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Daily Media Spotlight September 1, 2010 - Wednesday, September 1, 2010 5:26 PM

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

Daily Media Spotlight August 26, 2010 - Thursday, August 26, 2010 4:17 PM

Daily Media Spotlight August 23, 2010 - Monday, August 23, 2010 3:06 PM

Cost of Government Day Finally Arrives on August 19, 2010 - Thursday, August 19, 2010 12:00 AM
Every year, the Americans for Tax Reform Foundation and the Center for Fiscal Accountability calcula...

Daily Media Spotlight August 16, 2010 - Monday, August 16, 2010 3:43 PM

Obama’s Goals on Trade Are Nothing without Action - Monday, August 16, 2010 11:42 AM

Point-by-Point Rebuttal to Geithner Tax Speech - Wednesday, August 4, 2010 6:12 PM
Obama Administration’s tax hike proposals.   Americans for Tax Reform has released a...

Obama's Tax Pledge -- Documentation - Tuesday, August 3, 2010 4:22 PM
Obama, Sept. 12, 2008 “No family making less than $250,000 will see their taxes increase.&...

Here's a Thought President Obama, Try Free Trade for Once - Wednesday, July 28, 2010 5:41 PM
Obama said, “Now, this is the ninth advanced battery plant to begin construction because of ou...

Gibbs Misleads Public on Obama’s Broken Tax Pledge - Tuesday, July 27, 2010 6:35 PM
Obama has already broken his “firm pledge” at least eight times: 1.  Federal To...

Wounded Warriors Face New Tax This Independence Day - Friday, July 2, 2010 12:51 PM
Obama earlier this year contains a new tax on medical devices such as prosthetic limbs, pacemakers, ...

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

July 1: Kansans Face Higher Sales Tax and Excise Tax on Tanning - Thursday, July 1, 2010 2:30 PM
Obamacare’s first tax hike is implemented, the 10% excise tax on tanning.  30 million Ame...

Obama Believes its Time to Pass the US- Korea FTA. We Concur. - Monday, June 28, 2010 12:02 PM
Obama’s trade agenda has been anything but. With continuous pandering to protectionist allies ...

Use Your Obama Tax Hike Exemption Card for these Taxes - Monday, June 28, 2010 2:00 AM
Obamacare imposes a new 10 percent excise tax on Americans using indoor tanning salons.  The ta...

White House Suddenly Falls Silent on Obama Tax Vow - Friday, June 25, 2010 3:54 PM
Obama’s “firm pledge” to not raise any form of taxes on families making less than ...

Obamacare’s First Pledge-Breaking Tax Hike Takes Effect July 1 - Thursday, June 24, 2010 12:48 PM
Obama has some explaining to do.  When he signed the healthcare bill into law, he formally brok...

Top Six Obama Mistruths From National Energy Address - Wednesday, June 16, 2010 12:05 PM
Obama used the Gulf of Mexico tragedy to twist the facts, bend the truth, and attempt to capitalize ...

Obama’s Energy Policy Flip-Flops & Offshore Drilling Moratorium Could Cost 120,000 Jobs - Tuesday, June 15, 2010 12:27 PM
Obama Administration issued a six month drilling moratorium and increased licensing and regulatory r...

Norquist Accepts Obama Fiscal Commission Co-Chair Alan Simpson’s Invitation to Testify - Friday, June 11, 2010 1:18 PM
Obama’s fiscal reform commission, has invited Americans for Tax Reform president Grover Norqui...

The European Example - Tuesday, June 8, 2010 2:51 PM
Obama’s European counterparts have owned up to governmental fiscal mismanagement. Prime Minist...

30 Days from Today: Obamacare’s First Pledge-Breaking Tax Hike Takes Effect - Tuesday, June 1, 2010 2:27 PM
Obama signed the healthcare bill into law, he formally broke his “firm pledge” to the Am...

Peter Orszag: Obama’s “firm pledge” on taxes is just a “preference” or “stance” - Friday, May 14, 2010 1:57 PM
Obama issued a warning to anyone thinking about asking him about his “firm pledge” not t...

YouCut - Cast Your Vote on Spending Cuts You Want to See Enacted - Wednesday, May 12, 2010 1:24 PM
The following is cross-posted at www.fiscalaccountability.org: If you think the federal governme...

President of the United States uses the term “Tea-baggers” - Tuesday, May 4, 2010 12:24 PM
Obama, known for his lectures to others on civility, saw fit to use the obscene and derogatory term ...

Americans for Tax Reform and the Anti-VAT Caucus - Friday, April 30, 2010 11:20 AM
Obamacare. ATR has now begun to ask candidates to join the Anti-Vat Caucus, if elected. The fo...

Obama: Asking About My Tax Pledge is a “Washington Game” - Tuesday, April 27, 2010 11:25 AM
Obama about his “firm pledge” not to raise any form of taxes on families making less tha...

Debt Commission Co-Chair Alan Simpson's Anti-Taxpayer Voting Record - Monday, April 26, 2010 5:12 PM
Obama’s debt commission, claimed he had “the best record as a non-taxer in the US Senate...

Obama to debt commission: Feel free to break my tax pledge - Monday, April 26, 2010 12:59 PM
Obama made a “firm pledge” not to raise “any form” of taxes on families maki...

The Latest Taxpayer-Funded Boondoggle: The EPA's Video Propaganda Contest - Friday, April 23, 2010 4:59 PM
Obama a letter asking him to rein in his regulators and to instruct the EPA Administrator to resci...

Value-Added Tax (VAT) Toolkit - Friday, April 23, 2010 11:18 AM
Obama Administration/allies statements on a VAT One-page summary of everything you ever needed...

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
Obama, April 21, 2010 [Video clip]  [PDF Version]  ...

Obama floats a VAT:
Admission explains attempt to alter tax pledge - Wednesday, April 21, 2010 8:07 PM
Obama made it official today : He is open to the imposition of a Value-Added Tax (VAT) on the Ameri...

White House economic advisor refuses to rule out a VAT - Tuesday, April 20, 2010 3:05 PM
Obama’s recent attempts to alter the terms of his central campaign promise – a promise ...

NYT: Obama’s economic team already calculating VAT revenue - Monday, April 19, 2010 4:53 AM
Obama’s economic team is already calculating government revenues from a possible Value Added ...

Thank You, Mr. President...
May I Have Another? - Friday, April 16, 2010 3:27 PM
Obama made the following comment in Miami about the Tea Party rallies on Tax Day: "In all, ...

Obama Attempts to Alter the Terms of his Broken Tax Pledge - Thursday, April 15, 2010 2:19 PM
Obama is now attempting to alter the terms of his central campaign promise – a pledge that fam...

