Jan. 21, 2026, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government Executive Director Robert Romano today issued the following statement urging Senate Republicans to vote on the SAVE Act even if they don’t have the votes to overcome a filibuster:

“If Senate Republicans are unwilling to abolish the filibuster to pass the SAVE Act, then it will require 60 votes. In 100+ years of the filibuster, the GOP has never had a filibuster-proof majority and so, even when in power with a trifecta, can never pass anything but bipartisan bills and since the Budget Control Act, budget reconciliation bills. That’s the so-called ‘uniparty’ voters occasionally complain about. It stops Democratic bills, too, so everyone should recall back to 2022 when Democrats explicitly tried to abolish the filibuster and it failed, thank goodness. The way the President is framing this right now, Republicans are in a race against time to abolish the filibuster and to secure elections with the SAVE Act before Democrats win a trifecta again in 2028 or 2032 — every time Democrats win the Presidency they usually win the trifecta going back a century.

“I’ve always thought that changes to Senate rules should be done by the rules requiring two-thirds of the Senate: ‘on a measure or motion to amend the Senate rules… [a] necessary affirmative vote shall be two-thirds of the Senators present and voting.’ But ever since both parties began confirming nominees simply by overriding the rules on simple majorities, and then Democrats attempted to just eliminate the filibuster by the same means in 2022, reciprocal partisan escalation in the Senate has rendered the question down to who’s willing to make the power grab first. In this context, it is interesting then that the Senate GOP definitely lacks the votes to overturn the filibuster (seems 20+ are opposed). But once Democrats ‘cross the Rubicon’ first on the filibuster they’ll apparently be fine with bare majorities for legislation. In other words, they don’t want to get blamed but they’ll be ok with blaming the other side when Democrats finally get around to abolishing the filibuster the next time they have the trifecta, and only then take full advantage of the rules change after they next win the trifecta, which might not happen with Puerto Rico and D.C. becoming states, packing the Senate, or voter ID being banned nationwide.

“So, for the SAVE Act, the options to pass the SAVE Act or to change the rules appear to be: 1) try to find about 10 Democrats to support some version of a SAVE Act; 2) put the SAVE Act up for a vote and then when it’s filibustered a member should make a motion to override the rules and it put it up for a vote so everyone’s on the record even though everyone thinks the motion would fail, allowing the American people to at least point out potential Democratic hypocrisy on changing filibuster rules, creating political predicate to blame them later when they do it anyway; or 3) bring up a motion to change Senate rules by the rules, a two-thirds vote, to change the standing rules of the Senate and just make it about that, again creating predicate to blame Democrats later when they do it anyway.

“Democrats have already said they want to change the rules, and Senators Manchin and Sinema are gone now so the Democratic caucus are presumably just members who say they want a simple majority Senate, and maybe half the Republicans want that, too. Ok, that’s more than enough to change Senate rules. If so, just vote on the rules change and let the will of the Senate be recognized whatever that is, and if it passes get back to doing things by the rules.

“It’s the same process whether or not we’re talking about legislation or a rules change. The bill or rules change resolution gets introduced and then placed on the Senate calendar. Unless the majority leader motions for unanimous consent to get it on the floor, triggering cloture rules, it just sits there and dies. So, whether it’s the SAVE Act or a resolution to amend Senate rules, the one person that controls that is Senate Majority Leader John Thune. He might be thinking ‘not on my watch’ and that’s fine. Lacking the votes, maybe Republicans would be better off figuring out their next budget reconciliation bill anyway. Nobody can pass any partisan legislation any other way, and bipartisan bills occasionally get to the President’s desk anyway, and so why waste any more time?

“Bring up the SAVE Act and vote already. If Democrats filibuster it, then somebody should motion to override the rules and test that, putting everyone on the record as voters have a right to know where every member stands, especially after the President has already called for the Senate to act on a rules change. And then get on to the second budget reconciliation bill so that 2026 is not a do-nothing year for Congressional Republicans.”

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‘Monopolies are not compatible with freedom’

Fairfax, Va. – Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning issued the following statement in support of legislation introduced today in Congress by Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX), Josh Hawley (R-MO), and Mike Lee (R-UT) that would rescind Major League Baseball’s antitrust exemption:

“For 99 years, Major League Baseball (MLB) has benefitted from a Supreme Court-mandated antitrust exemption under federal law that no other national sports league enjoys, effectively protecting baseball from any competition. But when MLB caved to the woke mob and protested election integrity laws in Georgia by moving the All-Star game out of Atlanta, the organization lost all credibility. MLB just signed a deal with China’s biggest tech company, Tencent, to stream 125 games this season. Tencent boasts more than 1 billion active users on its social media networks.

“MLB is offended by voter ID laws, but not by the Chinese Communist Party – the ultimate monopoly – which denies all forms of democracy and basic human freedoms. Monopolies are not compatible with freedom. It’s time for MLB to face competition and let the markets decide if it can succeed without a government-sanctioned monopoly.”

Americans for Limited Government is urging Americans to contact their Member of Congress and support legislation to remove MLB’s antitrust exemption.

To take action, click here.

For media availability, contact Catherine Mortensen at 703-478-4643 or cmortensen@getliberty.org

Feb. 27, 2017, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement praising the U.S. Justice Department for dropping opposition to the Texas voter ID law, currently under litigation:

“Americans for Limited Government is thrilled that the Justice Department will no longer be actively engaged in legal actions designed to make it more difficult for states to ensure that only lawful voters are participating in our national elections.  Voter fraud is the greatest threat to representative democracy, as those who vote illegally dilute the impact of legitimate voters. The state of Texas’ voter identification law merely puts commonsense requirements for voters to present identification in order to vote.

“In this day and age of motor voter and balloting by mail, it becomes more and more difficult to ensure that the one person, one vote principle is enforced. Attorney General Sessions’ decision to drop the ill-conceived Obama Administration intervention in the Texas case, demonstrates that the rule of law is being restored in D.C., and most importantly the basic premise that every citizen should have an equal say in who represents them.  Those who vote multiple times or who are ineligible to vote but do so anyway, undermine the legitimacy of our nation’s elections. Attorney General Sessions’ actions today will provide all Americans more certitude that the U.S. government stands squarely on the side of free and fair elections.”

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