ALG Urges Senate to Defund the Vaccine Mandates

Take these regulatory yokes off the necks of the American people today by voting to amend H.R. 6617

Fairfax, Va. – The United States Senate is poised to vote today on a critical funding bill, H.R. 6617, that includes funding to enforce President Biden’s vaccine mandates. Americans for Limited Government (ALG) is leading a nationwide campaign to defund the vaccine mandates.  ALG President Richard Manning issued the following statement ahead of today’s expected voted in the Senate:

“Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) will be offering an amendment to the government funding continuing resolution this afternoon which would defund the vaccine mandates.  This is an important amendment which should pass overwhelmingly as Republican and Democrat state and local leaders, including the Mayor of Washington, D.C., have lifted these mandates at the local levels.  It is absurd to leave inflexible federal government strictures in place. It is time for the Senate to defund their enforcement of unconstitutional vaccine mandates.  Americans for Limited Government launched a campaign a week ago, which resulted in 24.3 million emails being delivered to Congress demanding lawmakers defund the mandates. It is time for Congress to assert their Article One Constitutional powers to do so now.

“Americans for Limited Government urges Senators to support Sen. Lee’s actions to take these regulatory yokes off the necks of the American people today by voting to amend H.R. 6617 and sending it back to the House of Representatives for passage.”

For media availability contact Catherine Mortensen at 703.478.4643 or cmortensen@getliberty.org.

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ALG urges senators to ‘oppose tyranny’ & defund vaccine mandates

‘The livelihoods and personal freedoms of millions of Americans are at stake’

Fairfax, Va. – Sens. Mike Lee (R-Utah), Ted Cruz (R-Texas) Rand Paul (R-Tenn.), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), and Mike Braun (R-Ind.) have announced they will not consent to a time agreement that eases passage of the Continuing Resolution (“CR”)  without an agreement to allow for a roll call vote on an amendment to defund Biden’s unconstitutional vaccine mandates.

Americans for Limited Government (ALG) President Richard Manning issued the following statement in support of the senators efforts:

“This is big news. I have no doubt that the 23 million emails received in the Senate and House of Representatives through Americans for Limited Government’s DefundTheMandates.com campaign played a part in this.

“Americans for Limited Government strongly urges every senator to vote to defund the vaccine mandates.  Democrat governors across the country are joining their Republican counterparts in ending the shutdowns and mandates.  It would be obscene for the federal government to continue pressing for American workers, soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines, health care workers, emergency and first responders along with federal government workers and contractors to lose their jobs at a time when the CDC has found that natural immunity offers better protection against the Delta variant of COVID than two vaccinations.

“It is time for Republicans, Democrats and Independents to come together and end this dismal chapter in our nation’s history by defunding unconstitutional vaccine mandates at a time when the federal government should be encouraging Americans to get back to work, instead of forcing them to be thrown out of their careers and livelihoods.”

Note: The six senators have sent a Dear Colleague Letter to every senator inviting them to “stand with us and oppose the CR until it explicitly defunds the implementation and enforcement of these mandates…we need to take a vote on this before funding their enforcement. The livelihoods and personal freedoms of millions of Americans are at stake.”

Click here to view Dear Colleague Letter.

For media availability contact Catherine Mortensen at 703.478.4643 or cmortensen@getliberty.org.

Americans for Limited Government Launches Campaign to Defund COVID Vaccine Mandates

Fairfax, Va. – Americans for Limited Government (ALG) has launched a nationwide grassroots campaign to get a million Americans to send an email to every Member of Congress and the United States Senate demanding they defund President Joe Biden’s unconstitutional COVID vaccine mandates.

The campaign backs up efforts led in the House by Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) and in the Senate by Senators Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.)

“Biden’s Vaccine Mandates need to be stopped, and Congress can do it by voting to defund the mandates,” said ALG President Richard Manning.

“In the days ahead, both the House and Senate will be voting to fund the federal government. This is the place to make a stand,” Manning explained. “Forty-one Senators can filibuster any funding bill which pays for enforcement of the Biden Vax Mandates.

“Our goal is to get a million Americans to take action by Monday,” Manning concluded.

Every American is asked to go to the website DefundTheMandates.com and in 60 seconds send this short email to every U.S. Senator and Member of Congress.

Please stop the Biden vaccine mandates by voting against any government funding bill which includes money to enforce these intrusions into American’s basic liberties. A vote for funding the government which does not stop the vaccine mandates is a vote for the vaccine mandates.

I am counting on you.

