s Pete Kesterson Signs the Taxpayer Protection Pledge - Friday, December 11, 2009 1:59 PM
Federal office to sign the Taxpayer Protection Pledge. To see ATR's official statement on Pete Kest...

Marc Rosson Signs Taxpayer Protection Pledge - Friday, December 11, 2009 10:48 AM
Federal office to sign the Taxpayer Protection Pledge. To see the official statement from ATR ...

How Radical Environmentalists Are Deliberately Destroying Jobs - Thursday, December 10, 2009 10:00 AM
The Washington Times reports on Pittsburgh-based coal company, CONSOL Energy, will lay off nearly 50...

White House Spokesperson: EPA “Will Regulate in a Command-and-Control Way” - Wednesday, December 9, 2009 4:08 PM
Today, fears that President Obama would use the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate ca...

Dirk Beveridge becomes First Signer in Illinois-08 Contest - Wednesday, December 9, 2009 1:05 PM
federal office since 1987. To date, 33 U.S. senators and 172 members of the U.S. House of Representa...

Have Obama's Regulators Taken Things Too Far? - Wednesday, December 9, 2009 11:12 AM
We think so, what do you think? Has Obama's EPA gone too far with the recent rulling that CO2 is har...

When Governments Get Together Someone Suffers - Tuesday, December 8, 2009 4:23 PM

Nevada’s Craig Lake Signs the Taxpayer Protection Pledge - Tuesday, December 8, 2009 3:54 PM
Federal office to sign the Taxpayer Protection Pledge. To see ATR's official statement on Craig Lak...

How "Net Neutrality" Will Encourage Intellectual Property Theft - Tuesday, December 8, 2009 11:41 AM
Last week, the Songwriters Guild of America testified before the New York City Council, expressing t...

Australian Cap & Trade Defeat - Lessons for the U.S. - Monday, December 7, 2009 2:33 PM
Last week, in a dramatic turn of even, the Australian Senate decisively rejected cap-and- trade. In ...

ATRF Analysis of Administration Proposals to “Reform" the U.S. International Tax System - Monday, December 7, 2009 1:00 PM
federal corporate tax rate in the world, at a staggering 35 percent. This is almost 15 percent highe...

Obama’s Plan: Make existing jobs too expensive, replace with subsidized "Green Jobs." Good Plan. - Monday, December 7, 2009 12:41 PM

iReagan App for iPhone - Friday, December 4, 2009 12:25 PM
 Do you own an iPhone?  If so you might want to check out the new "iReagan"...

ATR Will Rate Any and All Votes To Kill the Death Tax - Thursday, December 3, 2009 12:36 PM

Investigation Request Filed Against Unregistered Lobbyist SEIU Treasurer Anna Burger - Thursday, December 3, 2009 11:13 AM
federal law (and Obama’s campaign promises). Today, Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) and the Al...

So Obama Has Created A Job After All... - Wednesday, December 2, 2009 12:40 PM
For a long time now I have written that President Obama and his so-called "Stimulus"&...

Laurence Verga Signs Taxpayer Protection Pledge - Wednesday, December 2, 2009 12:10 PM
Federal office to sign the Taxpayer Protection Pledge. To see ATR's official statement on Laurence ...

Baucus Lies About Tax Hikes in Senate Health Bill - Wednesday, December 2, 2009 10:23 AM
Speaking on the U.S. Senate floor on Monday, Max Baucus falsely claimed that the health bill under c...

Explaining the Death Tax Mess - Tuesday, December 1, 2009 4:11 PM
This Article originally appeared at www.americanshareholders.org With the health care debate raging...

Capitalism: It Works - Tuesday, December 1, 2009 11:57 AM
Stephen Horwitz, Professor of Economics at St. Lawrence University, recently discussed how rising re...

Illinois Policy Institute Report:
Pelosicare Bends Cost Curve…Up - Tuesday, December 1, 2009 11:35 AM
According to a new policy report by the Illinois Policy Institute, the health care bill before Congr...

Do Senate Democrats Not Care About Obama's Tax Pledge? - Monday, November 30, 2009 3:32 PM
As the Senate begins debate today on its healthcare bill, it is worth asking the following question:...

CBO: Obamacare Would Raise Your Family's Health Bill by $2000 - Monday, November 30, 2009 2:16 PM
Phillip Klein, writing in the American Spectator, reports on an analysis by the nonpartisan Congress...

CA Congressional Candidate Mattie Fein Signs the Taxpayer Protection Pledge - Monday, November 30, 2009 12:30 PM
Federal office to sign the Taxpayer Protection Pledge.   To see the ATR’s official stat...

Drill Baby Drill…Just Not There…Or There… Or Over There, Or There either… - Tuesday, November 24, 2009 5:26 PM
As a lifelong Coloradoan I was excited when Obama selected Ken Salazar as his Secretary of the Inter...

10 Reasons to be Thankful that Cap and Trade Hasn’t Passed - Tuesday, November 24, 2009 3:41 PM

Senate Cap and Trade Update - Monday, November 23, 2009 2:36 PM

Much Truth Is Said In Jest - Monday, November 23, 2009 10:50 AM
Much truth is often said in jest, and as we've commented before, the line between satiric fiction an...

Tax Cuts Around The World - Monday, November 23, 2009 10:30 AM
At our current Administration seems dedicated to imposing even more crippling taxes that will kill j...

A Taxing Taste Of Things To Come - Friday, November 20, 2009 3:47 PM
A taste of things to come if the Administration's plans to radically hike taxes is implemented comes...

Congressman Latta Requests Hearing on Impacts of Cap and Trade - Friday, November 20, 2009 3:03 PM

Brian Rooney Signs Taxpayer Protection Pledge in Congressional Race - Friday, November 20, 2009 2:40 PM
federal office since 1987. To date, 34 U.S. senators and 172 members of the U.S. House of Representa...

ATR Breakdown of Senate Health Bill - Thursday, November 19, 2009 11:40 AM
Full List of Tax Hikes in Senate Democrat Health Bill: H.R. 3590  [Permalink]   [PDF...

Conrad Reynolds Signs the Taxpayer Protection Pledge in AR Senate Race - Thursday, November 19, 2009 10:10 AM
federal office to sign the Taxpayer Protection Pledge. To see ATR's official statement on Conrad Re...

Senate Healthcare Bill Uses the Term “Tax” 183 Times - Wednesday, November 18, 2009 9:17 PM
A word search of Sen. Harry Reid’s 2,074-page Senate healthcare bill (H.R. 3590) reveals that ...

ATRF Analysis: Reform Busines Entity Classifiction Rules - Wednesday, November 18, 2009 3:11 PM
Americans For Tax Reform Foundation Analysis of Administration Proposals to “Reform the U.S. ...

The FCC's War On Freedom - Wednesday, November 18, 2009 1:53 PM
For quite some time, Americans for Tax Reform has repeatedly raised concerns about the disturbing tr...

Ed Morrissey Interview on ATR & AWF Call for SEIU Investigation Today at 3:30pm EST - Tuesday, November 17, 2009 12:40 PM
Today, Ed Morrissey of HotAir.com will interview Alliance for Worker Freedom director Brian M Johnso...

Advice to Departing Dems:
What to do After You Lose Your Seat - Tuesday, November 17, 2009 11:04 AM
Some suggest that it will be a political liability if Democrats don’t pass health care reform....

"Stimulus" Fuzzy Math of the Day: No Hope for Michigan in "Stimulus" Plan - Tuesday, November 17, 2009 10:43 AM
This post originally appeared at at www.fiscalaccountability.org Michigan, which has the highest un...

ATR Endorses "Health Savings Account Expansion Act of 2009" - Monday, November 16, 2009 5:13 PM
ATR sent the following letter to Congressman Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) today: ...

ATRF Analysis of Administration Proposals to “Reform the U.S. International Tax System” - Monday, November 16, 2009 3:04 PM
federal corporate tax rate in the world, at a staggering 35 percent. This is almost 15 percent high...

ATR and AWF Call for the Investigation of SEIU President Andy Stern - Monday, November 16, 2009 9:05 AM

Arkansas State Senator Gilbert Baker Signs the Taxpayer Protection Pledge - Friday, November 13, 2009 11:01 AM
federal office to sign the Taxpayer Protection Pledge. To see the official statement on Gilbert Bak...

Global Flat Tax Revolution - Thursday, November 12, 2009 12:06 PM

Stimulus: A Picture is Worth a Thousand... Jobs? - Thursday, November 12, 2009 11:19 AM
This graph explains itself fairly well.  It suggests at least two things: that the stimulus has...

A Red-Ink Train Wreck:
The Real Fiscal Cost of Government-Run Healthcare - Thursday, November 12, 2009 9:47 AM

“[C]arbon credits won't matter” Says Senator Vitter (R-La.) - Wednesday, November 11, 2009 3:04 PM
Federal agencies to use existing statutory authority to take appropriate actions...to address shortf...

Christine O’Donnell becomes First Pledge Singer in Delaware Senate Race - Wednesday, November 11, 2009 2:05 PM
The 2010 Senate Special Election to fill the seat formerly held by the current Vice-President just g...

Global Warming Has Brought on A New Ice Age! - Tuesday, November 10, 2009 5:05 PM
Data on the average national temperatures from the NOAA came out for the month of October, and it is...

Tom Cox, AR Senate Candidate, Signs the Taxpayer Protection Pledge - Tuesday, November 10, 2009 1:10 PM
federal office to sign the Taxpayer Protection Pledge. To see ATR's official statement on Tom Cox, ...