Robbing Joe Consumer to Pay Joe and José Farmer - Friday, April 9, 2010 12:18 PM
Obama Administration should scrap the costly and illegal cotton subsidy program. Its these typ...

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

Obama’s Energy Speech at Andrews Air Force Base Gets it Wrong Again - Wednesday, March 31, 2010 12:15 PM
Obama gave a speech at Andrews Air Force Base where he outlined his energy plan: less domestic pro...

ATR Urges Obama to Abandon Union Sop High Road Contracting - Tuesday, March 30, 2010 3:42 PM
Obama, Members of Congress and OMB Secretary Orzsag opposing a contracting change known as "h...

AWF Urges Obama to Respect the Will of the Senate: Do Not Recess Appoint Craig Becker - Thursday, March 25, 2010 12:50 PM
Obama asking him not to recess appoint Becker. [PDF Document] Dear President Obama: On beha...

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
Obama has violated his “firm pledge” not to raise “any form” of taxes on t...

Baucus admits ObamaCare breaks Obama tax pledge - Tuesday, March 23, 2010 8:59 PM
ObamaCare. Such tax hikes are a violation of President Obama’s “firm pledge”...

Healthcare Bill Cost Taxpayers $2970 in 60 Seconds Just by Being Signed - Tuesday, March 23, 2010 12:59 PM
Obama used a "Townsend Tango - Black Lacquer/Engraved Rhodium Plated Selectip Rolling Ball Pen...

Obama’s “firm pledge” on Taxes is Anything But - Tuesday, March 23, 2010 10:22 AM
Obama’s central campaign promise – a “firm pledge” not to raise “any ...

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

Signing of Health Bill on Tuesday Would Violate President's "Sunlight Before Signing" Promise - Monday, March 22, 2010 12:09 PM
Obama is expected to sign the healthcare bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives late on Su...

ObamaCare: By the Numbers - Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:45 PM
ObamaCare: The number of new tax increases in the healthcare bill: 19 The number of tax increases ...

Study: Health Care Legislation Will Cost up to 700,000 Jobs by 2019 - Wednesday, March 17, 2010 10:21 AM
Obama’s healthcare plan.  The study uses standard practices to evaluate the job loss, bu...

Comprehensive List of Tax Hikes in Government Health Bill to be Voted on by House - Wednesday, March 17, 2010 9:05 AM
OBAMA BILL unless noted): Individual Mandate Excise Tax (Page 324/Sec. 1501/Jan 2014): Starting ...

Craig Miller Signs Taxpayer Protection Pledge in FL-24 - Friday, March 12, 2010 2:42 PM
Obama-Reid “stimulus”; a “yes” vote on the National Energy Tax bill that bar...

Economic Issues Dominate at the Bloggers Briefing - Thursday, March 11, 2010 1:14 PM
Obama-Reid agenda, and what legislation like the “stimulus”, “cap & tax”...

The Debt Panel's 800-lb. Gorilla: Why Andy Stern Stands Out - Tuesday, March 9, 2010 1:59 PM
Obama’s “Debt Panel.” The bipartisan debt panel is tasked with the goal of cutt...

Does the Obamacare Investment Surtax
Apply to Capital Gains? - Tuesday, March 9, 2010 10:46 AM

Pwned!
Paul Ryan on Healthcare and Deficits - Thursday, February 25, 2010 4:24 PM

Obamacare's Individual Mandate
Penalty Is a Tax - Tuesday, February 23, 2010 1:44 PM

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

BREAKING: Tax Analysis of Obamacare Plan - Monday, February 22, 2010 11:47 AM

Tax Hikes a Foregone Conclusion Under Obama’s Tax-and-Spend Commission - Thursday, February 18, 2010 11:23 AM
Obama signed an executive order announcing the creation of his “debt commission,” modele...

A Timeline of Obama's $250,000 Tax Pledge - Friday, February 12, 2010 5:52 PM
Obama’s central campaign promise was a “firm pledge” not to raise “any form&...

Yet Another Healthcare Transparency Farce? - Friday, February 12, 2010 4:46 PM
The following is cross-posted at www.fiscalaccountability.org: Maybe they thought they could keep t...

Crisis of Faith:
Obama "Agnostic" About <$250k Tax Hikes - Thursday, February 11, 2010 3:18 PM

Health Care, and Education Highlight This Week's Bloggers Briefing - Wednesday, February 10, 2010 2:23 PM
Obama Administration is looking to tackle in the next several weeks, including Health Care Reform an...

The Obama Budget - Friday, February 5, 2010 5:42 PM
Obama is touting all the advantages his budget has for small businesses.  In particular, he's t...

Obama Feels International Pressure to Pass FTAs - Friday, February 5, 2010 4:01 PM
Obama’s recent State of the Union address included comments about America’s free trade a...

Obama Should Cooperate with Boehner and Cantor to Force Debate on Spending Reductions - Friday, February 5, 2010 1:45 PM
Obama offering their help in forcing votes on proposed spending reductions and terminations.  T...

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...

The Obama Budget and Small Business - Tuesday, February 2, 2010 4:32 PM

The President's Budget: No Fiscal Restraint in Sight - Tuesday, February 2, 2010 11:48 AM
Obama unveiled his budget for Fiscal Year 2011. Despite ongoing verbal nods to the need for fiscal r...

Presidential Math: Failed Policies + More Failed Policies = More Jobs - Monday, February 1, 2010 8:53 AM
Obama acknowledged the need to focus more on job creation. Unfortunately, rather than turning to tru...

SOTU: The President's Misguided Take on Spending - Friday, January 29, 2010 10:06 AM
Obama gave a verbal nod to the need for spending restraint. However, his calls for restraint and his...

State of the Union: Time to play Obama BINGO! - Wednesday, January 27, 2010 12:29 PM
Obama BINGO!   To help you get through the State of the Union address on Wednesday night, ...

Mr. Freeze? Hardly.
The Fake Spending "Restraint" of Obama - Tuesday, January 26, 2010 2:40 PM

Quiz Yourself on Obama's First Year - Friday, January 22, 2010 10:59 AM
Obama to grade his first year as president and he gave himself a ‘B’. Keeping with the t...

Now is the Time for a BRAC-Style Commission for Government Spending - Thursday, January 21, 2010 3:52 PM
As the U.S. Senate is looking to cast a vote on the Conrad/Gregg bipartisan tax and spending “...

Obama’s First Year: Protectionist Trade Agenda Costs American Consumers - Wednesday, January 20, 2010 3:00 PM
Obama signs the “Stimulus” bill and violates his transparency pledge to the American peo...

An Analysis of Obama's First Year in Office - Wednesday, January 20, 2010 12:28 PM
Obama’s inauguration, Americans for Tax Reform has prepared a series of posts on various aspec...

