ATR Legislative Alerts
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09/30/08 ATR Clarifies Sec. 199 Repeal and the Pledge

09/29/08 ATR Continues to Oppose Improved Bailout Plan, Supports RSC Alternative

09/25/08 ATR Warns of Possible Attempt to Keep Ban on Shale Oil in Senate

09/24/08 ATR Will Rate A Vote Against House Amendment to H.R. 6049, The Extenders Package Plus Tax Hikes

09/16/08 ATR Will Rate House Energy Bill:Raises Taxes on Energy and Limits Production

09/16/08 ATR/Center for Fiscal Accountability May Rate A Vote for The DeMint Earmark Amendment to S. 3001

09/16/08 ATR May Rate House Energy Bill: Legislation Raises Taxes on Energy and Limits Production

09/11/08 U.S. Senate “Gang Of 10/20” is a Violation of the Taxpayer Protection Pledge

07/29/05 ATR Will Rate a Vote Against H.R. 6049, The Extenders Package Plus Tax Hikes

07/28/08 ATR Will Rate a Vote Against S. 3335, The Extenders Package Plus Tax Hikes

07/27/08 ATR Urges Congress to Not Stand in the Way of Energy Independence Day

07/25/08 Center for Fiscal Accountability Urges Opposition to “Reid Omnibus”

07/25/08 ATR Will Rate Vote on Cloture Motion to S. 3268, ‘STOP EXCESSIVE ENERGY SPECULATION ACT OF 2008’

07/22/08 Restricting Oil Futures Market Leads to Higher Prices- just ask an onion farmer

06/23/08 ATR Will Rate a Vote Against H.R. 6275, Temporary AMT Patch with Permanent Tax HIkes

06/16/08 ATR Will Rate a Vote for the AMT/Extenders Package Plus Tax Hikes as a Vote Against Taxpayers

06/09/08 ATR Will Double Rate Vote on S. 3044, 'Consumer First Energy Act’

06/09/08 ATR Will Rate a Vote Against Extenders Package In Senate

05/21/08 ATR Will Rate A Vote to Sustain the Presidential Veto of the Farm Bill

05/19/08 ATR Will Rate a Vote Against H.R. 6049, the "Extenders Package"

05/14/08 ATR Will Rate the Blue Dog Tax Hike

05/12/08 ATR May Rate Vote on AMDT to S. 2284, "American Energy Production Act S. 2958"

05/12/08 ATR Urges Opposition to Farm Bill, will Key Vote Final Passage of Conference Report

05/01/08 ATR Will Rate Vote on Gas Tax Holiday Paid for with Pledge-Violatiing Income Tax Hike

04/15/08 ATR Will Rate Tax Increase Prevention Vote Today In U.S. House

04/10/08 ATR to Key Vote Procedural Motion Stripping Fast-Track Provision from Colombia FTA

03/13/08 ATR Will Rate Vote on Collins Amendment to FY 09 Budget Resolution

03/11/08 ATR May Rate Senate Vote on "Clinton AMT"

03/11/08 ATR Will Rate Votes on Senate Budget Resolutions

03/11/08 ATR Will Rate Votes on House Budget Resolutions

02/25/08 Support for S. 334 (Wyden Healthcare Tax Increase) Is a Violation of Taxpayer Protection Pledge

02/25/08 ATR Will Rate Vote on H.R. 5351, " The Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax Act”

12/12/07 The So-Called "Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007" Still Violates the Taxpayer Protection Pledge

12/05/07 The So-Called "Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007" Violates the Taxpayer Protection Pledge

12/04/07 ATR MAY RATE Vote on S. 2191 “America’s Climate Security Act”

11/06/07 ATR MAY RATE Vote on Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST)

8/02/07 ATR MAY RATE Vote on H.R. 3221, "New Direction for Energy Independence, National Security, and Consumer Protection Act"