Job Losses Continue Despite False Claims and Broken Promises from White House - Monday, November 9, 2009 5:01 PM
federal office, the Administration for Children and Families at Health and Human Services, actually ...

Union Cost Increases in Dem. Healthcare Bill Raises Hospital Costs by $27 Billion - Monday, November 9, 2009 4:55 PM
federally funded insurance plan. Thus, a federally funded insurance program facilitates unionization...

Berlin Wall Falls: 20th Anniversary - Monday, November 9, 2009 3:00 PM
On this day in 1989 the Berlin Wall came down, signifying the reunification of Germany and striking ...

Tennessee candidate Lou Ann Zelenik Signs the Taxpayer Protection Pledge - Monday, November 9, 2009 12:57 PM
Federal office to follow suit and pledge to the taxpayers that they will do their part in fighting o...

Obama Lied, His Tax Pledge Died - Friday, November 6, 2009 6:34 PM
By formally endorsing the House healthcare bill today, President Barack Obama effectively announced ...

Todd Long Signs Taxpayer Protection Pledge in FL-08 Congressional Race - Friday, November 6, 2009 1:05 PM
Federal Office this November to put their signature on the Pledge, along with the more than 200 elec...

Do House Democrats Not Care About Obama’s Tax Pledge? - Friday, November 6, 2009 12:22 PM
During his campaign, President Obama made a “firm pledge” not to raise “any form&r...

2.8 Million Jobs Lost Since "Stimulus" Signed Into Law - Friday, November 6, 2009 11:49 AM
The U.S. has lost at least 2.8 million jobs since President Barack Obama signed the “stimulus&...

Auto Execs’ R&D Proposal:
Lobby For Higher Taxes - Thursday, November 5, 2009 4:52 PM
federal gasoline taxes. Meanwhile, back in reality, Americans are suggesting that the best way to...

Despite Passage, Norquist Applauds Senate GOP Boycott of Climate Tax in Boxer's Committee - Thursday, November 5, 2009 4:25 PM
Even though all GOP Members of the Senate EPW Committee boycotted the second day of mark-up, the bil...

Carly Fiorina Signs Taxpayer Protection Pledge for U.S. Senate Race - Thursday, November 5, 2009 2:38 PM
federal office since 1987. To date, 34 U.S. senators and 172 members of the U.S. House of Representa...

Senate Committee Passes Climate Tax without GOP Present - Thursday, November 5, 2009 12:55 PM
Despite the Republican boycott of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee’s markup o...

"Stimulus" Fuzzy Math of the Day: Saved 935 Jobs @ Place Employing 508 - Thursday, November 5, 2009 12:53 PM
federal office, the Administration for Children and Families at Health and Human Services, actually ...

Video: Baseball & Cap and Trade? - Thursday, November 5, 2009 12:48 PM
A great video from the archives by our friends at the American Energy Alliance....

Kerry-Boxer bill in Trouble? There’s No Need to Fear, Lieberman and Graham are Here! - Wednesday, November 4, 2009 4:44 PM
The Associated Press is reporting today that John Kerry is teaming up with Senators Graham and Liebe...

Sen. GOP: "Let Americans Read the Bill!" - Reid: "What Bill?" - Tuesday, November 3, 2009 4:47 PM
The following is cross-posted at www.fiscalaccountability.org: A few days ago, all Senate Republica...

Do Democrats have the energy to pass a climate tax? - Tuesday, November 3, 2009 3:07 PM
federal energy policy and lobbying at Americans for Tax Reform (www.atr.org)....

White House Attempts to Defame Edmunds.com over Cash for Clunkers Analysis - Tuesday, November 3, 2009 1:32 PM
On October 28, 2009, automotive website Edmunds.com released an analysis on the economic impact of t...

Obama’s $250,000 Tax Pledge Timeline - Monday, November 2, 2009 4:48 PM
federal excise tax on tobacco, White House spokesman Reid H. Cherlin attempts to claim that the Obam...

Top Obama Advisor Refuses to Rule out Tax Hike on Working Families’ Healthcare - Monday, November 2, 2009 1:01 PM
Senior White House Counsel Valerie Jarrett on Sunday refused to rule out tax hikes which will raise ...

Not All Packets Are Created Equal - Friday, October 30, 2009 6:34 PM
The internet is changing. For most of its existence, our experience of the internet was either throu...

Brief Summary of Kerry-Boxer Climate Tax Bill - Friday, October 30, 2009 4:44 PM
The Senate cap and trade bill introduced by Sen. Kerry (D-Mass.) and Sen. Boxer (D-Calif.) is long. ...

Big Labor's Selfish Healthcare Motivation - Friday, October 30, 2009 11:39 AM
Originally posted on BigGovernment.com: With the health care debate raging and, what seems like, ne...

Which Tax Hikes in House Health Bill Break Obama Tax Pledge? - Thursday, October 29, 2009 2:36 PM
Over and over again, President Obama has promised not to raise “any form” of taxes on fa...

House Healthcare Bill Uses the Term "Tax" 87 Times - Thursday, October 29, 2009 11:44 AM
A word search of the 1,990-page House healthcare bill (H.R. 3962) reveals that the term “tax&r...

How Google Profits From Net Neutrality - Wednesday, October 28, 2009 5:20 PM
Timothy Carney, writing in today’s Washington Examiner, examines the reasons why Google, who d...

Grover Norquist's Testimony for Senate Cap-and-Trade Hearing - Wednesday, October 28, 2009 2:32 PM
federal government. Thank you....

ATR Launches Petition to Sen. Nelson to Keep Tax Pledge - Wednesday, October 28, 2009 12:01 PM
Today, Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) continued its pressure on Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) by releasin...

Our Fat Government:
Why Fat Taxes Are a Bad Idea - Tuesday, October 27, 2009 5:26 PM
federal government (leaving out state and local spending) is currently eating 28.1% of GDP per year&...

Nonsensical Argument For A Government Regulated Internet #8367 - Tuesday, October 27, 2009 3:03 PM
 A lot of nonsensical arguments have been put forward by leftist lobbyists and their allies in ...

45th Anniversary of Ronald Reagan's "A Time for Choosing " Speech - Tuesday, October 27, 2009 12:41 PM

Why AARP Supports Government Run Healthcare - Tuesday, October 27, 2009 11:18 AM
It might surprise people to know that the American Association of Retired Persons, the nation's larg...

Welcome Janet Parshall Listeners! - Monday, October 26, 2009 4:00 PM
Americans for Tax Reform’s own John Kartch will be interviewed today on Janet Parshall’s...

Competitive Enterprise Institute Releases Paper on Economic Liberalization - Monday, October 26, 2009 3:38 PM
The Competitive Enterprise Institute has released One Nation, Ungovernable? – a paper written ...

New Energy Ad Targets Sen. Graham in South Carolina - Monday, October 26, 2009 1:56 PM
Our friends at the American Energy Alliance have launched a new television ad in South Carolina targ...

ATR Launches Massive TV Ad Campaign
Urging Sen. Nelson to Keep Tax Pledge - Monday, October 26, 2009 9:50 AM

What tax hikes will be in Sen. Reid's health bill? - Sunday, October 25, 2009 6:13 PM
Federal Poverty Level $750 ...

The War On Free Speech - Friday, October 23, 2009 3:52 PM
Federal Trade Commission issued an 81 page document which significantly regulates the actions of blo...

What Makes America Great - Friday, October 23, 2009 12:11 PM
This classic 1948 educational cartoon says it all really......

Don't Let Labor Prevent DC Education Reform, Support Chancellor Rhee - Thursday, October 22, 2009 3:00 PM
The following was originally posted at www.workerfreedom.org. The battle between Washington D.C. Sc...

Senate Healthcare Bill Uses the Term “Tax” 124 Times - Thursday, October 22, 2009 1:46 PM
A word search of the 1,502-page Senate healthcare bill (S. 1796) reveals that the term “tax&rd...

Norquist Applauds Cap-and-Trade Research by Senators Hutchinson and Bond - Thursday, October 22, 2009 12:54 PM
Today, Grover Norquist, President of Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) commended Senators Kay Bailey Hu...

Will Obama Again Deny Healthcare Excise Tax is a Tax? - Wednesday, October 21, 2009 4:27 PM
The Senate health care bill (S. 1796) indeed uses the term “excise tax” to describe the ...

Which Tax Hikes in Senate Health Bill Violate Obama’s Tax Promise? - Wednesday, October 21, 2009 1:56 PM
Federal Poverty Level $750 ...

ATR May Rate a Vote Against
"Doc-Fix" Without Spending Cuts - Tuesday, October 20, 2009 5:00 PM

"Green Jobs" in Germany - Tuesday, October 20, 2009 3:55 PM
Proponents of Cap & Tax legislation have promised their plan would create "green jobs&...

White House Pressures U.S. Chamber to Reverse Position on Energy Bill - Monday, October 19, 2009 2:40 PM
[PDF DOCUMENT] White House Pressures U.S. Chamber to Reverse Position on Energy Bill Obama using ...

Jack E. Robinson becomes First Pledge Signer in Massachusetts Senate Race - Monday, October 19, 2009 1:05 PM
The 2010 Special Senate Election to fill the seat formerly held by the late Edward Kennedy just got ...

Not Evil Just Wrong World Premiere Last Night - Monday, October 19, 2009 11:59 AM
Last night was the World Premiere of the documentary Not Evil, Just Wrong: The True Cost of Global W...