Broken Promises: Obama's First-Year Tax Hikes On Families Making Less Than $250,000 - Wednesday, January 20, 2010 8:00 AM
Obama said the following:   “I can make a firm pledge.  Under my plan, no family m...

Obama's First Year:
$2 Trillion in New, Proposed Taxes - Tuesday, January 19, 2010 11:51 AM

Grover Norquist on Fox Forum: MIT Professor Should Return Taxpayer Dollars - Thursday, January 14, 2010 1:16 PM
Fox Forum has a piece up by Grover Norquist discussing the scandal surrounding MIT professor Jo...

ATR and CFA to MIT Economist: Give the Money Back - Tuesday, January 12, 2010 7:09 AM
ATR and CFA have sent the following letter to Jonathan Gruber, the MIT professer who has been u...

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...

Senate Health Bill Now Contains Seven Tax Hikes on Families Making Less than $250,000 - Saturday, December 19, 2009 3:30 PM
Obama’s “firm pledge” not to raise “any form” of taxes on these famili...

Mandated Electricity Standards Kill More Jobs Than They Create - Wednesday, December 16, 2009 10:41 AM
Obama-Pelosi-Reid Troika continuing to policies to appease special interests when they will, in fact...

Senate Dems Reminded of Obama’s “firm pledge” on Taxes - Tuesday, December 15, 2009 1:58 PM
Obama’s “firm pledge” not to raise “any form” of taxes on these famili...

Presenting the Official 2009 "Naughty and Nice" List - Tuesday, December 15, 2009 10:55 AM
Obama, Reid, and Pelosi championed   Randy Pullen, Arizona Republican Party Chairman – ...

Senate Democrats Face Moment of Truth on Obama Tax Pledge - Monday, December 14, 2009 7:00 PM
Obama has made a “firm pledge” not to raise “any form” of taxes on these fam...

Have Obama's Regulators Taken Things Too Far? - Wednesday, December 9, 2009 11:12 AM
Obama's EPA gone too far with the recent rulling that CO2 is harmful to human life?    ...

Ready for More Hope and Change? - Tuesday, December 8, 2009 10:35 AM
Obama's "change" and FDR's New Deal. The uncertainty that this unpredictable experimentati...

Investigation Request Filed Against Unregistered Lobbyist SEIU Treasurer Anna Burger - Thursday, December 3, 2009 11:13 AM
Obama’s campaign. SEIU President Andy Stern is the most frequent visitor to the White House ac...

Five Job Killers That Won't Be Discussed
At the White House "Jobs Summit" - Thursday, December 3, 2009 6:00 AM

Do Senate Democrats Not Care About Obama's Tax Pledge? - Monday, November 30, 2009 3:32 PM
Obama’s “firm pledge” not to raise “any form” of taxes on families mak...

Much Truth Is Said In Jest - Monday, November 23, 2009 10:50 AM
Obama and the so-called "stimulus" (WARNING: Does contain some risque humor) W...

ATR Breakdown of Senate Health Bill - Thursday, November 19, 2009 11:40 AM
Obama’s $250,000 Tax Promise   [Permalink]   [PDF]   Senate Healthcare...

Senate Health Bill Breaks
Obama's $250,000 Tax Promise - Wednesday, November 18, 2009 10:11 PM
Obama has promised not to raise “any form” of taxes on families making less than $250,00...

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 ...

Yet Another Obama Appointee
Is a Tax Hypocrite - Wednesday, November 18, 2009 6:58 PM

ATR and CFA Join Sen. Thune in Calling for End of TARP Bailout - Tuesday, November 17, 2009 11:28 AM
As the end of the year - the original expiration date for the financial market bailout package - dra...

ATR and CFA to House: Pass the TARP Accountability and Disclosure Act - Monday, November 16, 2009 11:49 AM
As a possible extension of the TARP program looms, the House is set to vote on a measure that will b...

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

No Time for Obama to Stall on Trade Agenda - Wednesday, November 11, 2009 6:13 PM
Obama prepares to travel to Asia this week, Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) urged the Administration ...

Senate Budget Staff: House Dems' Fully Implemented Health Bill to Cost $3 Trillion - Monday, November 9, 2009 12:19 PM
The following was originally posted at www.fiscalaccountability.org This weekend, after casting pre...

Obama Lied, His Tax Pledge Died - Friday, November 6, 2009 6:34 PM
Obama effectively announced that the central promise of his 2008 campaign was a lie.   Du...

What's That You Say About Avoiding Protectionism, Obama? - Friday, November 6, 2009 5:00 PM
Obama Administration. The White House announced on Thursday that the United States will now imp...

Do House Democrats Not Care About Obama’s Tax Pledge? - Friday, November 6, 2009 12:22 PM
Obama made a “firm pledge” not to raise “any form” of taxes on families maki...

2.8 Million Jobs Lost Since "Stimulus" Signed Into Law - Friday, November 6, 2009 11:49 AM
Obama signed the “stimulus” package into law on Feb. 17.  Monthly job losses rep...

Taxpayers Win in Virginia - McDonnell wins on low-tax platform - Tuesday, November 3, 2009 11:20 PM
Obama received 53 percent of the vote for in 2008.   Sen. Deeds had made clear during the cam...

White House Attempts to Defame Edmunds.com over Cash for Clunkers Analysis - Tuesday, November 3, 2009 1:32 PM
Obama White House. The author of the White House blog post attempted to legitimize the Obama Admi...

Obama’s $250,000 Tax Pledge Timeline - Monday, November 2, 2009 4:48 PM
Obama’s central campaign promise was a “firm pledge” not to raise “any form&...

Top Obama Advisor Refuses to Rule out Tax Hike on Working Families’ Healthcare - Monday, November 2, 2009 1:01 PM
Obama made the following promise to the American people:   “I can make a firm pledge.&n...

"650,000 Jobs Saved or Created!" - Really? - Friday, October 30, 2009 1:47 PM
Obama Administration will release their second batch of “stimulus” data.  According...

40 GOP Senators to Harry Reid: Let the Public Read the Bill Now! - Friday, October 30, 2009 7:54 AM
Obama was elected, in part, on his promise to bring greater transparency to the workings of the fede...

Which Tax Hikes in House Health Bill Break Obama Tax Pledge? - Thursday, October 29, 2009 2:36 PM
Obama has promised not to raise “any form” of taxes on families making less than $250,00...

ATR and CFA to Pelosi: Give us Time to Read The Healthcare Bill Text and Cost Estimate - Wednesday, October 28, 2009 5:51 PM
The following is cross-posted at www.fiscalaccountability.org: CFA and ATR sent a letter to Speaker...

