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America's destiny depends on the advocacy of its citizenry to defend and promote the ideals that made America the greatest nation in history. American Encore is dedicated to helping our nation and its leaders rise to the test and to confront these challenges. We will defend freedom; promote free markets; work to expand economic opportunity and make the case for the American ideals of liberty and democracy, both at home and abroad.

Setting the Stage: Time to Deep-Six the Death Tax

September 2, 2014
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By: Patrick Hedger - Policy Director, American Encore Most of us are familiar with some variation of the phrase, “There are only two certainties in life: death and taxes.” (Some have comically pointed out that such a grouping is an insult to death.) However most Americans are probably not aware...
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Setting the Stage: End the Crude Oil Export Ban

August 15, 2014
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By: Patrick Hedger - Policy Director, American Encore If you ask the average American today what country is largest producer of oil, most would probably name a Middle Eastern country like Saudi Arabia or some might even say Russia. If you asked them this question just a couple of months ago they...
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Has America Lost Its Optimism? No. It Has Been Spent.

August 14, 2014
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By: Patrick Hedger - Policy Director, American Encore Washington Post opinion columnist Dana Milbank wrote a piece in response to the findings of a recent Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll which attempts to rationalize the poll’s starkly depressing results. What the poll found is that American...
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Restatement of Principles: Minimum Wage

August 11, 2014
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By: Patrick Hedger – Policy Director, American Encore The minimum wage is a matter of basic economics trapped in contentiousness by our universal sense of compassion. In this debate, there is one point, in my view, that is not subject to question. Americans are an exceedingly compassionate people...
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E-Testimony Against the EPA's War on Power Part 2

August 7, 2014
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Part 2: Energy Security By: Patrick Hedger, Policy Director-American Encore This past week the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) held a series of hearings across the country in regards to the agency’s recently proposed regulation targeting national carbon emissions. However, reports have...
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Poll: ObamaCare Starts "Working", Now More Unpopular Than Ever

August 1, 2014
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"This isn’t the latest glitch. This is ObamaCare finally getting out of its own way and proceeding to wreak its designed havoc on Americans’ healthcare with higher costs and diminished choice.” Last week, the Kaiser Health Tracking Poll for July found that the Affordable Care Act, better known as...
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​E-Testimony Against the EPA's War on Power Part 1

July 31, 2014
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Part 1: The Economic Impact of the Clean Power Plan By: Patrick Hedger, Policy Director-American Encore This week the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) held a series of hearings across the country in regards to the agency’s recently proposed regulation targeting national carbon emissions...
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Circuit Court Decision Helps Reveal ObamaCare Ruse

July 22, 2014
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Today the DC Circuit Court of Appeals struck a major blow to the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) by ruling against the Obama administration in the case Halbig v. Burwell. The crux of ObamaCare is that the government offers exceptionally lucrative subsidies to individuals that purchase heavily...
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As the World Abandons Carbon Taxes and Regulation, America is Poised to Repeat Mistakes

July 18, 2014
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The progressive movement in the United States is known for condescendingly begging their fellow Americans and the government to be “forward-thinking.” Their cries are no louder than when they insist that the government must act immediately to curb national emissions of carbon. They have been joined...
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Senate Democrats Get One Step Closer to Regulating Free Speech

July 10, 2014
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Today the Senate Judiciary Committee advanced legislation that would amend the Constitution to give Congress and state governments almost complete control over campaign contributions and independent political expenditures. The bill, Senate Joint Resolution 19, is sponsored by Senator Tom Udall (D-...
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