House Democrats’ plans to pass a combined $4.7T budget reconciliation and infrastructure package foundered last week, resulting from a rift between moderate and progressive Democrats. President Joe Biden has committed to working...
President Joe Biden announced his acceptance of a $953 billion infrastructure package in a compromise with a bipartisan group of U.S. senators. The proposal includes $559 billion in new spending, falling well...
By Aaron Stover
The Heartland Institute joined a coalition urging Congress to support the Maximizing America’s Prosperity (MAP) Act sponsored by Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX-8) and Sen. Mike Braun (R-IN).
Heartland and 25 other...
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) reintroduced the National Right to Work Act, which would allow workers to abstain from labor union dues.
The act, S. 406, would amend the National Labor Relations Act and...
The Heartland Institute joined forces with a coalition of groups led by D.C.-based Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) to oppose efforts in the U.S. House of Representatives to restore the budgetary practice...
One often-overlooked state policy issue is the use of public funds for lobbying. Many public authorities—such as municipal and county governments and school districts—employ professional lobbyists with taxpayer money to influence legislative...
Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-IA) introduced a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives to condition COVID financial relief on schools reopening, money Congress appropriated in December for this purpose.
H.R. 682, the Reopen...
President Joe Biden’s proposed drastic changes in federal tax policy are likely to put much economic strain on low-income households, with Biden having promised to reverse the policies of the Trump administration....
A bipartisan group of New Jersey state senators has offered legislation to create a regulatory review commission that would conduct cost-benefit analyses of the state’s regulations with the goal of reducing red...
With U.S. congressional leaders negotiating another round of coronavirus relief during the lame duck session, numerous economic studies show several provisions supported by Democrat legislators would incentivize unemployment and reckless spending by states and localities.