"Stimulus" Jobs Math Still = #Fail - Tuesday, October 27, 2009 1:57 PM
The following is cross-posted at www.fiscalaccountability.org: Only days before the big data launch...

Senior Obama Advisor Endorses Taxing
Health Insurance Plans - Tuesday, October 27, 2009 12:39 PM

Welcome Janet Parshall Listeners! - Monday, October 26, 2009 4:00 PM
Obama and his "firm pledge" not to raise "any form" of taxes on families ma...

Judging by the Spending "There is No Recession in Washington" - Monday, October 26, 2009 9:26 AM
Obama, Pelosi and Reid have for taxpayers is sobering: Democrats must figure that they can get aw...

What tax hikes will be in Sen. Reid's health bill? - Sunday, October 25, 2009 6:13 PM
Reports indicate that this might be the week that Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and the rest of the Senat...

Video: Don't Shut Us Out! - Friday, October 23, 2009 2:31 PM
Here's a great video from our friends at LetFreedomRingUSA.com: ...

Mission Accomplished? Then Can We Get the Rest Back? - Friday, October 23, 2009 10:36 AM
Obama administration Chief Economist Christina Romer's statement that the "stimulus" had e...

Senate Healthcare Bill Uses the Term “Tax” 124 Times - Thursday, October 22, 2009 1:46 PM
Obama’s tax pledge.   During his campaign, Obama made a “firm pledge” no...

Will Obama Again Deny Healthcare Excise Tax is a Tax? - Wednesday, October 21, 2009 4:27 PM
Obama’s “firm pledge” not to raise “any form” of taxes on families mak...

Which Tax Hikes in Senate Health Bill Violate Obama’s Tax Promise? - Wednesday, October 21, 2009 1:56 PM
Obama has promised not to raise “any form” of taxes on families making less than $250,00...

Comprehensive List of All Tax Hikes
In Senate Finance "Obaucus" Health Plan - Monday, October 12, 2009 3:42 PM

Senate Health Bill Breaks Tax Pledge,
Obama Promise to Working Families - Monday, October 12, 2009 3:20 PM
Obama’s promise not to raise “any form” of taxes on families making less than $250...

Senate Finance Committee Health Plan Is A $274 Billion Net Tax Hike - Monday, October 12, 2009 2:28 PM
The Baucus healthcare bill is causing some amount of confusion over ‘tax cuts’ of late. ...

President Obama Misses Out on Nobel Prize in Economics - Monday, October 12, 2009 12:46 PM

2.7 Million Jobs Lost Since “Stimulus” Bill Enacted - Friday, October 2, 2009 1:47 PM
Obama signed the “stimulus” package into law on Feb. 17.  In January, the Obama ...

Obama Allies Float a VAT...Again - Monday, September 28, 2009 1:41 PM
Obama transition team) floated a VAT: “There’s going to have to be revenue in this bu...

Video on All the Tax Hikes
Considered for Obamacare - Monday, September 28, 2009 12:26 PM

Pres. Obama: “Let Them Eat Cake. Wait, Make that Rice Crackers. And Take Away the Soda, Too.” - Monday, September 28, 2009 11:12 AM
Obama gave in Men’s Health. In the interview, Obama said that a tax on sugared beverages, oft...

Obama's Do As I Say (Not As I Do) Trade Policy - Friday, September 25, 2009 1:27 PM
Obama Administration to outline its trade policy. President Obama claims to be a supporter of f...

New Tax Hikes in Chairman's Mark of
Baucus-Obama Health Plan - Tuesday, September 22, 2009 1:41 PM

White House Spin Continues:
When Is an Excise Tax NOT an Excise Tax? - Tuesday, September 22, 2009 1:21 PM
Obama White House continued to dig in its heels yesterday in the face of President Obama’s rid...

Large Majority of Doctors Disapprove of Health Care Overhaul - Monday, September 21, 2009 5:33 PM
Obama’s proposed health care overhaul. Well, the White House is terribly mistaken (as if this ...

Obama’s $250,000 Tax Pledge Timeline:
Descending into a “Read My Lips” Betrayal - Monday, September 21, 2009 4:17 PM
Obama’s central campaign promise was a “firm pledge” not to raise “any form&...

Don't Forget About the "Other" Mandate
Tax: H.R. 3200 Taxes the Uninsured - Monday, September 21, 2009 2:55 PM

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

There's More Than One Tax Hike
In the Baucus-Obama Health Plan - Monday, September 21, 2009 11:19 AM
Obama obstinately refused to acknowledge what is obvious to anyone who reads the Baucus-Obama govern...

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...

Issa, Boehner and Johanns to Receive "Nutcracker Award" - Thursday, September 17, 2009 4:43 PM
Following today's House vote to end all federal funding for ACORN, and the passage of of an amendmen...

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...

Baucus Healthcare Bill Violates Obama Tax Pledge - Wednesday, September 16, 2009 1:31 PM
Obama’s central campaign promise not to raise “any form” of taxes on families maki...

Don't Tread on Me: Obama Tire Tax Hits American Drivers - Tuesday, September 15, 2009 12:04 PM
Obama once again broke his central campaign promise not to raise “any form” of taxes on ...

Let Them Eat Cake: White House Clueless on Taxpayer Rallies - Tuesday, September 15, 2009 10:20 AM
Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs said:   “I don't know if the President is aware of the ...

Capitalism and Socialism are Opposites, Not “Two Complementary, Good Ideas” - Friday, September 11, 2009 5:40 PM
Obama speech Wednesday was his repeated portrayal of the market and government planning as just two ...

Obama to Visit Minnesota, Continue Health Care Push - Friday, September 11, 2009 2:46 PM
Obama is continuing his effort to sell his ideas for reform to the country. His first post-spee...

Top Five Tax Fibs
From Obama's Health Speech - Thursday, September 10, 2009 4:26 PM
Obama himself endorsed another when he called for an individual mandate with a tax penalty.  Ea...

Obama Punts on Cost Reductions - Thursday, September 10, 2009 4:21 PM
Obama, September 9, 2009, in his address to Congress   In his speech last night, Obama tried ...

The Fundamental Incoherence of Obama’s Health Care Crisis Claims - Thursday, September 10, 2009 2:04 PM
Obama grounded his health reform plans two contradictory claims. First, President Obama insiste...

Play "Obama Healthcare Bingo" Tonight - Wednesday, September 9, 2009 3:57 PM
Obama will address a joint session of Congress. Below is a handy Bingo card you may use to chec...

Obama Recarbonates the Soda Tax Talks, Gives Yet Another Glimpse Into Political Psyche - Wednesday, September 9, 2009 2:19 PM
Obama may have recarbonated the conversation about a tax on soda and sugar-sweetened drinks.  I...

