Oct. 1, 2015, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement in response to the Teamsters union decision to meet with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump before deciding who to endorse:

“Big Labor should think twice about Big Green advocates like Hillary Clinton. Hillary Clinton’s announced opposition to the Keystone XL Pipeline sends direct shot across the bow to every private sector labor union. It is clear that their interests are no longer served by a Democratic party that has fully embraced the Big Green anti-job agenda.

“The first step in this Big Labor v. Democrat divorce has been taken by the Teamsters, who are weighing their options for a presidential endorsement. This is clearly out of recognition of not only Republican support forthe pipeline that the Teamsters have supported but also GOP candidates Bobby Jindal, Donald Trump, Carly Fiorina, Mike Huckabee and others who came out strongly against fast track trade legislation while the Obama Administration twisted arms to get it.

“The combination of Democrats’ radical environmental anti-jobs agenda and some Republicans’ support for the union position on fast track clearly is forcing Big Labor to reconsider their historical bedfellows. It is this shifting dynamic that may cause national Democrats to pay a real political price for their economically destructive policies.”

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Sept. 25, 2015, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement in response to the pending retirement of House Speaker Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio):

“Speaker Boehner has led the House through some tumultuous times. While we have not always agreed with his tactics, we all shared a common desire to restore fiscal sanity in Washington, D.C. and his legacy will be the three-year leveling of outlays that have slowed the growth of the national debt.

“The transition provides a unique opportunity to reestablish the separation of powers between the branches of government. Rep. Ken Buck has been at the forefront of the push to the defend the House’s Article I power of the purse, a vision shared by all House Republicans led by Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy.

“The budget discussions ahead provide the perfect opportunity for House Republicans to set the spending priorities for 12 of the remaining 15 months of the Obama Administration. The shift in power provides a golden opportunity for Congress to put its imprimatur on policies that stop Obama’s executive branch regulatory overreach.”

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Sept. 17, 2015, Fairfax, Va.–Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement blasting Senate inaction to consider the Iran nuclear deal as a treaty under Article II of the Constitution:

“President Obama’s Iran deal is scheduled to go into effect today in spite of his failure to follow the terms of Corker-Cardin, which required full submission of the agreement to Congress, including any side deals. However, more concerning is that the government has unilaterally amended Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty obligations, violating the treaty clause of the U.S. Constitution since no treaty can be amended by statute or without full ratification of the Senate.

“The responsibility and duty of the Senate is to bring up Obama’s Iran nuclear deal as a treaty immediately and defeat it. By forcing Obama’s treaty into the normal ratification process, the Senate will set up a court fight over whether the President can unilaterally change a treaty. While such a court fight may not stop certain aspects of the deal from going forward, it can have the effect of stopping the transfer of billions of dollars to an Islamofascist Iranian regime. And that is a fight worth having.”

Attachments:

Sen. Tom Cotton was right, By Robert Romano, Sept. 11, 2015 at http://netrightdaily.com/2015/09/sen-tom-cotton-was-right/

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Sept. 16, 2015, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement praising the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) for holding a Sept.17 hearing on the EPA Animas River toxic spill:

“We praise the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the House Resources Committee for holding this important joint hearing on the EPA’s Animas River toxic spill, and urge Chairmen Chaffetz and Bishop to use their respective committees’ full subpoena powers to get to the bottom of the agency’s gross negligence that now endangers the livelihoods of farmers and the Navajo nation.”

Attachments:

“When will EPA tell the truth about Colorado’s Animas River spill?” By ALG President Rick Manning, Sept. 9, 2015 at http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2015/09/09/when-will-epa-tell-truth-about-colorados-animas-river-spill.html

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Sept. 10, 2015, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement in response to a Senate vote denying cloture to a resolution of disapproval of the Iran nuclear deal:

“Predictably, Harry Reid’s Senate Democrats are cowering from a vote on whether to support President Obama’s Iranian nuclear treaty. The fact that Obama does not want a Senate vote on his deal should make it clear that it would be rejected on a bipartisan basis in both houses.

“Given that Obama has not complied with the terms of the Corker-Cardin legislation and the deal he submitted is in fact a treaty, the Senate should abide by his wishes and not vote under this flawed process. Instead, the Senate should consider the deal as a treaty under Article II of the Constitution, requiring a two-thirds ratification vote of senators present, take it up, and defeat it.”

Attachments:

Iran nuclear deal show votes won’t matter, By Robert Romano, Sept. 4, 2015 at http://netrightdaily.com/2015/09/iran-nuclear-deal-shows-votes-wont-matter/

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Sept. 10, 2015, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement in response to the exclusive report from the Daily Beast that U.S. intelligence on the Islamic State terrorist group out of CENTCOM is being cooked “to adhere to the administration’s public line that the U.S. is winning the battle against ISIS and al Nusra, al Qaeda’s branch in Syria”:

“The execution of U.S. foreign policy, particularly at the classified level, depends on accurate, unvarnished information being presented to policy makers including elected leaders. The decision by the Obama administration to alter this information for political reasons to downplay the threat posed by Islamic State is unconscionable and those responsible should be rooted out and fired.

“Members of Congress must now call into question all the information that is being presented by the administration from CENTCOM, particularly on Iran’s nuclear capabilities. If there is a problem with reporting to do with Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, then that raises the question of what other reporting in CENTCOM’s area of responsibility, which includes Iran, is being cooked.”

Attachments:

50 Spies Say ISIS Intelligence Was Cooked, By Shane Harris and Nancy A. Youssef, Sept. 9, 2015 at http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/09/09/exclusive-50-spies-say-isis-intelligence-was-cooked.html

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Sept. 4, 2015, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government announced that they will be sponsoring an airplane flyover of the tailgate preceding the Oklahoma University football opener against the University of Akron.

Tailgate crowds will see the message #return the stolen art for two hours prior to the game, a commentary on the University of Oklahoma’s decision to fight against returning the painting “Shepherdess Bringing in Sheep” by Camille Pissarro that was stolen from a Jewish family by the Nazis.

Rick Manning, President of Americans for Limited Government explained the issue saying, “OU has the responsibility to return this art piece to the family that it was confiscated by Hitler’s regime. It is reprehensible that they are setting the moral example for their students that it is okay to do the wrong thing as long as you feel you can get away with it.”

The banner overflight during the pre-game tailgate is designed to bring attention to this issue to the University’s alumni and supporter base in the hopes that OU President David Boren will be convinced to quit spending tens of thousands of dollars in legal expenses to hold onto the artwork.

Manning continued, “It must be noted that OU received the painting legally, as it was donated in good faith, the Sooners culpability is their decision to fight to keep it when the family that is the rightful owner stepped forward.

“As a group that defends private property rights, Americans for Limited Government views this battle as the ultimate reminder of the dangers of big government unconstrained by the rule of law. It is our deepest hope that OU returns the stolen art, and this lesson in history creates an honest discussion about the dangers of our own nation’s asset forfeiture laws.”

In conjunction with the flyover, a number of OU students will be distributing leaflets at the tailgate urging University President Boren to #returnthestolenart.

Attachments:

Hitler stole it flier, Americans for Limited Government, Sept. 4, 2015 at http://getliberty.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/HITLER-STOLE-IT-handout.pdf

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