Promote Free Markets

Economic freedom is what unleashes the ingenuity of the American spirit to strive to grow and prosper. Government has stifled this ingenuity through regulation, cronyism, protectionism and high taxes.  We believe there are key policy changes that will allow all Americans to enjoy greater prosperity.  These include: replacing Obamacare, promoting American energy production, eliminating cronyism through subsidies and tax loopholes, and reducing the overall regulatory burden on small businesses.

House Bill Seeks to Tear Down Curtain of Secrecy at EPA

November 19, 2014
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11/19/2014 “By refusing to disclose the scientific data used to justify some of the most expensive and economically impactful rules in US history, the EPA is not only entitling themselves to their own facts, but also their own definition of ‘fact’ itself… If Americans are to be subject to the...
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Keystone XL Delay is Political Tyranny (UPDATE)

November 18, 2014
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By: Patrick Hedger -Policy Director, American Encore 11/18/2014 **(UPDATE 11/19/2014): The measure failed to clear a cloture vote in the Senate by one vote, 59-41 with a 60 vote threshold. Cloture allows for debate to end and for a bill to proceed to a simple majority vote. In effect, Democrats...
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The Wrong Track: Healthcare.gov Security and the ObamaCare Problem

September 5, 2014
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By: Patrick Hedger - Policy Director, American Encore When the government’s IT infrastructure for the Affordable Care Act, better known as ObamaCare, went into a nearly instantaneous melt-down upon launch, there were countless glaring issues pointed out by experts with what the government had...
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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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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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