Where Does Obama Stand on the "Aspirin Tax" - Tuesday, September 8, 2009 5:12 PM
Obama has been answering some tough questions about his stance on the bill, but there’s one mo...

Obama’s “Specific” Speech: Will He Disavow Pledge-Breaking Tax Hikes in House Dem Bill? - Wednesday, September 2, 2009 1:18 PM
Obama's promise not to raise “any form” of taxes on families making less than $250,000 p...

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

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...

Unions to Obama: Run Down Free Trade - Friday, August 28, 2009 11:52 AM
Obama’s calls to avoid protectionism haven’t been followed-up with action in the U.S. to...

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...

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

A Message from Your Government Leaders on Cap-and-Trade - Thursday, August 20, 2009 10:52 AM
This message is brought to you by the leaders currently running the government. Hello and thank yo...

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

Media Spotlight--White House Healthcare Hypocrisy - Thursday, August 6, 2009 2:56 PM
Obama and the left are the masters of social networking and the internet, why are congressmen receiv...

Ryan Ellis on Fox Business - Tuesday, August 4, 2009 6:01 PM
Obama try to break his tax pledge? Watch the latest business video at FOXBusiness.com...

Obama Not Delivering on Promise - Tuesday, August 4, 2009 5:24 PM
Obama’s economic advisors Geithner and Summers aren’t so sure. On a repeated basis, the ...

Speaking of Posting Things Online ... Another Case Study in Selective Transparency - Tuesday, August 4, 2009 3:58 PM
Obama wants an expansion of the ill-conceived "Cash for Clunkers" program for his birthday...

Will Obama Condemn Tax Hikes in Health Care Bill? - Tuesday, August 4, 2009 3:44 PM
Obama Re-Affirms No-Tax Pledge: Will He Condemn Middle Class Tax Hikes in the House Democrat Health ...

Media Spotlight--Obama Tax Hike Creep, Grover on Sotomayor - Tuesday, August 4, 2009 2:19 PM
Obama’s signing of the SCHIP bill, increasing cigarette taxes, should have removed all doubt; ...

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...

Scrap the Expansion of the Scrappage Program - Monday, August 3, 2009 5:12 PM
After the U.S. House of Representatives hastily passed a $2 billion expansion of the "Cash for ...

Obama Won't Rule Out Middle-Class Tax - Monday, August 3, 2009 3:58 PM
Obama might make the middle class pay more in taxes. Despite Obama’s promise not to raise taxe...

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

Obama Makes False Claims during Business Week Interview - Thursday, July 30, 2009 5:02 PM
Obama in which he makes misleading claims about his tax policies. OBAMA CLAIM:  “I hav...

Soda Taxes - Another Fallacy of Nanny-State-ism - Wednesday, July 29, 2009 2:31 PM
Obama's promise not to raise taxes on anyone making $250,000 or less.  However that promise was...

Obama is a Day Late and a Dollar Short on Spending Cuts - Tuesday, July 28, 2009 5:10 PM
Obama’s promise to cut $100 million from the federal budget in 90 days. The tardiness of th...

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
Obama administration's and Congressional leaders' plans for a government takeover of the health care...

Opportunistic Transparency? When It Hurts the Cause, the Lights Go Dim - Friday, July 24, 2009 4:12 PM
Obama's view of government transparency is fluid. That's the verdict of today's Washington Times...

A Timeline of Obama Tax Promises - Friday, July 24, 2009 11:52 AM

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

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...

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...

Ten Most Memorable Quotations from Obama's First Six Months - Monday, July 20, 2009 2:57 PM
Obama administration, Americans for Tax Reform has compiled ten memorable quotations by the Presiden...

So What Are We "Stimulating"? - Monday, July 20, 2009 11:52 AM
The following is cross-posted at www.fiscalaccountability.org: So what are we "stimulating&quo...

President Obama's Six Month Review - Friday, July 17, 2009 3:10 PM
Obama’s tax hikes, broken promises, record debt, rising job loss, non-transparency, protection...

Obama's First Six Months: By the Numbers - Friday, July 17, 2009 9:47 AM
Obama will mark his first six months in office.  Americans for Tax Reform has assembled the fol...

Michigan fears Obama is missing the point on economic woes - Tuesday, July 14, 2009 12:13 PM
Obama will arrive in Michigan today to deliver remarks on community colleges.   The Detroit F...

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...

Daily Media Spotlight--Citizen Counts Tea Party Attendance, Obama Can't Spell - Thursday, July 9, 2009 4:10 PM
Obama releases We can only hope they made some spelling errors on stimulus spending. The measl...

Breaking Tax Promises - Thursday, July 9, 2009 3:20 PM
Obama on his broken promise not to raise taxes on Americans making less than $250,000 a year. An Ass...

Of Mice and "Stimulus" - Thursday, July 9, 2009 1:32 PM
Obama's solemn assertion that the "stimulus" would be spent “without waste, without ...

Told You So: Real Agenda of "Stimulus" Is Growing Government - Thursday, July 9, 2009 1:09 PM
Obama administration have used the economic downturn as an excuse to expand the size of government. ...

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...

And So the Drumbeat Begins: Obama Advisor Calls for Second Stimulus - Tuesday, July 7, 2009 1:43 PM
Obama advisor to come out saying that we now need another "stimulus," because the first on...

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...

Daily Media Spotlight--Happy 4th of July, Obama Tax Pledge Under the Spotlight - Thursday, July 2, 2009 3:05 PM
Obama can’t delay breaking tax pledge President Obama cannot shake the unwanted attention ove...

So, Where Are These "Stimulus" Jobs President Obama Keeps Talking About? - Thursday, July 2, 2009 10:15 AM

Daily Media Spotlight--An even more intrusive tax? White House trying to dodge tax increase bullets - Wednesday, July 1, 2009 5:28 PM
Obama’s staff is working hard to keep him from taking the bullet on breaking his tax pledge fo...

Pelosi to Taxpayers: We Don't Want Your Input - Tuesday, June 30, 2009 8:48 AM
The following was cross-posted at www.fiscalaccountability.org:   One would think that after ...

Video: Transparency Farce - Even the Energy Czar Hasn't Read Cap-and-Trade Bill - Monday, June 29, 2009 3:13 PM

Obama gearing up to break his tax pledge. Again. Axelrod "softening us up" says Norquist - Monday, June 29, 2009 2:06 PM
Obama’s Senior Adviser David Axelrod refused to confirm that Obama’s central campaign pr...

Cap-and-Trade - Transparency Travesty on the House Floor - Friday, June 26, 2009 4:42 PM
This would be funny if it wasn't so sad:   Congressional leaders are hell-bent to pass the ca...

Waxman-Markey A Repeat of the "Stimulus" Fiasco? - Thursday, June 25, 2009 4:22 PM
Obama administration, but speed certainly isn't a virtue when it comes to taxing and spending. ...

