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One of the signature freedoms singled out for special protection in the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is the freedom of association. The amendment forbids the government from abridging “the right of the people peaceably to assemble.”
Published: Thursday, January 13th, 2022 @ 12:48 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, President Donald J. Trump commuted the prison sentence of Ronen Nahmani, an action strongly supported by many notable leaders from across the political spectrum, like Representatives Hakeem Jeffries and Mark Meadows.
Published: Friday, August 2nd, 2019 @ 7:14 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The case District of Columbia v. Heller is the landmark Supreme Court case decided in 2008, and written by the late great conservative Justice Antonin Scalia, which finally looked at the roots and origins of the Second Amendment.
Published: Wednesday, July 17th, 2019 @ 12:45 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Thank you all for being here and joining the first Cabinet meeting of 2019.
Published: Thursday, January 3rd, 2019 @ 8:59 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Yesterday, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT), and Representative Bill Flores (R-TX) introduced the Hatch-Waxman Integrity Act of 2018 in the Senate and House of Representatives
Published: Friday, December 14th, 2018 @ 9:07 am
By: Thom Tillis
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And for five decades - I have to say - the Presidential Medal of Freedom has been given to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to American life and culture.
Published: Tuesday, November 20th, 2018 @ 9:40 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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On Friday, November 16, 2018, President Donald J. Trump will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 7 distinguished individuals.
Published: Wednesday, November 14th, 2018 @ 5:50 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Members of Congress, members of the Cabinet, honored guests, and fellow Americans: It is my privilege to address you tonight from the East Room of the White House.
Published: Tuesday, October 9th, 2018 @ 12:07 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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On Thursday, U.S. Capitol Police arrested the suspect they believed revealed the personal information of Republican senators during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing for Christine Blasey Ford and Brett Kavanaugh last week.
Published: Saturday, October 6th, 2018 @ 2:44 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, a group of senators led by Thom Tillis (R-NC), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Ron Johnson (R-WI), Tom Cotton (R-AR), John Cornyn (R-TX), Ted Cruz (R-TX), and Dean Heller (R-NV) introduced the Keep Families Together and Enforce the Law Act
Published: Thursday, June 21st, 2018 @ 10:39 am
By: Thom Tillis
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Today, a bipartisan group of 66 senators, led by Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), sent a letter to the President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, demanding the release of wrongfully imprisoned American Pastor Andrew Brunson
Published: Friday, April 20th, 2018 @ 12:49 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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Campus free speech - a major topic of conversation in North Carolina - has federal lawmakers talking
Published: Saturday, March 3rd, 2018 @ 1:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Well, Leader McConnell, Speaker Ryan, members of the House and Senate, and your families, it is a joy for Karen and I to be back to the House and Senate retreat - this congressional institute gathering with the men and women who help make 2017 the most accomplished year for the conservative agenda i
Published: Thursday, February 1st, 2018 @ 9:27 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Mitt Romney may run for his seat in Utah. Oh my God, what will we do now? Will Mitt and the President get along? Will Mitt be another John McCain who looks for opportunities to stick it in the face of Donald Trump because of something he said about him during the campaign?
Published: Thursday, January 11th, 2018 @ 12:26 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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The fate of the Republican tax bill is tenuous at best, but suspended deep among its many provisions are measures benefiting brewers, vintners, and distillers
Published: Wednesday, November 29th, 2017 @ 3:50 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The following are statements of support for President Trump's HHS Secretary nominee Alex Azar
Published: Tuesday, November 14th, 2017 @ 6:15 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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This week, bipartisan legislation co-sponsored by U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) to reauthorize, strengthen, and extend the Sexual Assault Forensic Registry program in an effort to help reduce the national rape kit backlog passed the Senate
Published: Wednesday, October 25th, 2017 @ 7:37 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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Medical researchers should be allowed to dive "into the weeds," a handful of U.S. senators who want to roll back regulations for marijuana studies say
Published: Friday, October 20th, 2017 @ 9:00 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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This week, the Niskanen Center released an economic analysis of the SUCCEED Act, introduced by Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC), James Lankford (R-OK) and Orrin Hatch (R-UT)
Published: Friday, September 29th, 2017 @ 7:14 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) joined Senators Brian Schatz (D-HI), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Cory Gardner (R-CO) and Chris Coons (D-DE) to introduce the Marijuana Effective Drug Studies (MEDS) Act of 2017, bipartisan legislation that would make it easier for researchers
Published: Friday, September 15th, 2017 @ 4:00 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), a member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, joined Chairman Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and his Republican colleagues to file a Congressional Review Act (CRA) Joint Resolution of Disapproval
Published: Friday, July 21st, 2017 @ 4:16 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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This week, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) co-introduced the Separation of Powers Restoration Act (SOPRA), legislation that would restore accountability to the regulatory process and ensure proper judicial review, empowering the courts-not agencies-to interpret all questions of law, including both statut
Published: Thursday, July 20th, 2017 @ 5:43 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Angus King (I-ME) and Congressmen Andy Harris (R-MD-01) and Bill Keating (D-MA-09) have led a bipartisan, bicameral group of 87 Members of Congress in sending a letter to the Secretaries of Homeland Security and Labor urging them to take immediate action
Published: Monday, May 15th, 2017 @ 2:14 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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Today, Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC), Mark Warner (D-VA) and a bipartisan group of 29 other senators sent a letter to Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly, outlining concerns that the H-2B visa statutory cap will be reached soon
Published: Tuesday, March 7th, 2017 @ 4:44 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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Leaders of the Senate Foreign Relations and House Foreign Affairs Committees sent a letter signed by 78 members of Congress to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan seeking the unconditional release of American pastor Andrew Brunson
Published: Saturday, February 18th, 2017 @ 4:13 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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Earlier this week, Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), and Joe Manchin (D-WV) introduced the Probation Officer Protection Act of 2017-a bill
Published: Saturday, February 18th, 2017 @ 11:07 am
By: Thom Tillis
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During the fall campaign in North Carolina, the presidential and gubernatorial races captured most of the attention
Published: Monday, December 5th, 2016 @ 11:10 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) and 17 of his colleagues sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Joseph Dunford regarding their recent testimony in a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing.
Published: Tuesday, October 18th, 2016 @ 2:32 am
By: Thom Tillis
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Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) joined Senators Brian Schatz (D-HI), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), and Chris Coons (D-DE) to introduce the Marijuana Effective Drug Studies (MEDS) Act of 2016
Published: Tuesday, June 21st, 2016 @ 6:09 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Richard Burr (R-NC) were among a bipartisan group of 28 senators to commemorate the 17th annual National Charter Schools Week, which lasts May 1 through May 7
Published: Tuesday, May 3rd, 2016 @ 8:13 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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Recently some influential members of Congress complained about the supposed unfairness of colleges and universities who raised tuition at an excessive rate, despite their gigantic endowments
Published: Friday, March 11th, 2016 @ 3:52 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Today, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) and a group of Senate Republicans urged President Barack Obama to pursue additional military options to degrade and destroy ISIS abroad and protect the nation from further attacks against American citizens...
Published: Tuesday, January 26th, 2016 @ 10:29 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) is continuing his efforts to oppose a potential tobacco carve out in the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Published: Friday, August 7th, 2015 @ 2:10 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) today joined a bipartisan group of Senators in urging Senate appropriators to allocate funding for the purpose of providing defensive weapons to Ukraine.
Published: Tuesday, March 10th, 2015 @ 9:34 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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