Thank you!

For media inquiries contact Catherine Mortensen at 703.478.4643 or cmortensen@getliberty.org.

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Americans for Limited Government Offers Changes to Senate Bill Reining in Big Tech Abuses

ALG Seeks to Ensure Woke Microsoft Included

Fairfax, Va.  – The Senate Judiciary committee is marking up legislation on Thursday, Jan. 20 that seeks to restore competition online by establishing commonsense rules of the road for dominant digital platforms to prevent them from abusing their market power to harm competition, online businesses, and consumers.

Americans for Limited Government (ALG) President Richard Manning issued the following statement in support of critical changes to the American Innovation and Choice Online Act, S. 2992:

“The Senate Judiciary Committee needs to include Microsoft, the world’s dominate office productivity software, into language that triggers potential antitrust action. Microsoft, which has had more acquisitions since 2011 than all other tech companies combined, has jumped into imposing ‘wokism’ into America’s bloodstream.

“Astonishingly, Microsoft Word now comes with the ability to suggest politically correct words in place of everyday language. For example, changing ‘blacklist’ and ‘whitelist’ to ‘accepted’ or ‘allowed list,’ and swapping the gender-specific ‘postman’ with ‘postal worker.’ Similarly, ‘humanity’ or ‘humankind’ is recommended over ‘mankind,’ and ‘expert’ is suggested when the software flags ‘master.’

“The fact that Microsoft has created an ability to interject its cultural bias onto our blank word document screen is frightening and dangerous. If the Senate Judiciary Committee is going to pass legislation to rein in Big Tech’s abuse of power, it is irresponsible to leave Microsoft’s dominant office productivity software off the table.”

Current bill language:

ONLINE PLATFORM.—The term “online platform” means a website, online or mobile application, operating system, digital assistant, or online service that—

(A) enables a user to generate content that can be viewed by other users on the platform or to interact with other content on the platform;

ALG suggested language change (changes in red):

ONLINE PLATFORM.—The term “online platform” means a website, online or mobile application, operating system, enterprise software, digital assistant, or online service that—

enables a user to generate content that can be viewed by other users on the platform or to interact with other content on the platform, to create documents, spreadsheets, presentations, or to communicate with others via email, messaging, voice, or video;

For media availability contact Catherine Mortensen at 703.478.4643 or cmortensen@getliberty.org.

Congress must stop spending now to prevent runaway inflation

Inflation hurts everyone and runaway inflation is the hidden tax impacting every American that pays for our nation’s massive deficits by destroying the value of the dollar.

Fairfax, Va. – Wholesale prices increased at their quickest pace on record in November in the latest sign that the inflation pressures bedeviling the economy are still present.

Americans for Limited Government President Richard Manning released the following statement in reaction to the producer price index for final demand increasing 9.6% over the previous 12 months after rising another 0.8% in November:

“Every single month that Joe Biden has been president has resulted in an increase in the Final Demand Index of the Producer Price Index – a key indicator of future price expectations.  November continued that trend as the overall Producer Price Index (PPI) rose another .8 percent.

“This matters because the (PPI) is a measure of prices from the perspective of industries that make products, rather than the price paid by consumers.  While there is some debate over the predictive nature of the PPI as it relates to consumer prices, it is obvious that a price rise of 9.6 percent in the cost of production will be passed along to the consumers.  Last week, the Labor Department announced that inflation had risen by 6.8 percent over the past year and today’s PPI release makes it clear that more price inflation is on the way.

“But inflation is about more than numbers, it is about the person who needs to get an inexpensive used car to get to their job and discovers that used car prices have skyrocketed over the past year.  It is about the person who got a raise six months ago and today make less money in real dollars than they did before Biden became president.  It is about people on fixed incomes who are scraping by as it is discovering that the limited dollars they have just won’t stretch far enough to meet a meager budget.

“Inflation hurts everyone and runaway inflation is the hidden tax impacting every American that pays for our nation’s massive deficits by destroying the value of the dollar.  Somehow, I don’t think that anyone signed up for a 6.8 percent tax increase when they voted one year ago, but the combination of last year’s COVID recovery spending and this year’s stimulus bills have brought the chickens home to roost.  It is time for Congress to stop spending and for the President to evaluate all of the appropriated spending and ask for Congress to rescind much of the money that is in the pipeline to be spent.  I don’t expect them to do that, but our best hope is that they stop appropriating additional spending so our nation can work through this inflationary cycle without it turning into an economic catastrophe.”