Don't Nationalize Massachusetts' Health Care Mistakes! - Thursday, June 25, 2009 3:58 PM
Obama and other Democrat leaders have proposed a similar package of national reforms in order to res...

A Response to ObamaCare: Watch or Listen Live Today - Wednesday, June 24, 2009 10:43 AM
ObamaCare: Live Streaming Tea Party Patriots Social Networking Site and on the Tea Party Patrio...

The Obama Administration's Favorite Pass Time: Goal Post-Moving - Monday, June 22, 2009 2:00 PM
Obama administration would surely be a contender for the gold medal. We've talked a lot about the a...

A Missing Step in Democrats' Health Care Savings Plans: Actual Savings - Friday, June 19, 2009 5:11 PM
Obama’s Council of Economic Advisors, testified today to the House Committee on the Budget abo...

ATR and CFA Join Call for TARP Exit Strategy - Thursday, June 18, 2009 3:43 PM
Yesterday, ATR and CFA sent a letter in support of Senator Thune’s “Government Ownership...

Taxpayer Timeline of Obama's First 150 Days - Thursday, June 18, 2009 2:40 AM
Obama’s First 150 Days: New Taxes. Higher Spending. More Debt. Protectionism. Government ...

Obama's Health Care Bait and Switch - Tuesday, June 16, 2009 5:04 PM
Obama sounded dire warnings of a coming health care crisis: Today, we are spending over $2 trilli...

Sen. Coburn Details "Stimulus" Waste in New Report - Tuesday, June 16, 2009 10:45 AM
Obama and Congressional leadership touted as "must-pass-or-else" legislation. As we predi...

ATR Urges President Obama to Move Forward with US-Korea FTA - Tuesday, June 16, 2009 10:30 AM
Obama is set to meet with South Korea’s President Lee Myung-Bak to discuss several issues, inc...

Stimulus = Fail ... Time for Repeal - Thursday, June 11, 2009 2:09 PM
Obama passed the trillion dollar spending and debt package. While the administration has been movin...

Daily Media Spotlight--Obama's Transparency Failure, Using Twitter in Politics - Thursday, June 11, 2009 11:34 AM
Obama's lack of transparency “The Missouri Accountability Portal, arguably the most comprehen...

Obama's PAYGO Plan Means
Automatic Tax Hikes - Wednesday, June 10, 2009 3:37 PM

Double-Taxing U.S. Firms on Foreign Profits
Would Cost Economy 2.2 Million Jobs - Monday, June 8, 2009 4:55 PM

$43.7 Billion of “Stimulus” Spent; 1.5 Million Jobs Lost; Taxpayer Cost: $2,900 per Job Lost - Monday, June 8, 2009 1:04 PM
Obama today announcing plans to speed up “stimulus” spending this summer in an effort to...

Daily Media Spotlight--Spectator Breakfast with Mark Sanford, More Jobless in America - Friday, June 5, 2009 11:46 AM
Obama. There is more to the story however, as part-time employment trends, people who have given up...

Surprise! Buy American is Backfiring - Wednesday, June 3, 2009 5:16 PM
Obama’s assurances that these provisions wouldn’t start a trade war aren’t quite h...

Joe Biden and the "Stimulus" - Never Mind? - Wednesday, June 3, 2009 8:20 AM
The following is cross-posted at www.fiscalaccountability.org: At a roundtable in New York yesterda...

VAT Taxes and Shareholders - Friday, May 29, 2009 1:08 PM

VAT Rates Rise Over Time,
Bloating Government Tax Coffers - Friday, May 29, 2009 11:32 AM

How Much Does It Cost Taxpayers
To Hire a New Federal Employee? - Wednesday, May 27, 2009 12:03 PM

Obama Floats VAT Tax
To Pay for Socialized Medicine - Wednesday, May 27, 2009 11:41 AM

Video: Grover Norquist on Corporate Tax Increases - Tuesday, May 26, 2009 11:29 AM
Obama’s plan to increase taxes on US corporations’ overseas profits: “The more cou...

Daily Media Spotlight--Obama Pledge Breaking (Again), California Protests - Tuesday, May 19, 2009 11:00 AM
Obama is once again making a mockery of his promise not to raise taxes on those making less than $25...

Obama Releases Tax Increase Playbook - Tuesday, May 12, 2009 11:49 AM

Daily Media Spotlight--May 12th, 2009 - Tuesday, May 12, 2009 11:30 AM
Obama took office.  According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the total number of jobs...

Daily Media Spotlight--May 6th, 2009 - Wednesday, May 6, 2009 2:44 PM
Obama, Mr. Reid and Mrs. Pelosi have to sell this economic damage to an American people who have see...

Free the Panama Trade Agreement - Tuesday, May 5, 2009 3:38 AM
Obama hasn’t exactly been a beacon for trade liberalization and open markets. Instead, he...

ATR Energy Tax Hike Series: Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) - Monday, May 4, 2009 6:56 PM
Obama Budget Analysis:Energy Tax Hike Series Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS)  Current ...

Video: The DC School Voucher Program and President Obama - Monday, May 4, 2009 5:52 PM

Video: Maybe This Explains Why Washington Gets Away With Spending Trillions of Dollars? - Monday, May 4, 2009 4:45 PM

Corporations Don't Pay Taxes--
People Do! - Monday, May 4, 2009 1:07 PM

Obama's Proposal to Double-Tax Profits
Will Be an American Jobs Killer - Monday, May 4, 2009 12:46 PM

Daily Media Spotlight--May 4th, 2009 - Monday, May 4, 2009 11:10 AM
Obama's Auto Industry Meddling, Pledge Breaking in the Florida House Recentpoker.com: Minnesota Gam...

First 100 days: Obama Proposes $10,000 Tax Increase on Every American Family - Wednesday, April 29, 2009 12:41 PM
Obama Proposes $10,000 Tax Increase on Every American Family in First 100 Days Energy Provisions Al...

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...

Daily Media Spotlight--April 28th, 2009 - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 12:11 PM
Obama's Failed Fiscal Policies “Americans for Tax Reform has an informative and entertaining ...

Daily Media Spotlight--April 27th, 2009 - Monday, April 27, 2009 12:16 PM
Obama/Reid/Pelosi spendfest”   Politico Arena: What, for you, was the high point and th...

Tire Quota Would Run Over Free Trade - Monday, April 27, 2009 9:55 AM
Obama Administration to cap imports of Chinese manufactured tires by nearly half. The United Steelw...

Obama’s First 100 Days: Higher Spending. More Debt. New Taxes. Broken Promises. - Monday, April 27, 2009 9:31 AM
Obama's first 100 days in office: Day 1 -- January 20: In his Inaugural address, President Oba...

