NN&V Exclusive (Phil Perine) – The January meeting of the Siena Conservatives provided the forum for AD9 Republican candidate Victoria De la Guerra Seaman to sign the Taxpayer Protection Pledge. Victoria is shown signing the pledge in front of witnesses Phil Perine, president of the Siena Conservatives, and Evon Acampora. The Taxpayer Protection Pledge is a project of Americans for Tax Reform (ATR). ATR works with taxpayer groups and activists around the country to ask [...]
NN&V Exclusive (Lori Piotrowski) – One of the reasons unions are so effective is because they never give up on an issue. Much like a dog pulling on his chew toy, union reps tug and tug and tug until they pull it out of their opponents’ hands. Today, however, unions and the National Labor Relations Board, are letting go of an issue. This is likely to be a temporary slow down. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) [...]
(NN&V Staff) – Today, 29 free market groups joined Americans for Tax Reform in sending a letter to Speaker Boehner. The topic? To urge Congress to enact a repatriation bill this year. The letter follows below. – Ed. Dear Speaker Boehner: It is very likely that Congress will pass a tax revenue bill before the end of this calendar year. We write to you today to urge that this bill include a provision allowing U.S. [...]
(Americans for Tax Reform) – July 13, 2011 U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary RE: Support H.R. 1002/S. 543, Freezing State and Local Wireless Taxation Dear Member of Congress: We the undersigned groups – representing millions of Americans – urge you to support the Wireless Tax Fairness Act (H.R. 1002/S. 543) to put a five-year freeze on attempts by state and local governments to raise taxes on wireless services. Not only are wireless [...]
(Americans for Tax Reform) – Today [July 12], Americans for Tax Reform President Grover Norquist did not endorse any particular debt limit contingency plan, as has been alleged. He did endorse the objective of Leader McConnell’s effort to force the President to put his spending plan in writing. Earlier, Senator McConnell announced a “contingency” plan, the goal of which is to make President Obama own up to the lie he’s been telling taxpayers for the [...]
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