8/02/07 ATR MAY RATE a Vote For Graham Amendment 2558 to Senate S-CHIP Bill

8/02/07 ATR May Rate AMT Votes to Senate S-CHIP Bill

8/01/07 ATR Opposes Burr Amendment to Raise Taxes for Refundable Credits

7/31/07 ATR MAY RATE Motion to Recommit H.R. 3162, S-CHIP Bill

7/31/07 ATR MAY RATE GOP Alternative to S. 1893, S-CHIP Bill

7/30/07 ATR MAY RATE Vote FOR Motion to Recommit H.R. 986, “Eightmile River Act”

7/27/07 ATR to KEY-VOTE FOR the Motion to Recommit the Farm Bill

7/25/07 ATR Will Rate a Vote Against Doggett Tax Increase

7/24/07 ATR Urges Support for Kind/Flake Amendment May Rate Vote

7/23/07 ATR MAY RATE VOTE on Children’s Health Insurance Program

7/18/07 ATR May Rate Vote on Union Transparency

7/10/07 VOTE “NO” ON H.R. 986 ATR MAY RATE VOTE ON H.R. 986

6/28/07 ATR Will Rate Pence Amendment on Fairness Doctrine

6/20/07 ATR May Rate the Lott Amendment to H.R. 6

6/18/07 ATR Will Rate Cloture on S. 1041, the “Baseball Bats for Big Labor Act”

4/17/07 ATR Will Rate Cloture Vote on S.3, the "Medicare Fair Prescription Drug Price Act of 2007"

3/26/07 ATR Urges Consideration of the Sessions Amendment

3/26/07 ATR Opposes Senate Consideration of "Card Check" Bill

3/21/07 ATR Will Rate Senate Amendment to Raise Tobacco Tax

3/21/07 Americans for Tax Reform will Rate House Vote on Emergency Supplemental

3/09/07 ATR May Rate Budget-Busting Giveaway to Unions in Water Bill

2/27/07 ATR Will Rate Against Final Passage of Card Check Bill

1/17/07 H.R. 6, The So-Called "Clean Energy Act of 2007" is a Tax Increase and Violates the Taxpayer Protection Pledge

1/12/07 ATR Will Rate Vote on DeMint Paycheck Protection Amendment

1/12/07 ATR May Rate a Vote on Final Passage of H.R. 4, Medicare Price Controls

1/11/07 ATR May Rate Vote on Censoring Grassroots Groups

1/10/07 Taxpayer Group WILL RATE a Vote AGAINST HR 2, “UN-fair Minimum Wage Act”

1/05/06 AMERICANS FOR TAX REFORM WILL RATE “PAYGO” RULE AS A VOTE AGAINST TAXPAYERS

1/04/07 ATR Urges Democrats to Close Tax Loopholes in House Rules Package

9/13/06 ATR Will Rate HRes 1000, "Earmark Transparency"

7/24/06 ATR Will Rate for HR 1956, "Business Activity Tax Simplification Act"

6/27/06 ATR Strongly Supports S. 1321, Repeal of the Spanish-American War Tax, and Will Rate a Floor Vote for S. 1321 as a Vote for Taxpayers

6/27/06 ATR Strongly Opposes Any Amendments to S. 2686 Re-Regulating, or Preventing the FCC from Deregulating Media Ownership

6/27/06 ATR Strongly Opposes Any Amendments to S. 2686 Mandating Network Neutrality

6/22/06 ATR Strongly Supports the Allen Internet Tax Amendment to S. 2686

6/16/06 ATR Will Rate a Vote FOR HR 4890, the “Legislative Line Item Veto Act"

6/7/06 PRA Will Rate Motion to Proceed on Death Tax Repeal

6/7/06 ATR will Rate Motion to Proceed on Death Tax Repeal

6/7/06 ATR Will Rate and May Double Rate A Vote For the Markey Net Neutrality Amendment As a Vote Against Taxpayers

6/6/06 AWF Will Rate a Vote on HR 5499, FAA Union Giveaway Bill

6/6/06 ATR Will Rate Vote on HR 5449, FAA Union Giveaway Bill

5/18/06 ATR May Rate Any Amendment to H.R. 5386 That Will Remove a Provision to Lift the Moratoria for Natural Gas Exploration on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS)

