- It May be Sunshine Week, But There Are Dark Clouds over the Slaughter House (CFA Site »)
- Bill McCollum Signs Taxpayer Protection Pledge in Florida Governor's Race
- Sen. Lincoln (D-Ark.) New Ad: I'm not working for the unions
- Making Laws Should Be Transparent
- CFA in Washington Times: Read the Bill! (CFA Site »)
- How the FCC Plans to Tax the Internet (Stop eTaxes Site »)
- Study: Health Care Legislation Will Cost up to 700,000 Jobs by 2019
- Comprehensive List of Tax Hikes in Government Health Bill to be Voted on by House
- Testimony Before U.S. House Appropriations Committee on Labor
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
- The Second Annual Pat Quinn Income Tax Increase Proposal
- How the FCC Plans to Tax the Internet
- Oh, the Irony! It's Sunshine Week, So Let's Push Healthcare Bill Through Without Even Voting On It!? (CFA Site »)
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
- Wisconsin Gubernatorial Candidate Scott Walker Signs Taxpayer Protection Pledge
- Why Do We Get Health Insurance from Our Employers Anyway? (ASA Site »)
- The Enormous Price Tag of Government Run Healthcare (ASA Site »)
- Call for Sunshine Week: "Just Give Us The Earmark Data" (CFA Site »)
- PA-12 Special Election Update: Tim Burns Signs the Taxpayer Protection Pledge
- How Government Accounting Works
- ATRF Analysis: The Importance of International Tax Competition
- How Tax Preparation "Simplification" Will Lead to Tax Hikes
- GAO: Implementation of Coburn-Obama Still Lacking in Some Areas (CFA Site »)
Monday, March 15, 2010
- Latest Developments In The Fight To Stop A Govt Internet Takeover
- China Buys Our Debt, We Give Them Renewable Energy Stimulus Jobs...Seems About Right
- ATR Urges Governor McDonnell to Sign Bill to Abolish State Run Tax Filing
- Saving the Sea Turtles...But at What Cost? (PRA Site »)
- Craig Miller Signs Taxpayer Protection Pledge in FL-24
- The Economics of #StimulusFail
- Missouri Unions and Andy Stern on the Same Page: Raise Taxes (AWF Site »)
- Obamacare, Free Trade, & Our Economic Prosperity
Friday, March 12, 2010
- Rusty Bowers Signs the Taxpayer Protection Pledge for AZ-01 Race
- Ask Your Virginia Legislator to Vote "NO" on Any Budget Containing Higher Taxes
-
ATR Supports H.R. 4781, the
"Keeping American Businesses
Competitive Act of 2010" - Ronald Reagan Legacy Project Urges Naming of California High School After Reagan
- Democrats Attempt to Subvert Congress in Hopes of Carbon Regulation
- Economic Issues Dominate at the Bloggers Briefing
- Pushback Against EPA’s Attempts to Regulate Carbon Emissions Grows
- Minnesota Gubernatorial Candidate Running on a Platform of Tax Hikes
Thursday, March 11, 2010
- Michigan Jobs Ain't What They Used To Be...Unless You Work For The Government
- ATR and CFA Support Earmark Moratorium
- Voter Fraud in the Name of Tax Hikes
- Ballooning Deficits in Greece Foreshadowing Future for the U.S.? (ASA Site »)
- Green Jobs FAIL
- The Evergreen Tax and Fee Spree
- ATR Staffer Testifies Before U.S. House Energy & Commerce Select Committee
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
- The endemic rot in government run health care
- The Debt Panel's 800-lb. Gorilla: Why Andy Stern Stands Out
- The Left Agree: Obamacare Ushers In Their Radical Ideological Agenda
- We Ought Focus On Cutting Taxes & Spending, Not Deficits
- The Debt Panel's 800-lb. Gorilla (AWF Site »)
-
Does the Obamacare Investment Surtax
Apply to Capital Gains? - ATR Urges Opposition to Sen. Isakson Pension Bailout
- Taxpayers to Legislators: Clean Virginia Budget of Taxes
- ATR Supports the Georgia JOBS Act
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
- ATR Urges Utah Governor Herbert to Veto Tax Increase
- More on the VAT
- Public Sector Jobs
- How 550,000 jobs were destroyed by the minimum wage hike
- How Obamacare Will Hurt Poor Women & Children Most
- Federal Workers Make $11,000 More Than Private Sector Workers, and There’s More of Them (AWF Site »)
Monday, March 8, 2010
- Legislation Introduced to Put Ronald Reagan on the $50 Bill
- Pledge Signer Wins Illinois Republican Gubernatorial Primary
- "Net Neutrality" To Kill Jobs
- NY Supreme Court Votes to Evict Residents and Close Businesses (PRA Site »)
- California US Senate Candidates Square Off in First Debate
Friday, March 5, 2010
- ATR and CFA Support the Spending Limit Amendment
- Utah Representative Breaks Tax Pledge
- AWF Will Rate Vote on House Jobs Bill (AWF Site »)
- Energy Tax Hike Series: Use it or Lose it Tax
Thursday, March 4, 2010
- The reliability of spending "estimates"
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Senate Cap-and-Trade Hearing: Day One
From Brian M Johnson on Tuesday, October 27, 2009 5:24 PM
Today, the US Senate began the first of a three-day hearing on S. 1733, the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act also known as the Kerry-Boxer cap-and-trade bill.
The hearings can be watched on C-SPAN3.
This is nothing more than a national energy tax that will kill 2.5 million American jobs by 2030. For more on how cap-and-trade will affect our economy, click here. Senator Inhofe (R-OK) had a great opening statement which you can read here. The witnesses and the schedule for the remaining hearings are found here.
Grover Norquist, President of Americans for Tax Reform submitted testimony for today's hearing highlighting how this bill is a $3.6 trillion gas tax.
Secretary of Energy Chu is already being criticized for using "befuddled economics" in his testimony at today's hearing.
As this bill is very long and detailed, ATR has provided a summary of the allowances and the agressive emission's goals. Also, our friends at the Heritage Foundation (h/t David Green), have added page numbers to the Table of Contents of the actual bill. Funny, you would think this is something Congress would have thought of?!?
It is important that the Majority members of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Senate Committee conducting this hearing hear from you! If you live in the state listed below, please call your Senator and tell them you oppose this tax increasing, job killing bill - S. 1733, the Kerry-Boxer cap-and-trade bill! (Please do not call if you are not a resident of the state listed below, they will not record your call)
| CALIFORNIA | Barbara Boxer | (202) 224-3553 |
| MONTANA | Max Baucus | (202) 224-2651 |
| DELEWARE | Thomas R. Carper | (202) 224-2441 |
| NEW JERSEY | Frank R. Lautenberg | (202) 224-3224 |
| MARYLAND | Benjamin L. Cardin | (202) 224-4524 |
| VERMONT | Bernard Sanders | (202) 224-5141 |
| MINNESOTA | Amy Klobuchar | (202) 224-3244 |
| RHODE ISLAND | Sheldon Whitehouse | (202) 224-2921 |
| NEW MEXICO | Tom Udall | (202) 224-6621 |
| OREGON | Jeff Merkley | (202) 224-3753 |
| NEW YORK | Kirsten Gillibrand | (202) 224-4451 |
| PENNSYLVANIA | Arlen Specter | (202) 224-4254 |
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