ATR Obama Energy Tax Hike Series:
Amortization Increase for Geo/Geo - Friday, April 24, 2009 3:16 PM

Daily Media Spotlight--April 22nd, 2009 - Wednesday, April 22, 2009 4:44 PM
Obama's cabinet cuts would equal 1/10,000th of spending “Republicans characterized the target...

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

Update: Florida Legislators Break Pledge - Monday, April 20, 2009 6:00 PM

Daily Media Spotlight--April 16th, 2009 - Thursday, April 16, 2009 4:00 PM
Obama a "polarizing" president, as some Republicans contend, or are they just trying to ma...

Florida Taxpayers are Facing a Storm of Taxation - Thursday, April 16, 2009 10:30 AM
Obama Trillion Dollar Tax Hike Budget: Breaking Down the Numbers).     As for Senat...

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
Obama-Reid troika.  Use the links below to learn more about how the Obama Budget and other Con...

Tax Day Tea Parties: A Good Sign for America - Wednesday, April 15, 2009 11:46 AM
Obama proposes to rectify the problems facing Americans by massively increasing the size and scope o...

Sen. DeMint: Time for Conservatives to Remember the One Thing We Most Want to Conserve: Freedom - Wednesday, April 15, 2009 11:40 AM
Obama's administration, it is time for conservatives to remember the one thing we most want to conse...

Daily Media Spotlight, April 14th, 2009 - Tuesday, April 14, 2009 5:22 PM
Obama Administration from increasing the amount of ethanol in gasoline”...

ATR Energy Tax Hike Series: Passive Loss Explained - Monday, April 13, 2009 9:25 AM
Obama Budget Analysis: Energy Tax Hike Series Passive Loss Exception Repeal Current Law A gener...

The Truth About "Green Jobs" - Saturday, April 11, 2009 1:53 AM
The truth about "green jobs" - presented by the Alliance for Worker Freedom: A relatively...

The Federal Income Tax Is
Already Steeply Progressive - Monday, April 6, 2009 11:53 AM

Daily Media Spotlight--April 6th, 2009 - Monday, April 6, 2009 11:24 AM
Obama has proposed the most significant shift toward collectivism and away from capitalism in the hi...

ATR Energy Tax Hike Series: Cap and Trade - Monday, April 6, 2009 9:30 AM
Obama Budget Analysis: Energy Tax Hike Series Cap and Trade Current Law When world economies enga...

Russia's Medvedev Calls a Spade a Spade: "Comrade" Obama - Friday, April 3, 2009 5:10 PM
Obama."...

So ... How About That Earmark Reform? - Friday, April 3, 2009 1:53 PM
Obama's earmark reform proposals - proposals which he outlined upon signing into law the bloated Omn...

Daily Media Spotlight--April 3rd, 2009 - Friday, April 3, 2009 11:47 AM
Obama's Cigarette Tax Puts the Lie To His No New Taxes Pledge “According to the taxpayers' lo...

Daily Media Spotlight--April 2nd, 2009 - Thursday, April 2, 2009 2:39 PM
Obama tax pledge up in smoke “One of President Barack Obama's campaign pledges on taxes went ...

CFA Will Rate a Vote for the RSC Budget Alternative - Thursday, April 2, 2009 12:44 PM
Obama-Reid budget which would drastically increase spending and hike taxes. From our vote alert: ...

Broken Obama Promise Takes Effect - Wednesday, April 1, 2009 6:25 PM
Obama's first broken campaign promises - the promise not to raise taxes on anyone making less than $...

ATR Reviews Obama's Tax and Spend Budget - Wednesday, April 1, 2009 1:24 PM
Obama. The President's proposed FY 2010 budget, (Excel document viewed here) (PDF document viewed he...

CFA Will Rate a Vote For the House GOP Budget Alternative - Wednesday, April 1, 2009 1:07 PM
Obama-Reid budget, the Center for Fiscal Accountability supports the GOP budget alternative presente...

Daily Media Spotlight--April 1st, 2009 - Wednesday, April 1, 2009 1:02 PM
Obama's European trip? What message should Obama be delivering to Europeans? Grover Norquist, Pres...

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

Daily Media Spotlight--March 30th, 2009 - Monday, March 30, 2009 12:10 PM
Obama is facing on his ‘Cap and Trade’ policies. The Arizona Republic: Lawmakers, exp...

No April Fool’s Joke: Obama Broken Promise to Take Effect April 1 - Friday, March 27, 2009 9:47 AM
Obama quickly signed shortly upon assuming office will take effect. In signing the tax increase, wh...

"Stimulus" Fact of the Day: Told You So - “Saved or Created Jobs” Claim Can’t Be Substantiated - Thursday, March 26, 2009 4:27 PM
Obama administration’s “bold claims of stimulus jobs can’t be measured.” &n...

Speaking of "Ocean Liners" - We See an Iceberg Ahead! - Thursday, March 26, 2009 2:25 PM
Obama's maritime metaphor of "This is a big ocean liner. It's not a speedboat" on the Amer...

Obama Budget Moving Away From “Borrow and Spend”? – Not Quite! - Wednesday, March 25, 2009 3:20 PM
Obama's press conference last night were in large part an attempt to defend his budget blueprint. D...

Obama vs. Fact:
Taxes and the Latest Press Conference - Wednesday, March 25, 2009 12:23 PM
OBAMA:    “…this plan will provide a tax cut to 95 percent of all workin...

Tonight's Press Conference: Five Questions for Obama - Tuesday, March 24, 2009 5:55 PM

BBC News: Ryan Ellis of ATR Discusses Bailouts and Sec. Geithner - Tuesday, March 24, 2009 3:54 PM

Wanted: Sub-Award Spending Information and Disclosure Deliquents - Tuesday, March 24, 2009 8:25 AM
 In the context of the "stimulus" package, there is a lot of talk about transparency ...

Angry About AIG? Blame Those Who Didn’t Read the “Stimulus” Bill Before They Voted For It - Monday, March 23, 2009 8:34 PM
 Amidst the outrage over bonuses for AIG executives, taxpayer advocates point to the fact that ...

Daily Media Spotlight--March 23rd, 2009 - Monday, March 23, 2009 1:27 PM
Obama administration is using taxation to accomplish their goals, such as wealth redistribution:&nbs...

ATR Energy Tax Hike Series: Section 199 Explained - Saturday, March 21, 2009 4:58 PM
Obama Budget Analysis: Energy Tax Hike Series: ATR Obama Budget Analysis:Energy Tax Hike Series ...

ATR and CFA Call for More Accountability With Regard to TARP - Friday, March 20, 2009 4:45 PM
In a recent letter to U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney(D, NY-14) ATR and CFA expressed their support f...