For media availability contact Catherine Mortensen at cmortensen@getliberty.org or 703.478.4643.

Honoring America’s resolve and resiliency in wake of Pearl Harbor attack

Pearl Harbor response shows America what we can be

Fairfax, Va. – Americans for Limited Government President Richard Manning today issued the following statement in remembrance of the Dec. 7, 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

“Eighty years ago today, Japan attacked the United States of America in an attempt to destroy our Pacific Naval Fleet. But they underestimated American resolve and resiliency.  A mere five months later, U.S. Army Air Corp. Lt. Col. James Doolittle flew a one-way bomber run hitting Tokyo, Japan demonstrating that America would not only not back down but would bring the fight to the Japanese.

“The story of December 7, 1941 is not one of military defeat, although it certainly looked that way at the time, but instead is one of the peace-loving American people binding together in sacrifice, determined to defeat totalitarianism and Nazism.

“As America faces many different challenges both abroad and at home, remembering Pearl Harbor is perhaps more important today than ever before.  The wake of Pearl Harbor shows America what we can be, the greatness that can be achieved and how light can shine even on the darkest days.”

For media availability contact Catherine Mortensen at 703.478.4643 or cmortensen@getliberty.org.

ALG Praises Senators Cramer and Hoeven for Being a ‘Real deal champions of liberty’

By voting to reject the continuing resolution, they told their constituents that liberty matters.

Fairfax, Va. – Americans for Limited Government President Richard Manning issued the following statement praising Senators Kevin Cramer and John Hoeven, two of 28 U.S. senators, all Republican, who last night rejected the Continuing Resolution, H.R. 6119 that funds enforcement for President Joe Biden’s unconstitutional COVID vaccine mandates:

“Twenty-eight senate Republicans stood for freedom yesterday when they voted against the vaccine mandate in a federal spending bill, and then put their money where their mouth was by voting against the bill itself, which still included the mandate funding.

“Senators Kevin Cramer and John Hoeven are real deal champions of liberty. By voting to reject the continuing resolution, they told their constituents that liberty matters.

“The fight to defund Biden’s unconstitutional federal government overreach is the fight Republicans were elected to fight.  It is a classic battle between those who believe in limited government powers versus those who believe there is no end to what the federal government can do.”

The complete list of senators who rejected Continuing Resolution, H.R. 6119:

Barrasso (R-WY)
Blackburn (R-TN)
Boozman (R-AR)
Braun (R-IN)
Cotton (R-AR)
Cramer (R-ND)
Crapo (R-ID)
Cruz (R-TX)
Daines (R-MT)
Ernst (R-IA)
Fischer (R-NE)
Grassley (R-IA)
Hawley (R-MO)
Hoeven (R-ND)
Johnson (R-WI)
Lankford (R-OK)
Lee (R-UT)
Lummis (R-WY)
Marshall (R-KS)
Paul (R-KY)
Risch (R-ID)
Romney (R-UT)
Sasse (R-NE)
Scott (R-FL)
Scott (R-SC)
Sullivan (R-AK)
Toomey (R-PA)
Tuberville (R-AL)

For media availability contact Catherine Mortensen at cmortensen@getliberty.org or 703.478.4643.

 

ALG Praises Sen. Braun for Being a ‘Real deal champion of liberty’

By voting to reject the continuing resolution, he told his constituents that liberty matters.

Fairfax, Va. – Americans for Limited Government President Richard Manning issued the following statement praising Sen. Mike Braun, one of 28 U.S. senators, all Republican, who last night rejected the Continuing Resolution, H.R. 6119 that funds enforcement for President Joe Biden’s unconstitutional COVID vaccine mandates:

“Twenty-eight senate Republicans stood for freedom yesterday when they voted against the vaccine mandate in a federal spending bill, and then put their money where their mouth was by voting against the bill itself, which still included the mandate funding.

“Sen. Braun is a real deal champion of liberty. By voting to reject the continuing resolution, he told his constituents that liberty matters.

“The fight to defund Biden’s unconstitutional federal government overreach is the fight Republicans were elected to fight.  It is a classic battle between those who believe in limited government powers versus those who believe there is no end to what the federal government can do.”

