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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.

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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Real Unemployment Rate Reveals a Labor Market Still Struggling

July 9, 2014
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President Obama continues to insist that the country is better off today than when he first took office. While there are many different indicators that say otherwise, the president and his allies in Congress and elsewhere continue to point to the labor market, specifically the unemployment rate,...
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Supreme Court Scores Two Goals For the First Amendment: Reaction to Harris and Hobby Lobby

June 30, 2014
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Today the Supreme Court ruled in two major cases pertinent to the preservation of First Amendment rights. In Harris v. Quinn , the court ruled that public sector unions may not force those that are not full public employees or members of their union to pay dues, often used for political purposes...
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President Obama claims "By every measure, economy is better." Is it? Time for a fact check.

June 26, 2014
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President Obama, addressing a townhall-style crowd in Minneapolis today made the claim that “by pretty much every measure, the economy is doing better than when I first took office.” This bold assertion should raise some serious eyebrows, beyond those wondering why the president is still wasting...
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Economy Shrinks by 3 Percent, Signals Failure of Current Policy

June 25, 2014
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After years of anemic economic growth following the largest financial crisis since the Great Depression, the economy actually shrank by almost 3 percent last quarter according to a Department of Commerce report released today. This is the largest contraction of the economy since the technical end...
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Marginal Victory Against EPA Overreach, But War on Affordable Energy Continues

June 23, 2014
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Today the Supreme Court handed down a decision regarding the EPA’s recent efforts to limit the emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs). The ruling essentially bars the Enviromental Protection Agency (EPA) from unilaterally rewriting federal law to make its climate change related regulations more...
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Restoring Reagan's "Informed Patriotism"

May 14, 2014
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Today I went back to listen to President Reagan’s Farewell Address on January 11, 1989. He said: Finally, there is a great tradition of warnings in Presidential farewells, and I've got one that's been on my mind for some time. But oddly enough it starts with one of the things I'm proudest of in the...
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Restoring Faith in American Exceptionalism

April 3, 2014
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In 2000 I was standing in for my boss at the time, then-representative John Shadegg (R., Ariz.), as I spoke to an AP Government class in Phoenix. It was the first time I had visited a high-school class on his behalf, but I had my spiel ready. I knew exactly how to kick it off: Raise your hand if...
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