Socialized Medicine In The UK - Monday, October 19, 2009 11:51 AM
There is a very simple way to evaluate the outcomes of a proposed policy: look at where it has been ...

Cap & Tax, And The Loss Of U.S. Sovereignty - Monday, October 19, 2009 11:05 AM
We have written previously about the disasterous effects cap & tax will have on the US ...

Scott Keadle Signs Taxpayer Protection Pledge for NC-10 Race - Monday, October 19, 2009 8:30 AM
federal office since 1987. To date, 34 U.S. senators and 172 members of the U.S. House of Representa...

World Premiere of Not Evil Just Wrong Tonight - Sunday, October 18, 2009 12:48 PM

ATR Energy Brief: An Economic Review of Price-Capping Energy - Friday, October 16, 2009 12:41 PM
Federal Affairs Manager Brian M Johnson at bjohnson@atr.org. Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) is a ...

"Stimulus" - More Fuzzy Jobs Math - Friday, October 16, 2009 12:18 PM
federal government that stated they had supported 16,000 jobs with "stimulus" funds. (Mind...

Another Pledge Signer in the NY-23 Special Election - Friday, October 16, 2009 11:18 AM
federal office since 1987. To date, 34 U.S. senators and 172 members of the U.S. House of Representa...

New Study Repeats the Obvious:
Taxes and Regulations Hike Health Costs - Thursday, October 15, 2009 3:16 PM
International management consulting firm Oliver Wyman has corroborated a report by PricewaterhouseCo...

Former Congressman Rob Simmons Signs Senate Pledge for Race in Connecticut - Thursday, October 15, 2009 9:34 AM
Federal Office to sign the Taxpayer Protection Pledge. To see the PDF of ATR's offcial re...

Ryan Ellis on CNBC Discussing Health Insurance and Taxes - Wednesday, October 14, 2009 4:03 PM

How Cap and Tax Will Hurt Texas - Wednesday, October 14, 2009 12:49 PM
In our continuing, daily, state by state, look at the financial impact of the Waxman-Markey Cap and ...

How To Measure The Success Of Obama's "Stimulus" - Wednesday, October 14, 2009 12:41 PM
Richard Rahn, Chairman of the Institute for Global Economic Growth, recently posed the question &quo...

ATR Op-Ed in "Investor's Business Daily":
Tax Hikes on Your Current Health Insurance - Wednesday, October 14, 2009 11:42 AM

Baucus Milks New Moms in Healthcare Bill - Tuesday, October 13, 2009 12:04 PM
New moms who want to use a powered breast pump to bottle milk for their babies may be faced with inc...

Oh, Canada?! - Tuesday, October 13, 2009 11:36 AM
The Mackinac Center recently sent a reporter to Canada, to film interviews with ordinary canadians a...

What Happened to Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.)? - Tuesday, October 13, 2009 10:52 AM
Why does Sen. Lindsey Graham want to rob $2.5 million from South Carolina families and kill 23,500 j...

New Yorkers: Ask Dede Scozzafava to Sign the Taxpayer Protection - Monday, October 12, 2009 5:14 PM

Al Gore Finally Takes Questions… Too Bad He Doesn’t Answer Them - Monday, October 12, 2009 12:59 PM
Last Friday, Al Gore addressed The Society of Environmental Journalists at their conference in Madis...

Connecticut Senate race getting interesting as Tom Foley signs the pledge! - Monday, October 12, 2009 12:09 PM
Federal office.   To see the PDF version of the official ATR release on Mr. Foley, click here...

Jim Anderson Now the Third Candidate to Sign Taxpayer Protection Pledge in Kansas-04 Race - Saturday, October 10, 2009 12:20 PM
federal office since 1987. To date, 33 U.S. senators and 172 members of the U.S. House of Representa...

Grover Norquist Requests that Obama Nominee Undergo Confirmation Process - Friday, October 9, 2009 2:32 PM
9 October 2009 Senator Tom Harkin, Chairman Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pen...

Tell Congress That You Don’t Want a VAT Tax on Everything You Buy - Thursday, October 8, 2009 5:10 PM

Boxer’s Committee Staffers Are Jumping Ship - Thursday, October 8, 2009 12:35 PM
The New York Times reports that several high profile and long time staffers to Miss Boxer’s (s...

Sam Caligiuri gives Connecticut its first pledge-signer in 2010 Senate race! - Thursday, October 8, 2009 9:18 AM
Federal office to sign the Taxpayer Protection Pledge. To see the PDF version of the official ATR r...

Isaac Hayes signs the Taxpayer Protection Pledge! - Wednesday, October 7, 2009 3:21 PM
Federal office to sign the Taxpayer Protection Pledge.    To see the PDF version of ATR'...

ATR and CFA Urge Opposition to Senate Finance Health Care Bill - Wednesday, October 7, 2009 8:11 AM
CFA and ATR have sent a letter to the Senate Finance Committee, urging members of the committee to v...

Sacrificing Jobs on the Altar of “Green” - Tuesday, October 6, 2009 2:41 PM
Support for a cap and trade national energy tax is dwindling and supporters have been throwing every...

The National Institutes of Health: Eating Our Tax Dollars...One Useless Project at a Time - Monday, October 5, 2009 5:28 PM
In President Obama’s Fiscal Year 2010 budget proposal, entitled A New Era of Responsibility: R...

ATR Energy Tax Hike Series Analysis of “Nonproducing Oil & Gas Lease Fees” - Friday, October 2, 2009 6:07 PM
federal lands to explore for domestic oil and natural gas. It can take companies years to obtain env...

Will Dede Scozzafava and Bill Owens Raise Your Taxes? - Friday, October 2, 2009 4:42 PM

Ethan Hastert Signs Taxpayer Protection Pledge for Congressional Race - Friday, October 2, 2009 4:12 PM
federal office since 1987. To date, 34 U.S. senators and 172 members of the U.S. House of Representa...

2.7 Million Jobs Lost Since “Stimulus” Bill Enacted - Friday, October 2, 2009 1:47 PM
The U.S. has lost at least 2.7 million jobs since President Barack Obama signed the “stimulus&...

#StimulusFail #ToldYouSo Series Continues: Unemployment Continues To Skyrocket - Friday, October 2, 2009 12:47 PM
Federal Government debt is at record levels, every child born today is mired in thousands of dollars...

Tell Your Representative To Sign Discharge Petition for Mandatory Waiting Periods - Thursday, October 1, 2009 5:02 PM

We Couldn't Have Said It Better Ourselves - Thursday, October 1, 2009 1:44 PM
Robert Barro, an economist at Harvard had an op-ed in today’s Wall Street Journal, entitled &l...

Will the Senate Pass a Bill that will cost 2,500,000 American jobs and an average tax increase of $3 - Thursday, October 1, 2009 11:26 AM
In response to the Kerry-Boxer “Cap and Trade” National Energy Tax legislation released ...

Text of Boxer-Kerry Climate/Energy Tax Bill - Wednesday, September 30, 2009 6:34 PM
The text of the Boxer-Kerry Senate climate/energy tax bill has been released...well, sort of. It is...

Equivocation You Can Believe In - Tuesday, September 29, 2009 5:35 PM
The White House, in an unsurprising move, is now saying that taxes aren’t taxes.  Again. ...

Grover Norquist Plus 503 Others Urge Senators Boxer and Kerry Not to Introduce Energy Tax - Monday, September 28, 2009 4:41 PM
federal affairs manager Brian Johnson in my office at bjohnson@atr.org or 202-785-0266. Onward, ...

Davis-Bacon Act Undermines Democrats' Stimulus Bill - Monday, September 28, 2009 2:35 PM
federal government. Davis-Bacon makes it illegal for the federal government to award contracts t...

ATR Energy Tax Hike Series Analysis of “Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS)” - Monday, September 28, 2009 2:08 PM
federal LCFS for the private sector.   Obama Proposal A LCFS was in the original draft of t...

Washington Post On Net Neutrality: Unnecessary, Stifling, Micromanagement - Monday, September 28, 2009 1:47 PM
federal government extensive power to mandate how businesses can provide Internet service to their c...

Riemersma Set to Run in Michigan-02 as a Pledge Signer - Friday, September 25, 2009 5:10 PM
Federal office to stand up for the taxpayers and sign the Taxpayer Protection Pledge.   Jay R...

ATR Energy Tax Hike Series Analysis of “Marginal Well Tax Credit Repeal” - Friday, September 25, 2009 4:46 PM
ATR Energy Tax Hike Series Marginal Well Tax Credit Repeal Current Law Marginal oil wells are tho...

Race for Kirk’s seat gets its first Pledge Signer! - Friday, September 25, 2009 1:55 PM
Federal office to follow suit and promise the taxpayers that they will do their part in making sure ...

Cap and Tax…And Tariffs! - Friday, September 25, 2009 12:12 PM
A new analysis from Sallie James, trade policy analyst at the Cato Institute’s Center for Trad...

Ken Buck Signs Taxpayer Protection Pledge for US Senate Race in Colorado - Thursday, September 24, 2009 5:21 PM
federal office since 1987. To date, 34 U.S. senators and 172 members of the U.S. House of Representa...

Senator Kelsey Signs Taxpayer Protection Pledge for KS-04 Race - Wednesday, September 23, 2009 6:09 PM
federal office since 1987. To date, 34 U.S. senators and 172 members of the U.S. House of Representa...

Over 500 Lawmakers and Businesspersons Oppose Cap and Trade - Wednesday, September 23, 2009 3:21 PM
federal and state lawmakers, national and state business/agriculture/citizen organizations who oppos...