Energy Tax Hike Series: LIFO Explained - Thursday, March 19, 2009 4:51 PM
Obama Budget Analysis: Energy Tax Hike Series LIFO Explained Current Law When companies purchase ...

Daily Media Spotlight--March 19th, 2009 - Thursday, March 19, 2009 4:42 PM
Obama administration, do you have more, or less, confidence in its ability to manage the banking cri...

ATR Urges "No" Vote on
H.R. 1596, AIG/Geithner Bailout Bill - Thursday, March 19, 2009 12:10 PM
Obama to put as head of the Treasury Department someone who didn’t pay all his taxes.  It...

AIG Bonuses Are Reason to End
All Bailouts, Past and Future - Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:12 PM
Obama has said that any bill he signs should be publicly-available for five days.  This tax inc...

Obama Taking a Cue From Smoot and Hawley - Tuesday, March 17, 2009 3:16 PM
Obama to close the border to Mexican trucks, a clear violation of our NAFTA obligations.   Wa...

Daily Media Spotlight--March 17th, 2009 - Tuesday, March 17, 2009 1:35 PM
Obama’s first 50 days ‘devastating’ A summary of ATR’s efforts to shed ligh...

How President Obama Can Fix
Small Businesses, Not Provide Band-Aids - Tuesday, March 17, 2009 1:29 PM
Obama Administration announced a series of government-focused solutions for America’s small bu...

Treasury Secretary Geithner on Small Business Tax Hikes - Thursday, March 12, 2009 3:34 PM
Obama tax hike.  Of particular interest was the hemming and hawing Geithner did on the impact t...

OMB Director Orszag Nearly Guarantees
Health Care "Reform" Will Be a Tax Hike - Tuesday, March 10, 2009 4:06 PM
Obama were to force through this massive tax increase to pay for Hillarycare 2.0, this would be &quo...

Daily Media Spotlight--March 9th, 2009 - Monday, March 9, 2009 1:50 PM
Obama? Ryan Ellis, Tax Policy Director at Americans for Tax Reform, explains the effects of the Oba...

Geithner Looking at Wrong Target
on Obama's Small Business Tax Hikes - Friday, March 6, 2009 1:24 PM
Obama, has repeatedly said that their trillion-dollar tax hike won't be that harmful to small busine...

An appeal to the President to allow poor DC kids to have the same opportunity he had in education. - Thursday, March 5, 2009 3:00 PM

Obama Raises Taxes on Two-Thirds
of Small Business Profits - Thursday, March 5, 2009 12:44 PM
Obama budget plan was released in February of 2009.  For the next several weeks, Congress will ...

Daily Media Spotlight--March 5th, 2009 - Thursday, March 5, 2009 11:47 AM
Obama administration is not even interested in hearing free-market solutions to healthcare issues as...

Come join the Harrisburg Tea Party in Pennsylvania - Wednesday, March 4, 2009 4:00 PM
Obama-Reid "STIMULUS" PLAN?  Join others who are fed up with the WASTEFUL S...

Obama's Trillion Dollar Tax Hike: Breaking Down the Numbers - Tuesday, March 3, 2009 3:45 PM
Obama submitted his first budget to Capitol Hill, and it's a whammy: nearly $1 trillion in tax incre...

Fact of the Day: Another Broken Promise? Obama Wants to Sign Pork-Stuffed Omnibus - Monday, March 2, 2009 5:43 PM
Obama made a no-earmarks promise and assured the American people that “we need earmark reform....

A Blueprint for Fiscal Disaster - Thursday, February 26, 2009 6:01 PM
Obama has released his budget blueprint for FY 2010. According to taxpayer advocates, the blueprint...

Top Five False Claims from Obama’s Address to Congress - Wednesday, February 25, 2009 4:01 PM
Obama's address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night. Here is an example of just one of ...

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

How Will We Pay for the Pelosi-Obama-Reid Spendathon? - Tuesday, February 24, 2009 5:08 PM
Obama-Pelosi-Reid “stimulus/bailout/pork/omnibus” bills, federal spending alone this yea...

The State of the American Taxpayer - Tuesday, February 24, 2009 4:45 PM
Obama will deliver his first message to Congress tonight. One thing you might not hear a lot ab...

Join Us Tuesday Night for O-BINGO! - Tuesday, February 24, 2009 10:35 AM
Obama will address a joint session of Congress.  To help get you through the 50-minute speech, ...

Recovery.gov - Let the Spin Begin - Wednesday, February 18, 2009 4:45 PM
Obama Administration launched “Recovery.gov”, a website they say will allow taxpayers to...

Friday the 13th, 2009 - A Taxpayer's Nightmare on Capitol Hill - Friday, February 13, 2009 5:56 PM
Click here for a larger version.  ...

Presenting the Newest Member of the Mantis Club: President Barack Obama - Friday, February 6, 2009 4:30 PM
Obama. Previously only open to governors, the Mantis Club has opened its doors to welcome the P...

Sneak Attack? Senate Spending Package Imposes, Yet Never Once References “Davis-Bacon” - Thursday, February 5, 2009 4:43 PM
Obama-Reid troika is looking to put taxpayers on the hook for paying for their trillion dollar spend...

ATR Urges President Obama Not to Break His Promise to Taxpayers Making Less Than $250,000 - Wednesday, January 28, 2009 11:34 AM
Obama, September 12, 2008, Dover, NH). In light of the S-CHIP bill Congress is looking to pass, w...

Troika Spending Plan Fact of the Day: Pelosi-Obama-Reid Spending Package Riddled With Waste - Monday, January 26, 2009 4:34 PM
Obama-Reid troika is looking to put taxpayers on the hook for paying for their trillion dollar spend...

The Pelosi-Obama-Reid 'Tax Cut' Is Largely Just Spending - Monday, January 26, 2009 12:15 PM
Obama-Reid regime likes to say they’re giving “tax cuts” to “hundreds of mil...

ATR Urges President Obama to Keep Energy Production Open - Friday, January 23, 2009 12:15 PM
Obama President of the United States The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, DC 205...

Strike One of the Troika: House Passes First Tax Increase of the 111th Congress - Wednesday, January 14, 2009 3:43 PM
Obama-Reid troika. And we now have our answer: The very same people they said they'd protect from hi...

Congress to Force Obama to Break Word to Taxpayers Faster than a New Year’s Resolution? - Thursday, January 8, 2009 4:43 PM
Obama, because they must assume that he will sign into law what he solemnly promised he would not l...

ATR and CFA Call on President-Elect Obama to take Spending Transparency to the Next Level - Tuesday, December 16, 2008 5:43 PM
Obama Presidential Transition Team Washington DC, 20270   Dear President-Elect Obama, &nbs...