Heritage Foundation

The Heritage Foundation is the nation’s most broadly supported public policy research institute, with more than 453,000 individual, foundation and corporate donors. Heritage, founded in February 1973, mission is to formulate and promote conservative public policies based on the principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional American values, and a strong national defense.

Most Recent Articles by Heritage Foundation:

Rand Paul Begins a Campaign for President With ‘Guts’ and ‘Gray Cells’ April 7, 2015
“Rand has the chance to be the iPhone of politics and be truly different from some of the flip-phone and rotary dial, same-old-idea candidates around him,” former Kentucky congressman Geoff Davis says.
How Would You Grade Clinton, Bush and Obama on Race Relations? This Journalist Reveals Her Report Ca April 6, 2015
“When a president stands up in the well of the House, no matter what you feel about him, and someone screams out, ‘You lie,’ it’s about decorum,”
How One Company Is Filling a Void to Help Veteran-Owned Businesses April 6, 2015
“StreetShares in essence reproduces the George Bailey days of banking. But, we do it using technology,” said Mark Rockefeller
How to Talk About the Indiana Law With Your Liberal Relatives at Easter April 3, 2015
You’ve seen hosts of big businesses saying that they want the freedom to live in accordance with their values, but they want to deny that freedom to small businesses
Indiana Has Changed Its Religious Liberty Law. Here Is What That Means April 3, 2015
Indiana’s “fix” amounts to a wholesale repeal of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
I Oppose Gay Marriage. Should I Still Be Able to Get a Job? April 2, 2015
Do we really want to make Americans afraid to say they oppose same-sex marriage for fear it will lead to being fired or threatened?
Christian Groups Call for Boycott of Company That Opposes Indiana’s Religious Freedom Law April 2, 2015
“Religious freedom is there to protect everybody,” Sprigg said. “Gay, straight, right, left, Christian, non-Christian, whoever. It doesn’t protect discrimination.”
Obama Administration Wants to Regulate the Advice We Get From Retirement Planners April 1, 2015
Rules and regulations that go beyond this basic principal of limited government go too far, but a disclosure requirement would be more closely aligned with good principles of limited government.
How Private Exchanges Are Faring in Their Competition With HealthCare.gov April 1, 2015
“I think it would’ve been wise to consider how the private market could have been the provider of what consumers need,” said Chini Krishnan, CEO of GetInsured.
The ACLU’s Hypocritical Defense of Laws That Violate Religious Liberty March 31, 2015
Neither the ACLU nor its allies could carry on their political and legal activism if the law could require them to employ people opposed to their purposes.
These 19 States Have Religious Freedom Laws Similar to Indiana’s. Here’s What That Means March 31, 2015
Pence has said that he plans to “clarify” the law’s intent.
Will Harry Reid’s Retirement Shake Things Up in the Senate? March 30, 2015
The Nevada Democrat announced he wouldn’t be seeking reelection in 2016 in a video posted to his website Friday.
Senate’s 2016 White House Hopefuls Use Budget to Message Voters March 30, 2015
“I cannot support a budget that claims to balance [with] revenue increases generated by ObamaCare taxes,”
Exclusive: Afghanistan Chief Executive Vows US ‘Blood and Treasure’ Won’t Go to Wa March 27, 2015
“The true spirit of partnership was revived after a few years of missed opportunities,”
Mike Pence Signs Religious Freedom Bill March 26, 2015
“The law is simply a commonsense way of balancing government interests with the fundamental freedom of individuals to live out their faith.
A Doctor’s Take: ‘Doc Fix’ Bill Pushes New Regulation on Doctors, Will Lead to Pri March 26, 2015
More time spent on filling out paperwork means fewer patients can be seen, which means that the costs of providing these services increases.
How Serious Is ISIS Threat Against Military Families? March 25, 2015
Since Sept. 11, 2001, there have been at least 63 Islamist-inspired terrorist plots aimed at killing Americans on American soil.
How Republicans Could Use Budget Maneuver to Repeal ObamaCare March 25, 2015
ObamaCare Repeal Using Reconciliation
Wisconsin Is Finally Free to Implement Voter ID Law March 24, 2015
Wisconsin now joins numerous other states like Georgia, Indiana and South Carolina that have implemented a photo ID requirement for voting
True or False? Jeb Bush’s Education Reforms Boosted Florida’s Schoolchildren March 24, 2015
“We’re just basically casting aside large numbers of people.”-@JebBush on the need for education reform.
Congressman: Government Should Pay for Damage Done by Fracking Ban March 23, 2015
The Defense of Property Rights Act, which is now before the House Judiciary Committee, reaffirms and re-establishes the importance of private property rights and individual control of those rights.
This Longtime IHOP Owner Sold His 16 Restaurants Because of ObamaCare March 23, 2015
“The Affordable Care Act must be repealed,” says Gov Pence of Indiana
Obama Administration Courts Iran While Slapping Israel March 20, 2015
It is outrageous that the Obama administration can’t seem to give Netanyahu the same benefit of the doubt that it gives to Iran’s hostile regime
Access, Denied: More Gun Sellers Blocked From Financial Sector March 20, 2015
“I’ve actually had this conversation with bank managers, and [for example] that is Bank One’s policy. Gun companies are no different from porn sites as far as they’re concerned.”
How Liberal Senators Are Trying to Make a Bipartisan Abortion Measure Controversial March 19, 2015
The Hyde Amendment has been attached to every federal appropriations bill for the Department of Health and Human Services since 1976.
Exclusive: Senator Aims to Use Budget Process to End Operation Choke Point March 19, 2015
A group of House Republicans introduced similar legislation Tuesday also aiming to defund Operation Choke Point.
Netanyahu Is Back in the Driver’s Seat in Israel March 18, 2015
It looks like there will be another two more years of rocky relations between President Obama and Netanyahu
Qualifiers of Obama’s Immigration Program Could Earn $1.3 Trillion in Gov’t Benefits Over Life March 18, 2015
DAPA beneficiaries immediately receive Social Security numbers upon being accepted into the program
The Russia-Ukraine Conflict in Pictures, One Year After Crimea’s Annexation March 17, 2015
Independent Ukraine retained control of Crimea following the 1991 breakup of the Soviet Union
Why Conservative Groups Oppose John Boehner and Nancy Pelosi’s Plan for Medicare Payments March 17, 2015
“Based on what we know, this deal is a non-starter for conservatives. Americans don’t hand Republicans a historic House majority to engage in massive deficit spending,” said @DanHoller.