What The Administration Really Thinks Of You - Tuesday, September 22, 2009 1:37 PM
In today's Wall Street Journal, we find out what the Secretary of Energy really thinks of US ci...

Large Majority of Doctors Disapprove of Health Care Overhaul - Monday, September 21, 2009 5:33 PM
Since the beginning of the recent health care reform fiasco, the White House has attempted to make A...

CT-04 Candidate Rob Merkle Signs Taxpayer Protection Pledge - Monday, September 21, 2009 4:40 PM
federal office since 1987. To date, 34 U.S. senators and 172 members of the U.S. House of Representa...

Obama’s $250,000 Tax Pledge Timeline:
Descending into a “Read My Lips” Betrayal - Monday, September 21, 2009 4:17 PM
federal excise tax on tobacco, White House spokesman Reid H. Cherlin attempts to claim that the Obam...

FCC Chairman Throws Down Gauntlet of Big Government Internet Regulation - Monday, September 21, 2009 4:05 PM

Obama Knew Cap-and-Trade Would Hike Income Taxes 15%- Breaking His Promise! - Monday, September 21, 2009 12:05 PM

Randy Altschuler Signs Taxpayer Protection Pledge - Monday, September 21, 2009 10:16 AM
federal office since 1987. To date, 34 U.S. senators and 172 members of the U.S. House of Representa...

Arizona CD-08 gets two pledge signers! - Friday, September 18, 2009 2:05 PM
Jesse Kelly and Brian Miller, Republican candidates for Arizona’s 8th Congressional District, ...

Inside the Twisted Mind of a Government Tax Planner - Friday, September 18, 2009 1:49 PM
Title 1, Subtitle D of the Senate Finance Committee’s Chairman’s Mark establishes &ldquo...

'Cruel and neglectful' care of one million NHS patients exposed - Friday, September 18, 2009 1:00 PM
A devastating new report by the Patients Association in Britain has revealed one million patients ha...

Where is President Obama’s Health Care “Plan”? - Thursday, September 17, 2009 12:23 PM
Obama “plan” as transparent as a Cheney cabinet meeting, says Norquist Click here for P...

Democrat Senator Rips Middle Class Taxes in the Baucus Health Care Bill - Thursday, September 17, 2009 10:07 AM
Senator Baucus released his supposedly “moderate” health care proposal yesterday, and he...

Baucus Healthcare Bill Violates Obama Tax Pledge - Wednesday, September 16, 2009 1:31 PM
At least five tax hikes in the bill violate Obama’s central campaign promise not to raise &ldq...

ALERT: List of All Tax Hikes In the Baucus Draft - Wednesday, September 16, 2009 11:03 AM

AWF: Specter Revised EFCA Package Still Remains Unacceptable - Tuesday, September 15, 2009 6:32 PM
Originally posted at Alliance for Worker Freedom: [CLICK HERE FOR PDF] Shortly after reports of th...

ATR Sends Letter to Senators Baucus, Grassley - Tuesday, September 15, 2009 2:22 PM
The Health Care Freedom Coalition--including Americans for Tax Reform and its affiliates--have signe...

How High Taxes Broke Up The Beatles - Tuesday, September 15, 2009 12:32 PM
Here at Americans for Tax Reform we have worked tirelessly to educate the public about the dangers o...

No Child Left A Dime - Tuesday, September 15, 2009 12:07 PM
Yesterday, the Cato Institute's Chris Edwards has posted this horrifying chart, sourced from the Con...

Union Approval Continues to Fall - Tuesday, September 15, 2009 10:53 AM
Content originally found here and cross posted at the Alliance for Worker Freedom PRINCETON, NJ --...

Let Them Eat Cake: White House Clueless on Taxpayer Rallies - Tuesday, September 15, 2009 10:20 AM
Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) today released a timeline of White House statements dating from mid-A...

Kansas Officials Use Taxpayer Money to Collect Names for SEIU - Monday, September 14, 2009 1:00 PM
Originally posted at www.workerfreedom.org By documents obtained by AWF staff, we have learned that...

The Rise & Rise Of The Financial-Regulatory Complex - Monday, September 14, 2009 12:38 PM
Writing in today's New York Times, Tyler Cowen, Holbert C. Harris Chair of Economics at George Mason...

Capitalism and Socialism are Opposites, Not “Two Complementary, Good Ideas” - Friday, September 11, 2009 5:40 PM
Perhaps the most frustratingly incoherent part of Obama speech Wednesday was his repeated portrayal ...

Obama Punts on Cost Reductions - Thursday, September 10, 2009 4:21 PM
“I understand that the politically safe move would be to kick the can further down the road --...

The Massachusetts Pandemic Response Bill: Necessary or Complete Overreaction? - Thursday, September 10, 2009 2:12 PM
In response to the panic over swine flu, the Massachusetts Senate recently passed a bill (S2028) whi...

The Fundamental Incoherence of Obama’s Health Care Crisis Claims - Thursday, September 10, 2009 2:04 PM
In his speech to Congress last night, President Obama grounded his health reform plans two contradic...

The Government Refuses to Take Your Money… While You’re Watching - Wednesday, September 9, 2009 4:28 PM
You'd think politicians would get used to taking and spending their constituents' money, but apparen...

Play "Obama Healthcare Bingo" Tonight - Wednesday, September 9, 2009 3:57 PM
federal bureaucrats “46 million uninsured” – Inflated number which includes illeg...

David Castillo signs Taxpayer Protection Pledge - Wednesday, September 9, 2009 12:02 PM
Federal Office to sign the Taxpayer Protection Pledge. To see ATR's official statement on David Cas...

Where Does Obama Stand on the "Aspirin Tax" - Tuesday, September 8, 2009 5:12 PM
House Democrat health bill would tax over-the-counter medicine purchases There are plenty of tax hi...

Health Care Solutions - Tuesday, September 8, 2009 5:09 PM
Referring to his opponents on health care, President Obama’s recent Labor Day address included...

Presidential Math: Cash for Clunkers Spent $3 Billion to Save $375 Million - Tuesday, September 8, 2009 3:49 PM
federal, state and local tax increases. For more information or to arrange an interview, please cont...

Not New News: Americans Disenchanted with Organized Labor - Friday, September 4, 2009 4:46 PM

A Free Economics Lesson for Media Matters - Friday, September 4, 2009 2:39 PM
Every day after ATR posts new state figures on how cap and trade will destroy jobs and increase ener...

Another Day, Another #Stimulusfail - Friday, September 4, 2009 12:09 PM
federal spending that President Obama has undertaken raise the prospects of vastly higher taxes or r...

Energy Rally in PA - WATCH IT LIVE - Thursday, September 3, 2009 5:31 PM
Watch the energy rally in Chester, Pennsylvania LIVE now - http://www.livestream.com/eventstrategies...

They Started It! - Thursday, September 3, 2009 2:22 PM
The LA Times has a new piece on free trade by a Republican-turned-Democrat from Michigan, the intern...

Young and Job-Hunting? Don't Join a Union - Thursday, September 3, 2009 1:43 PM

Neither snow, nor rain, will keep the US Post Office from functioning inefficiently - Thursday, September 3, 2009 1:33 PM
We all know the post office slogan, "neither snow, nor rain, nor gloom of night shall stray the...

AFL-CIO's Tax on Your 401(k) - Tuesday, September 1, 2009 3:51 PM
federal deficit.”  The government has been increasing spending without thinking of the co...

President Obama, Promise to Veto the Democrat Health Care Bill! - Monday, August 31, 2009 5:27 PM
President Obama stated adamantly that he is unwilling to sign a health care bill that will increase ...

Cash for Clunkers sputters to a Halt: The Aftermath - Monday, August 31, 2009 11:42 AM
Now that the smog has cleared, what did Cash for Clunkers, the 3 billion dollar government rebate pr...

The Public Option Presidency and the Internet - Friday, August 28, 2009 4:07 PM
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) renewed his calls for federal regulation of the Internet.&nb...

When Does The Government Think Taxes Are Bad? - Friday, August 28, 2009 11:19 AM
When It Has to Pay. Via the UK’s Daily Mail comes a report that the US is demanding an exempt...

Health Care Facts and Horror Stories - Friday, August 28, 2009 9:14 AM
Earlier this month, RealClearPolitics ran an op-ed warning Americans they should be horrified of gov...

Howard Dean: Agreeing With ATR? - Thursday, August 27, 2009 3:59 PM
Howard Dean’s latest statement on health care reform clarifies what we—and he—has ...

Government Hates Competition: Medicare Edition - Thursday, August 27, 2009 12:07 PM
A “public option” health insurer would create a new government sponsored enterprise in o...

Greenpeace Admits to “Emotionalizing Issues” and Using Misleading Information - Wednesday, August 26, 2009 12:59 PM
Our friends at Not Evil Just Wrong found this juicy little tidbit from the retiring leader of Greenp...

Obama to Spend Billions on Oil Exploration…In Brazil - Wednesday, August 26, 2009 12:05 PM
That’s right, the Wall Street Journal reports, $2 billion of your tax dollars will soon be goi...

A Conflict of Interest Rates? - Tuesday, August 25, 2009 5:38 PM
Federal Reserve’s powerful group of monetary architects, the Board of Governors.  While o...

Cash for Clunkers: More Regressive than Progressive? - Tuesday, August 25, 2009 4:52 PM
President Obama has, once again, put our tax dollars to a severely inefficient use. The Car Allowanc...

What Really Happened Outside Obama’s Town Hall Meeting - Tuesday, August 25, 2009 4:38 PM
federal government to get involved in this.” The answer: “No where.” The Sun...