The complete list of senators who rejected Continuing Resolution, H.R. 6119:

Barrasso (R-WY)
Blackburn (R-TN)
Boozman (R-AR)
Braun (R-IN)
Cotton (R-AR)
Cramer (R-ND)
Crapo (R-ID)
Cruz (R-TX)
Daines (R-MT)
Ernst (R-IA)
Fischer (R-NE)
Grassley (R-IA)
Hawley (R-MO)
Hoeven (R-ND)
Johnson (R-WI)
Lankford (R-OK)
Lee (R-UT)
Lummis (R-WY)
Marshall (R-KS)
Paul (R-KY)
Risch (R-ID)
Romney (R-UT)
Sasse (R-NE)
Scott (R-FL)
Scott (R-SC)
Sullivan (R-AK)
Toomey (R-PA)
Tuberville (R-AL)

For media availability contact Catherine Mortensen at cmortensen@getliberty.org or 703.478.4643.

ALG Praises Senators Boozman, Cotton for Being a ‘Real deal champions of liberty’

By voting to reject the continuing resolution, they told their constituents that liberty matters.

Fairfax, Va. – Americans for Limited Government President Richard Manning issued the following statement praising Senators John Boozman and Tom Cotton, two of 28 U.S. senators, all Republican, who last night rejected the Continuing Resolution, H.R. 6119 that funds enforcement for President Joe Biden’s unconstitutional COVID vaccine mandates:

“Twenty-eight senate Republicans stood for freedom yesterday when they voted against the vaccine mandate in a federal spending bill, and then put their money where their mouth was by voting against the bill itself, which still included the mandate funding.

“Senators Boozman and Cotton are real deal champion of liberty. By voting to reject the continuing resolution, they told their constituents that liberty matters.

“The fight to defund Biden’s unconstitutional federal government overreach is the fight Republicans were elected to fight.  It is a classic battle between those who believe in limited government powers versus those who believe there is no end to what the federal government can do.”

The complete list of senators who rejected Continuing Resolution, H.R. 6119:

Barrasso (R-WY)
Blackburn (R-TN)
Boozman (R-AR)
Braun (R-IN)
Cotton (R-AR)
Cramer (R-ND)
Crapo (R-ID)
Cruz (R-TX)
Daines (R-MT)
Ernst (R-IA)
Fischer (R-NE)
Grassley (R-IA)
Hawley (R-MO)
Hoeven (R-ND)
Johnson (R-WI)
Lankford (R-OK)
Lee (R-UT)
Lummis (R-WY)
Marshall (R-KS)
Paul (R-KY)
Risch (R-ID)
Romney (R-UT)
Sasse (R-NE)
Scott (R-FL)
Scott (R-SC)
Sullivan (R-AK)
Toomey (R-PA)
Tuberville (R-AL)

For media availability contact Catherine Mortensen at cmortensen@getliberty.org or 703.478.4643.

 

ALG Praises Sen. Barrasso for Being a ‘Real deal champion of liberty’

 By voting to reject the continuing resolution, he told his constituents that liberty matters.

Fairfax, Va. – Americans for Limited Government President Richard Manning issued the following statement praising Sen. John Barrasso, one of 28 U.S. senators, all Republican, who last night rejected the Continuing Resolution, H.R. 6119 that funds enforcement for President Joe Biden’s unconstitutional COVID vaccine mandates:

“Twenty-eight senate Republicans stood for freedom yesterday when they voted against the vaccine mandate in a federal spending bill, and then put their money where their mouth was by voting against the bill itself, which still included the mandate funding.

“Sen. Barrasso is a real deal champion of liberty. By voting to reject the continuing resolution, he told his constituents that liberty matters.

“The fight to defund Biden’s unconstitutional federal government overreach is the fight Republicans were elected to fight.  It is a classic battle between those who believe in limited government powers versus those who believe there is no end to what the federal government can do.”

The complete list of senators who rejected Continuing Resolution, H.R. 6119:

Barrasso (R-WY)
Blackburn (R-TN)
Boozman (R-AR)
Braun (R-IN)
Cotton (R-AR)
Cramer (R-ND)
Crapo (R-ID)
Cruz (R-TX)
Daines (R-MT)
Ernst (R-IA)
Fischer (R-NE)
Grassley (R-IA)
Hawley (R-MO)
Hoeven (R-ND)
Johnson (R-WI)
Lankford (R-OK)
Lee (R-UT)
Lummis (R-WY)
Marshall (R-KS)
Paul (R-KY)
Risch (R-ID)
Romney (R-UT)
Sasse (R-NE)
Scott (R-FL)
Scott (R-SC)
Sullivan (R-AK)
Toomey (R-PA)
Tuberville (R-AL)

For media availability contact Catherine Mortensen at cmortensen@getliberty.org or 703.478.4643.