5/18/06 Property Rights Alliance May Key Vote the Oberstar, Leach, and Dingell Amendment to the Interior Appropriations Bill

5/18/06 ATR Will Rate Vote on Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006

5/18/06 AWF: Will Rate Vote on Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006

5/3/06 AWF: WILL RATE Vote Senate Vote on Small Business Health Plans

12/21/05 ATR WILL RATE THE CLOTURE VOTE FOR THE FY06 DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS CONFERENCE REPORT

12/16/05 ATR Will Likely Key-Vote the Second Rule On HR 4437

12/13/05 Ratings Alert: ATR Will Rate a Vote on Immigration Bill HR 4437

12/08/05 Ratings Alert: AMERICANS FOR TAX REFORM WILL RATE H.R. 4297, THE TAX RELIEF EXTENSION RECONCILIATION ACT OF 2005

12/08/05 ASA Ratings Alert: AMERICAN SHAREHOLDERS ASSOCIATION WILL DOUBLE RATE H.R. 4297, THE TAX RELIEF EXTENSION RECONCILIATION ACT OF 2005

11/18/05 AMERICAN SHAREHOLDERS ASSOCIATION WILL DOUBLE RATE H.R. 4297, THE HOUSE TAX RECONCILIATION BILL

11/18/05 ATR WILL RATE H.R. 4297, THE TAX RECONCILIATION BILL

11/17/05 ATR WILL RATE THE DORGAN AMENDMENT: THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A SO-CALLED “WINDFALL” PROFITS TAX

11/1/05 ATR MAY RATE A VOTE FOR H.R. 1606, THE ONLINE FREEDOM OF SPEECH ACT, AS A VOTE FOR FREE SPEECH

11/1/05 ATR STRONGLY SUPPORTS THE ENSIGN-ALLEN-DEMINTBOND PROVISION IN THE FY06 TTHUD APPROPS BILL

10/19/05 ATR MAY RATE A VOTE FOR THE ENSIGN-ALLEN-DEMINT AMENDMENT TO TTHUD APPROPS AS A VOTE FOR TAXPAYERS

9/13/05 AMERICANS FOR TAX REFORM MAY KEY VOTE S. 276 – WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK BOUNDARY REVISION ACT OF 2005

7/26/05 ATR STRONGLY SUPPORTS THE PENCE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 22

7/26/05 ATR May Rate Vote on S. 397, "Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act"

7/25/05 ATR May Rate Vote on HR 525, "Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2005"

6/29/05 ATR Will Rate Van Hollen Amendment on Competitive Sourcing

6/28/05 ATR will rate Cosponsorship of S. 1321, repeal of the Spanish-American War tax

6/21/05 ATR Urges Support for Congressman Jeff Flake (R-AZ) Amendment to Cut Production of the Congressional Record

6/21/05 ATR May Rate a Vote on Indian Reservation Labor Union Autonomy

6/21/05 Alliance for Worker Freedom Will Rate a Vote on CAFTA

6/21/05 ATR will rate a vote on any amendment to the energy bill that will create a cap-and-trade program for carbon usage

6/16/05 U.N. Shouldn’t Be Wasting Taxpayer Dollars on Regimes the U.S. Won’t Do Business With

6/16/05 ATR will double rate a vote for CAFTA as a vote for free trade

6/14/05 ATR Urges Senate Finance Committee to Approve CAFTA With No Exemptions

6/1/05 Legislative Alert: ATR will Rate Cosponsorship of H.R. 1898, Repeal of the Spanish-American War Tax

5/20/05 Legislative Alert: ATR May Rate Cosponsorship of H.R. 1898, Repeal of the Spanish-American War Tax

4/12/05 ATR Will Rate Vote to Permanently Repeal the Death Tax

4/7/05 ATR May Rate Cosponsorship of Internet tax Moratorium Extension as a Vote for Taxpayers

3/03/05 Legislative Alert: ATR May Rate a Vote Against Re-Opening the U.S.-Canadian Border to the Beef Trade as a Vote Against Free Trade

2/17/05 Raising the Social Security Tax Ceiling Is a Tax Increase