How Congressional Action Affects Gas Prices - Tuesday, August 25, 2009 4:14 PM
Have you wondered how Congressional action affects the cost of your energy? Me too...so we found out...

ATR Endorses "Empowering Patients First Act" - Tuesday, August 25, 2009 3:44 PM
Today, ATR released the following letter in support of Representative Tom Price's "Empowering P...

Federal Comment Period on PLA’s Re-Opened: Submit Your Comments - Tuesday, August 25, 2009 12:15 PM
federal construction contracts is heating up. Old battle lines have been redrawn pitting organized l...

Energy Citizens' Rally LiveStreaming Today - Tuesday, August 25, 2009 11:55 AM
Two Energy Citizens’ rallies will be taking place today in Elkhart, IN and Greeley, CO. Energ...

The VA Wants You to Think About Pulling the Plug - Monday, August 24, 2009 5:49 PM
The specific claims about “death panels” in Democrat health care proposals are incorrect...

Cash for Appliances, wait...huh?!? - Monday, August 24, 2009 4:43 PM
Uncle Sam simply wants all Americans to have life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, right? Well...

Obama is Magic - Friday, August 21, 2009 11:27 AM
Team Obama has added a cute new re-education tool to its my.barackobama.com portal. Entitled &l...

No Health Care on Saturday? - Thursday, August 20, 2009 2:13 PM
“If you think about it, UPS and FedEx are doing just fine, right? No, they are. It's the Post ...

Ten Questions for DC WMATA (submit yours below) - Wednesday, August 19, 2009 1:15 PM
For you regular ATR readers, you know that it is no secret I have a major problem with the DC Metro,...

Montana Tea Party Protest of Obama - Wednesday, August 19, 2009 12:39 PM
This guest post by Henry Kriegel details a Tea Party protest at an Obama health care town hall. The...

Doubts about Cap-And-Trade, From the Inventor - Tuesday, August 18, 2009 5:25 PM
The Wall Street Journal reports that one of the two economists that dreamed cap-and trade in the 196...

A Public Option Co-op is still a Public Option - Tuesday, August 18, 2009 5:18 PM
Federal government. This guarantee became explicit when the government bailed out the failing f...

Australian Senate Defeats Cap-and-Trade, US Senate Should Follow Suit - Monday, August 17, 2009 5:42 PM
Last week, the Australian Senate struck down their version of cap-and-trade by a 42-30 vote. Some Gr...

Rep. Massa (D-NY): "I will vote against the interests of my district" - Monday, August 17, 2009 2:59 PM
In a stunning admission made at the radical extremist NetRoots Nation conference, Representative Eri...

Do you want your health care run like the Post Office? - Friday, August 14, 2009 4:42 PM
President Obama recently defended his government run health care plan by equating it with the Post O...

Tim Walberg: First Candidate to Sign Taxpayer Protection Pledge in MI-07 Race - Friday, August 14, 2009 11:30 AM
federal office since 1987. To date, 34 U.S. senators and 172 members of the U.S. House of Representa...

Union Violence at Town Hall Meetings Condemned - Thursday, August 13, 2009 10:23 AM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE              ...

Progressives Fear Market Ideas - Tuesday, August 11, 2009 5:20 PM
"I do hope we will talk with each other and not over each other, because one of the objectives ...

Doug Hoffman Signs the Taxpayer Protection Pledge in Special Election Race - Tuesday, August 11, 2009 11:30 AM
federal office since 1987. To date, 34 U.S. senators and 172 members of the U.S. House of Representa...

Protest is Patriotic - Tuesday, August 11, 2009 11:26 AM
Democrats have gone sour on citizen protest. DNC spokesman Brad Woodhouse described citizens up...

Video: A National Energy Tax: Not the "Change" Washington Needs - Monday, August 10, 2009 9:39 AM
The economically destructive "cap-and-trade" legislation that passed the House is heading ...

Some Are More Equal Than Others - Friday, August 7, 2009 3:21 PM
A new ad campaign is under way in the DC Metro system with posters featuring an 8 year old Florida g...

Insurance Companies Win, Taxpayers Lose, in Health Care "Reform" - Friday, August 7, 2009 2:38 PM
Last week, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi delivered a rant against the insurance companies that h...

Reid: Dissenting Americans are Saboteurs - Friday, August 7, 2009 12:19 PM
federal deficit. Health care reform ought to encourage Americans to save money for medical expenditu...

Healthcare Townhall Spin Translator - Thursday, August 6, 2009 11:35 AM

Who is Spreading Misinformation? - Wednesday, August 5, 2009 4:09 PM
The Obama administration put out a request yesterday for information on citizens who might be spread...

Ryan Ellis on Fox Business - Tuesday, August 4, 2009 6:01 PM
Today on Fox Business, ATR’s Tax Policy Director Ryan Ellis discussed the coming budget crunch...

Obama Not Delivering on Promise - Tuesday, August 4, 2009 5:24 PM
Gibbs is certain there will be no middle-class tax hikes, but President Obama’s economic advis...

Who Knows What Will Happen? - Tuesday, August 4, 2009 4:07 PM
NotSoSure.org has another video out about government health care.   Government health...

How Much Is a Cap-and-Trade Vote Worth? - Tuesday, August 4, 2009 12:17 PM
Federal Election Commission (FEC) report shows $50K given two days before vote WASHINGTON, D.C. &nd...

Obama is not a Doctor, But He Plays One on TV - Tuesday, August 4, 2009 11:00 AM
House Minority Leader John Boehner’s office has just released this funny but somewhat unnervin...

Adam Kokesh signs ATR Pledge in race for NM-03 - Monday, August 3, 2009 5:30 PM
Federal office to follow suit and pledge to the taxpayers that they will do their part in fighting o...

How Much Will Health Care Reform Really Cost? - Monday, August 3, 2009 5:23 PM

Obama Won't Rule Out Middle-Class Tax - Monday, August 3, 2009 3:58 PM
The House Committee on Ways & Means Republicans issued a press release today on how President Ob...

Taxpayer Group to Rep. Dan Boren: Resign from Blue Dog Coalition - Friday, July 31, 2009 7:16 PM
Today, Americans for Tax Reform called on Rep. Dan Boren (D-Okla.) to publically resign from the Blu...

Congressman Gene Taylor Joins "Scalded Dog Caucus" - Friday, July 31, 2009 6:37 PM
Congressman Gene Taylor Joins “Scalded Dog Caucus" Tries to distance himself from compro...

Using Twitter for Advocacy and Marketing - Friday, July 31, 2009 6:19 PM

Top 1% pays more taxes than bottom 95% - Friday, July 31, 2009 4:59 PM

House Bill Furthers Encroachment of Government into Private Sector - Friday, July 31, 2009 3:56 PM

Barney Frank: Public Plan Best Route to Single Payer Healthcare - Friday, July 31, 2009 3:34 PM
On Monday, Barney Frank explained what most Americans already understand: the public plan will lead ...

Steve Pearce: Looking Out for Taxpayers By Signing No Tax Pledge - Friday, July 31, 2009 1:31 PM
federal office since 1987. To date, 34 U.S. senators and 172 members of the U.S. House of Representa...

SEIU Crashes Private EFCA Event...Meanwhile, Members Pensions Failing - Thursday, July 30, 2009 10:53 AM
On its website, the SEIU argues that traditional defined contribution 401(k)-type pension plans are ...

Curtis Coleman Stands with Arkansas Taxpayers in his U.S. Senate Race - Wednesday, July 29, 2009 3:48 PM
federal lawmakers. I’m proud to sign this important pledge as a sign of my commitment to resto...

The Progressive Tax Fantasy - Wednesday, July 29, 2009 3:28 PM
federal deficit, taxes are going to have to go up. And he think the best place to raise them is from...

The Cosmetic Tax: A Failed Economic Discrimination Policy - Tuesday, July 28, 2009 3:31 PM
federal level could expect the same administrative headaches and lack of anticipated revenues if the...

Sen. Baucus floats “Kind of Fun” Botox Tax - Tuesday, July 28, 2009 1:34 PM
Democrats are full of ideas – at least when it comes to taxes. In the last half a year, D...

“Trust Me” is Not a Cost-Cutting Reform - Tuesday, July 28, 2009 11:51 AM
This weekend, the CBO shot down another hollow Obama administration “savings” proposal.&...

Congressman Conyers Shows Contempt for Taxpayers - Monday, July 27, 2009 5:40 PM

Censorship in the Health Care Debate - Monday, July 27, 2009 5:16 PM
federal funds, sent an e-mail to Carter's staff  requesting that the wording in the m...

More Bureaucrats To Reduce Government?!?!?! Really?!?!? - Friday, July 24, 2009 2:49 PM
First we had vice-president Biden calling for us to spend more money to avoid bankruptcy. Now, ...

Honolulu City Councilman Charles Djou Signs Taxpayer Protection Pledge for Congressional Race - Friday, July 24, 2009 1:00 PM
federal office since 1987. To date, 34 U.S. senators and 172 members of the U.S. House of Representa...

Nevada Senate Race gets a Pledge Signer! - Friday, July 24, 2009 10:55 AM
Federal office to follow suit and pledge to the taxpayers that they will do their part in fighting o...

Presumptuous Health Care - Thursday, July 23, 2009 4:45 PM
Yesterday, President Obama reaffirmed his belief in increasing taxes on Americans who are already fa...

Taxpayer Protection Pledge Puts Democrat Signers at Odds with Their Caucus’s Health Care Bill - Thursday, July 23, 2009 4:31 PM

Another Pledge Signer gears up for Indiana CD-5 - Thursday, July 23, 2009 4:02 PM
Federal office to follow suit and pledge to the taxpayers that they will do their part in fighting o...

Higher Taxes: A "Laughing" Matter - Wednesday, July 22, 2009 4:49 PM
I heard the best joke yesterday. Q: What do you call a $1 trillion increase in taxes? A: Interesti...

Obama Care In About a Minute - Wednesday, July 22, 2009 4:48 PM
This video from The Independence Institute illustrates what we might expect from government health c...

Tonight's Press Conference: Five Questions for Obama - Wednesday, July 22, 2009 11:04 AM
Americans for Tax Reform suggests the following five questions be asked of President Obama this even...

ATR and CFA Call on U.S. House Members to Reject Statutory PAYGO - Wednesday, July 22, 2009 10:37 AM
ATR and CFA have called on Members of the U.S. House of Representatives to reject H.R. 292...

ATR Urges Pressure on Likely Senate Cap-and-Trade Votes - Tuesday, July 21, 2009 5:03 PM
A recent report from FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right details how the Senate is likely to vote o...

Media Matters Still Missing the Facts About "Card Checked" - Friday, July 17, 2009 3:49 PM
In “rapid response” mode, the very same Media Matters blogger that attacked ATR’s ...

President Obama's Six Month Review - Friday, July 17, 2009 3:10 PM
federal excise tax on tobacco, a hike of 61 cents per pack, which took effect on April 1. Obama...

Why Does Democrat "Health Care Reform” Cost So Much? It’s Just Welfare. - Friday, July 17, 2009 11:49 AM
federal government spent last year on Medicaid ($201 billion according to the CBO).   Meanwhi...

Obama's First Six Months: By the Numbers - Friday, July 17, 2009 9:47 AM
federal excise tax on tobacco            &nb...

That's Just Not True Majority Leader Hoyer - Thursday, July 16, 2009 2:47 PM
"I don't know many small-businessmen or -women who are making themselves $280,000, so I am not ...

Rep. Bilbray and Rep. Dreier on Panama and Colombia Free Trade Agreements - Thursday, July 16, 2009 10:52 AM

4th of July Tea Parties Update - Wednesday, July 15, 2009 5:44 PM
Federal Reserve System over the last year alone.  This threat of economic collapse has mo...

Overhaul of “Stimulus” Transparency Website Costly and Not Transparent - Monday, July 13, 2009 3:45 PM
 Last Wednesday, the contract to re-design Recovery.gov - the administration's website that was...

Yes, Mr. President, that's what we've been saying all along... - Monday, July 13, 2009 12:51 PM
In his televised address across the African continent last Saturday, President Obama stated with tru...

Tell Your Congressman to Oppose the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) - Friday, July 10, 2009 2:08 PM

Kennedy’s Incredible Disappearing, Reappearing Health Tax - Friday, July 10, 2009 1:03 PM
federal budget deficit over the next 10 years is chiefly the result of the five-year vesting require...

Breaking Tax Promises - Thursday, July 9, 2009 3:20 PM
federal budget deficit, all without raising taxes on anyone but the wealthiest Americans. It's a pro...

Told You So: Real Agenda of "Stimulus" Is Growing Government - Thursday, July 9, 2009 1:09 PM
Edward Lazear raises some important points in the Wall Street Journal today: Congress and the Oba...

Help the Alliance for Worker Freedom Fight the Employee Free Choice Act - Thursday, July 9, 2009 11:11 AM
federally supervised private ballot election. Instead, workers would be asked to sign cards in fron...

In Georgia, there’s no lack of pledge signers looking to replace Deal - Thursday, July 9, 2009 10:51 AM
Federal office to follow suit and pledge to the taxpayers that they will do their part in fighting o...

Socialism Pure And Simple - Wednesday, July 8, 2009 5:52 PM
federal rate from 35 percent to 40 percent at the end of 2010. That would push the combined federal-...

A Brief Lesson on Tax Incentives - Wednesday, July 8, 2009 5:51 PM
A recent proposal by Citizens for Tax Justice to pay for health care proposes limiting the benefits ...

A Lesson on Tax Incentives - Wednesday, July 8, 2009 5:37 PM
A recent proposal by Citizens for Tax Justice to pay for health care proposes limiting the benefits ...

Kennedy’s Health Care Taxes Now and Later - Wednesday, July 8, 2009 5:06 PM
federal poverty line. These subsidies make up the vast majority of the bill’s CBO-scored ...

Oversight and the "Stimulus" - Many Questions Remain - Wednesday, July 8, 2009 10:27 AM
A similar version of this post appeared on www.fiscalaccountability.org: As Democrats in the Admini...

Taxing Health Benefits: A Bad, Unpopular Way to Reform Health Care - Tuesday, July 7, 2009 5:28 PM
  One of many taxes Democrats have suggested levying to fund an expansion of health care entit...

Heinrich Challenger is Pledge Signer - Tuesday, July 7, 2009 12:05 PM
Federal office to follow suit and pledge to the taxpayers that they will do their part in fighting ...

Health Care Tax Hike Trial Balloon of the Week: Tax Hike on Small Business - Tuesday, July 7, 2009 11:07 AM
Proponents of government-run health care have a problem—they can’t pay for their trillio...

ATR Urges Senate to NOT Consider House-Passed Cap-and-Trade Bill - Tuesday, July 7, 2009 10:22 AM
7 July 2009 Dear Chairman Bingaman and Ranking Member Murkowski, On behalf of Americans for Ta...

Joe Biden and the "Stimulus": "We Misread the Economy" ... So Let's Do It Again!? - Tuesday, July 7, 2009 8:12 AM
The following is cross-posted at www.fiscalaccountability.org: As the economy continues to shed job...

ATR Urges Senate Leadership to NOT Consider National Electricity Standard - Monday, July 6, 2009 6:52 PM
federal renewable standards, and allow states to define what renewable energy is on their own terms....

Note to Bartlett: VAT isn't a substitute for higher taxes, it's just another tax - Monday, July 6, 2009 4:49 PM
Sacrificing your dog to the boa constrictor does not prevent you from being the entrée. If yo...

DC Metro, Stimulus Funding and Union Issues - Monday, July 6, 2009 1:28 PM
federal funding over the next decade. Unfortunately, President Obama's first budget failed to includ...

Curious about House Member Expenditures? You'll Have to Wait a Little Longer ... - Monday, July 6, 2009 8:43 AM
The following is cross-posted at www.fiscalaccountability.org: As The Hill reports, it will be anot...

July 4th Tea Party Fact Sheet - Thursday, July 2, 2009 3:23 PM
federal government and the economy. Number of employees at the IRS in FY 2010: Over 100,000 ...

Unemployment and President Obama’s Fudged Economics - Thursday, July 2, 2009 1:34 PM
Federal Reserve compiled a number of economic studies and released a paper directly countering the W...

The Race for Tennessee’s 3rd Congressional District Gets Two More Pledge Signers! - Thursday, July 2, 2009 11:28 AM
Federal office to follow suit and pledge to the taxpayers that they will do their part in fighting o...

Meet the Health Care Taxes - Thursday, July 2, 2009 9:55 AM
President Obama and Congress Democrats are proposing health care reforms plans that will cost over $...

PJTV on "Real Health Care Reform" - Wednesday, July 1, 2009 3:26 PM
Last Wednesday, ABC ran a four hour-long infomercial for ObamaCare, but did not cover Sen. Jim DeMin...

Carroll Campbell Signs Taxpayer Protection Pledge in SC-01 Contest - Tuesday, June 30, 2009 2:16 PM
Republican Carroll Campbell just made himself a signatory on the ATR Taxpayer Protection Pledge. He ...

96 Hours AFTER the cap-and-trade vote, final bill released - Tuesday, June 30, 2009 11:29 AM
I'm no Congressional Parlimentarian, but shouldn't the full bill be released before the vote and not...

Obama gearing up to break his tax pledge. Again. Axelrod "softening us up" says Norquist - Monday, June 29, 2009 2:06 PM
federal excise tax on tobacco, a hike of 61 cents per pack, which took effect on April 1. The t...

Going Green with a National Energy Tax - Monday, June 29, 2009 1:47 PM

Dave Evans becomes First Pledge Signer in TN-06 2010 Race - Sunday, June 28, 2009 12:00 PM
Federal office to sign the Taxpayer Protection Pledge and let the taxpayers in this country know tha...

Update: Cap-and-Trade Bill Passes U.S. House - Friday, June 26, 2009 7:48 PM
ATR released the following press release opposing the recent passage of the Waxman-Markey cap-and-tr...

Rep. Forbes (R-VA) Amendment to Cap-and-Trade Failed - Friday, June 26, 2009 7:02 PM
The GOP Rep. Forbes (R-VA) amendment to H.R. 2545, the ‘American Clean Energy and Security Act...

Leader Boehner Filibusters Waxman-Markey Cap-and-Tax Bill on House Floor - Friday, June 26, 2009 6:10 PM

Texas 17th Gets Its First Pledge Signer! - Friday, June 26, 2009 5:14 PM
federal office since 1987. To date, 35 U.S. senators and 172 members of the U.S. House of Representa...

Update: Cap-and-Trade Vote Count: 210-210, 14 Undecided - Friday, June 26, 2009 3:53 PM
That's right. We are hearing 210 - 210 with 14 undecided. Keep calling the swtichboard 202-224-3121 ...

Update: New Vote Changes - Friday, June 26, 2009 2:20 PM
New update on cap-and-trade Waxman-Markey bill - keep calling 202-224-3121 Bishop Ga now Leaning YE...

Update: 206 Yes, 211 No, 17 Undecided - 5:00pm vote - Friday, June 26, 2009 2:06 PM
Keep the pressure on! Contact your member by sending a letter here or call the U.S. House switchboar...

Rep. Petri (R-WI) Staffer "My boss has not read bill [cap-and-trade]" - Friday, June 26, 2009 12:31 PM
A undisclosed constituent of Rep. Tom Petri (R-WI) has confirmed to ATR that when his office was ask...

Democrats Postponed Cap-and-Trade Debate - KEEP UP THE PRESSURE - Friday, June 26, 2009 11:59 AM
A source from inside the U.S. House leadership office tells ATR that the Democrats have: ...tempo...

ATR Opposes the Renewable Electricity Standards in Waxman-Markey - Thursday, June 25, 2009 6:11 PM
federal government, which will be passed along onto consumers in the form of higher fees and taxes. ...

ATR Warns House Members of Cap-and-Trade Costs in Their States - Thursday, June 25, 2009 12:08 PM
Today, Americans for Tax Reform sent press releases to the following members districts warning their...

Oppose the Waxman-Markey Energy Bill that Raises Taxes and Hurts Consumers - Wednesday, June 24, 2009 5:38 PM

Mr. President, Here's Our Answer on Healthcare - Monday, June 22, 2009 5:33 PM
Last week President Obama asked critics of his health care reform plan what their answer was if they...

A Missing Step in Democrats' Health Care Savings Plans: Actual Savings - Friday, June 19, 2009 5:11 PM
federal spending by $1.1 billion over the next 10 years. Perhaps the CBO missed Obama’s w...

Tim Gobble Signs Taxpayer Protection Pledge for TN-03 Race - Friday, June 19, 2009 11:48 AM
federal office since 1987. To date, 35 U.S. senators and 172 members of the U.S. House of Representa...

FCC and Senate Look to Cripple Cell Phone Users - Thursday, June 18, 2009 11:29 AM
Chris Butler, ATR’s Chief of Staff, wrote a piece that appeared on NRO”s The Corner yest...

Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) 101 - Thursday, June 18, 2009 10:29 AM
federal arbitrators impose settlements when a company fails to reach an agreement with a newly recog...

2010 Spotlight: California CD-47; Loretta Sanchez vs. Van Tran - Thursday, June 18, 2009 10:22 AM
ATR’s first “2010 Spotlight” focused on New Hampshire, well this time the spotligh...

How do you feel about Rep. Kline named Ranking Member of Ed & Labor Committee? - Wednesday, June 17, 2009 3:56 PM
Rep. Kline (R-Minn.) is the new Ranking Republican on U.S. House Education & Labor Committee...w...

Waxman-Markey is just an Energy Tax! - Tuesday, June 16, 2009 11:30 AM
SCROLL DOWN TO TAKE ACTION AND CONTACT YOUR REPRESENTATIVE Stay informed on how the new Obama-Pelos...

ATR and PRA File Comments on National Broadband Policy - Tuesday, June 16, 2009 10:40 AM

On This Day in 1987 - Friday, June 12, 2009 6:10 PM
On this day in 1987 Ronald Reagan gave a speech that has been remembered with admiration e...

Ronald Reagan to be Honored on Anniversary of "Tear Down this Wall" Speech - Thursday, June 11, 2009 2:30 PM
Michael Reagan, founder of the Reagan Legacy Foundation will be in Berlin, Germany on Friday&nb...

Tom Lucero Promises to Protect Colorado Taxpayers' Wallets - Thursday, June 11, 2009 11:30 AM
federal office since 1987. To date, 35 U.S. senators and 172 members of the U.S. House of Representa...

Dr. Rand Paul Signs Taxpayer Protection Pledge for U.S. Senate Race in Kentucky - Thursday, June 11, 2009 10:30 AM
federal office since 1987. To date, 34 U.S. senators, and 172 members of the U.S. House of Represent...

RAISE Act Gives Union Workers Pay Increase - Wednesday, June 10, 2009 12:48 PM
federal law caps the wages of over 8 million middle class workers due to Union contracts that establ...

Rep. McKeon (R-Calif.) Appointed Ranking Member of Armed Services – Leaves Education & Labor Open - Tuesday, June 9, 2009 4:41 PM
Today, the Alliance for Worker Freedom sent the following release in response to Rep. McKeon being a...

Cory Gardner Pledges to Protect Colorado Families from Higher Taxes - Thursday, June 4, 2009 10:30 AM
federal office since 1987. To date, 35 U.S. senators and 172 members of the U.S. House of Representa...

Ronald W. Reagan Statue Unveiled at U.S. Capitol - Wednesday, June 3, 2009 2:15 PM
Today, the 40th President of the United States, Ronald W. Reagan, was honored in a ceremony unveilin...

How Real Americans Feel About Energy Taxes - Thursday, May 21, 2009 2:36 PM
ATR Energy Tax Hike Series: How Real Americans Feel About Energy Taxes WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ame...

ATR New Energy Publication... - Wednesday, May 20, 2009 5:28 PM
ATR Releases Energy Tax Hike Analysis Booklet This week, Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) has release...

2010 Spotlight: New Hampshire CD-1, Shea-Porter vs. Guinta - Tuesday, May 19, 2009 4:48 PM
The 2010 election season is beginning to take shape as various individuals position themselves for p...

ATR Energy Tax Hike Series: Overall Review - Friday, May 15, 2009 10:04 AM
federal bans on Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) and shale oil drilling were allowed to naturally expir...

Marco Rubio Signs Taxpayer Protection Pledge for Florida’s U.S. Senate Race - Thursday, May 14, 2009 2:36 PM
federal office since 1987. To date, 34 U.S. senators and 172 members of the U.S. House of Representa...

ATR Energy Tax Hike Series: Superfund Explained - Thursday, May 14, 2009 12:40 PM
federal energy policy analyst Brian Johnson at bjohnson@atr.org  Click here for PDF version...

Getting Around Card Check - Thursday, May 14, 2009 12:27 PM

Gov. Crist Signs Taxpayer Protection Pledge for U.S. Senate Race - Thursday, May 14, 2009 10:51 AM
federal office since 1987. To date, 34 U.S. senators and 172 members of the U.S. House of Representa...

DC Metro union forces unwanted exercise program onto customers - Wednesday, May 6, 2009 2:20 PM
federal stimulus money. Originally, the stimulus money was intended to save jobs that the DC Metr...

ATR Energy Tax Hike Series: Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) - Monday, May 4, 2009 6:56 PM
Federal government – not the states). RPS requirements and goals have been established in thir...

Updated: How Many People Attended the Tax Day Tea Parties? - Thursday, April 30, 2009 6:00 PM
Update V: Here is the final update on attendee estimates for Tea Parties all across America las...

NY Democrat Arcuri to voters: "We won't pay this debt" - Thursday, April 30, 2009 9:02 AM
federal dollars that force unions on companies, and even the very real possibility that ACORN could ...

House Republicans Vote Against FY 2010 Budget - Wednesday, April 29, 2009 6:00 PM

Mileage-Based Tax Not the Answer to Our Nation’s Infrastructure Needs - Wednesday, April 29, 2009 4:48 PM
federally funded projects rather than try and raise taxes during a recession. If we want people to u...

First 100 days: Obama Proposes $10,000 Tax Increase on Every American Family - Wednesday, April 29, 2009 12:41 PM
federal affairs manager Brian Johnson at bjohnson@atr.org    Click here for printable P...

Grover Debates Howard Dean over President Obama's Budget - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 3:32 PM

Really!?! Obama Rolls Back Conflict of Interest Reporting? Really!?! - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 12:30 PM
Obama says unions don't have to report conflicts of interest? Really!?! In a recent decision from t...

Some Earth Day…Obama Energy Plan Brings $10,000 per Year in Higher Energy Taxes for Every Family - Wednesday, April 22, 2009 4:16 PM
ATR Earth Day press release: Some Earth Day…Obama Energy Plan Brings $10,000 per Year in Hig...

McCain to Obama: Not Even I Will Support Your Cap and Trade Plan - Tuesday, April 21, 2009 3:52 PM
Note to Obama: When Mc"Cap and Trade" himself won't even support your plan...you might wan...

Weekly Transparency Snapshot - Friday, April 17, 2009 7:37 PM
In case you missed it, here's a snapshot of what is happening on the spending tranparency front: &n...

Grover’s Live Chat about the National Tax Day Tea Party Protests - Wednesday, April 15, 2009 1:21 PM

Tax Day Essentials - Wednesday, April 15, 2009 11:48 AM
Federal Income Tax Is Already Steeply Progressive   ATR Reviews Obama's Tax and Spend Budge...

Tax Day Tea Parties: A Good Sign for America - Wednesday, April 15, 2009 11:46 AM
federal government. His recent budget proposal intends to raise taxes by almost $1 trillion over the...

Tax Day Tea Party Fact Sheet - Wednesday, April 15, 2009 9:00 AM

Really!?! DHS Targets Tea Parties? - Tuesday, April 14, 2009 4:45 PM
DHS Targets Tea Parties? Really!?! Seriously? The Department of Homeland Security? The guys with th...

The Truth About "Green Jobs" - Saturday, April 11, 2009 1:53 AM
federal funding for "green jobs", organizations must partner with an organized labor union...

The Fix's Best State Blogs List - Thursday, April 9, 2009 5:00 PM

The Fight to STOP "Card Check" Goes On - Thursday, April 9, 2009 1:48 PM
Although Senators from both sides of the aisle including Michael Bennet (D-CO) have decided not to s...

Battle Rages on in NY-20: Tedisco up 17 Votes - Wednesday, April 8, 2009 12:51 PM

A Fitting Question for the New York Times - Monday, April 6, 2009 11:00 AM

ATR Energy Tax Hike Series: Cap and Trade - Monday, April 6, 2009 9:30 AM
federal energy manager Brian Johnson at bjohnson@atr.org  Click here for the printable PDF. ...

House and Senate Republicans on the Democrats' Budget - Wednesday, April 1, 2009 1:30 PM

ATR Reviews Obama's Tax and Spend Budget - Wednesday, April 1, 2009 1:24 PM
Federal Affairs team at ATR continues to analyze and dissect the massive budget proposed by Pre...

Here's to You Mr. Jefferson - Tuesday, March 31, 2009 5:18 PM

Take Action: Tell Congress to Oppose the Trillion Dollar Pelosi-Obama-Reid Tax Hike - Tuesday, March 31, 2009 4:46 PM

Tell Congress to Oppose the Trillion Dollar Pelosi-Obama-Reid Tax Hike - Tuesday, March 31, 2009 3:18 PM

Tell Your Congressman to Oppose the Trillion Dollar Pelosi-Obama Tax Hike - Tuesday, March 31, 2009 3:03 PM

The Mortgage Interest Deduction and the Taxpayer Protection Pledge - Friday, March 27, 2009 1:38 PM

Death Tax primed to "kill" Rancher and Family Legacy - Thursday, March 26, 2009 3:00 PM
Federal Government never sees an "end" to any kind of reach that they may have. The ...

Take Action: Tell Your Congressman to Oppose the Trillion Dollar Pelosi-Obama Tax Hike - Wednesday, March 25, 2009 3:00 PM

ATR Energy Tax Hike Series: Section 199 Explained - Saturday, March 21, 2009 4:58 PM
federal energy manager Brian Johnson at bjohnson@atr.org  Click here for the printable PDF...

NY20- Tedisco Challenges Murphy on Geithner - Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:09 PM
Cook Political Report has Tedisco up +3, but it is still considered a “toss-up&rdquo...

Energy Tax Hike Series: LIFO Explained - Thursday, March 19, 2009 4:51 PM
federal energy policy analyst Brian Johnson at bjohnson@atr.org  Click here for the printable...

What is the Taxpayer Protection Pledge? - Tuesday, March 17, 2009 3:04 PM
federal or statewide offices across the country." -- The Hill Politicians often run for...

Chuck DeVore: First Candidate to Sign Taxpayer Protection Pledge in California Senate Race - Friday, February 27, 2009 12:00 PM
federal office since 1987. To date, 34 U.S. senators and 172 members of the U.S. House of Representa...

Top Five False Claims from Obama’s Address to Congress - Wednesday, February 25, 2009 4:01 PM
federal spending for 2009 was on track to be about 22 percent of GDP, according to the CBO. Now...

Help Support the Alliance for Worker Freedom - Wednesday, February 25, 2009 3:08 PM
The Alliance for Worker Freedom is a non-partisan advocacy project of Americans for Tax Reform, a 50...

Chairman Price Offers a Response to President Obama's Speech - Wednesday, February 25, 2009 10:30 AM

Join Us Tuesday Night for O-BINGO! - Tuesday, February 24, 2009 10:35 AM
federal level.   “Toxic assets”-  Now the responsibility of those who f...

Jim Tedisco Makes No New Taxes Promise to Taxpayers - Monday, February 23, 2009 2:35 PM
federal office since 1987. To date, 35 U.S. senators and 172 members of the U.S. House of Representa...

The Irony of President Obama's "Sunlight Before Signing" - Tuesday, February 17, 2009 1:33 PM
From the Center for Fiscal Accountability's blog: Byron York provides an interesting perspective on...

ATR and Coalition of 111 Organizations Oppose Omnibus Public Land Management Act - Monday, February 16, 2009 3:30 AM
federal government already owns over 650 million acres of land, much of which is experiencing severe...

ATR Condemns Salazar/Obama Bans on Energy Production - Tuesday, February 10, 2009 12:15 PM
federal revenue that would come from moving forward as planed. However, one thing is for certain, th...

ATR Supports DeMint American Plan Alternative to Reid-Obama-Baucus Trillion Dollar Spending Plan - Monday, February 9, 2009 5:19 PM
The Honorable Jim DeMint United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 Dear Senator DeMint: On behal...

Current Taxpayer Protection Pledge Signers in the 111th Congress - Thursday, February 5, 2009 4:52 PM
Click Here for a Printable .PDF Version   The Pledge Takers for the 111th Cong...

ATR Urges Senators to Oppose Budgetary Grand Compromise Because of Automatic Tax Hikes - Monday, February 2, 2009 12:16 PM
Dear Senator: In a Washington Post article from February 2, 2009 (“Democrats Set High Goal of...

ATR Explains Sec. 199 Repeal and the Pledge - Wednesday, January 28, 2009 12:15 PM
federal energy policy analyst Brian Johnson at bjohnson@atr.org View the PDF version....

ATR Explains Ethanol Credits & Their Tax Effects - Tuesday, January 27, 2009 12:15 PM
federally mandated use of expensive, inefficient domestic corn ethanol while taxing more efficient, ...

ATR Urges President Obama to Keep Energy Production Open - Friday, January 23, 2009 12:15 PM
Federal Affairs Manager Brian M. Johnson at bjohnson@atr.org View the PDF version....

ATR's Fiscally Responsible Energy Points for the 111th Congress - Friday, January 16, 2009 5:48 PM
federal governments continued interference in the leasing of land for exploratory purposes will ensu...

ATR Congratulates Rep. Scalise on Energy Committee Appointment - Friday, January 16, 2009 12:15 PM
federal energy analyst Brian Johnson at bjohnson@atr.org or 202-785-0266. Onward, Grover G. Norqui...

Vote Alert: ATR Will Rate Vote Against S-CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Wednesday, January 14, 2009 9:05 AM
January 14, 2009 VOTE “No” on H.R.2! ATR WILL RATE VOTE AGAINST THE CHILDREN...

ATR Supports Economic Growth and Middle Class Relief Act of 2009 - Tuesday, January 13, 2009 12:15 PM
The Honorable Tom Price U.S. House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 Dear Congressman Price...

ATR Hosting Debate for Candidates Running for RNC Chairman - Monday, January 12, 2009 3:42 PM
federal, state and local tax increases. For more information or to arrange an interview, please cont...

ATR May Rate a Vote AGAINST The House Rules Package - Tuesday, January 6, 2009 12:15 PM
Today, the U.S. House of Representatives will be voting on the rules of the chamber for the 111th Co...

ATR Calls on Congress to Not Interfere with a Working Free Market - Tuesday, January 6, 2009 12:14 PM
Congressional Action Raises Price of Energy WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Americans for Tax Refor...

ATR to Dem Congressmen: Show Independence, and Vote Against Nancy Pelosi's Rules Package - Tuesday, January 6, 2009 12:10 PM
Dear Congressman: This past fall, you were elected by the voters of your district to represent thei...

ATR Supports H.R. 7298, Doubling Small Business Expensing and Creating An Auto Bailout Alternative - Thursday, November 20, 2008 12:15 PM
The Honorable Doug Lamborn U.S. House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 Dear Congressman La...

Grover Norquist's Letter to Treasury Requesting the Full $700 billion in Bailout Money to Give to Am - Monday, November 17, 2008 12:15 PM
federal government has the full weight of the army, the FBI, etc. behind it, I am confident that you...

ATR Opposes Auto Bailout - Monday, November 17, 2008 1:30 AM
federal handout. This would allow them to free themselves from the grip of the labor unions and allo...

ATR's Energy Points for the 111th Congress - Monday, November 17, 2008 1:00 AM
federal governments continued interference in the leasing of land for exploratory purposes will ensu...

Coalition of 111 Groups Urge U.S. Senate to Oppose the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2008 - Tuesday, November 11, 2008 12:00 PM
federal government already owns over 650 million acres of land, much of which is experiencing severe...

Private Ballot Elections are Good Enough for Congress but not American Workers - Tuesday, November 11, 2008 7:30 AM
The full press release is below. Washington, D.C. — Today, the Alliance for Worker Freedom (A...

ATR Calls for Strict Scrutiny of TARP Expenditures - Tuesday, November 4, 2008 12:15 PM
The Honorable Henry Paulson Secretary of the Treasury 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC...

ATR Urges Senators to Co-sponsor the Drill Now Act - Friday, October 10, 2008 12:15 PM
Dear Senator, On behalf of Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) and millions of taxpayers nationwide, I w...

ATR Forms Coalition of 60+ Organizations Opposed to Senate Energy Compromise - Monday, August 18, 2008 12:15 PM
federal level. It is not the job of the federal government to regulate the leasing of state waters a...

What are Americans for Tax Reform's Affiliate Projects? - Wednesday, December 31, 1970 7:00 PM
Alliance for Worker Freedom (AWF) was founded in 2003 and is dedicated to combating anti-worker legi...

Dennis Ross Makes Promise to Taxpayers - Tuesday, February 17, 2009 4:30 PM
federal office since 1987. To date, 35 U.S. senators and 172 members of the U.S. House of Representa...