Today, the Taxpayers Protection Alliance (TPA) criticized the Biden administration’s sweeping actions mandating that all American businesses with more than 100 employees require vaccinations or regular testing. This move is likely unconstitutional and threatens Americans’ freedom of choice and freedom to associate, and injects massive levels of regulatory uncertainty into an already unstable economy.
The Taxpayers Protection Alliance (TPA) criticized the Food and Drug Administration for denying consumer access to tobacco harm reduction products. September 9, 2021 marked the deadline for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to determine the authorization – or denial – of millions of tobacco harm reduction products that were deemed as tobacco products in 2016.
For Immediate Release Contact: Courtney Mattison (202-525-7492)September 10, 2021 Washington, D.C. – Today, the Taxpayers Protection Alliance (TPA) criticized the Biden administration’s sweeping actions mandating…
There’s broad agreement across the political spectrum that competition is usually the best regulation. Indeed, the entire field of antitrust law wouldn’t make much sense otherwise. This is also why most of the antitrust reforms gaining traction on Capitol Hill these days don’t make much sense either.
The Taxpayers Protection Alliance spearheaded a coalition letter with 12 consumer and taxpayer groups urging U.S. senators to oppose the budget reconciliation bill when it comes to the floor for a final vote. In these difficult economic times, the nation needs a fiscally responsible budget, not a $3.5 trillion spending bill paid for by hard-working Americans.
As the new school year approaches, Baltimore students and parents are rightly concerned about the surge in COVID-19 cases. But an even more pressing problem, low academic performance subsidized by massive amounts of taxpayer funding, long precedes COVID.
In today’s hyper-partisan political climate in Washington, D.C., lawmakers seem to care more about pleasing their base than tending to the task of governing. Consensus builders tend to be rare, and the relatively few “bipartisan” proposals tend to bloat the budget without doing much good. Therefore, it is important to remember and honor the few members of Congress that stood for commendable principles while trying their best to forge agreement across party lines. The late Sen. Mike Enzi (R-Wy.)
Last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that the agency was denying marketing orders to three vape e-liquid manufacturers, effectively removing more than 55,000 tobacco harm reduction products from the market.
ICYMI: Taxpayers Protection Alliance Senior Fellow Ross Marchand recently wrote an opinion piece in Townhall analyzing the United States Postal Service (USPS) Inspector General’s recent report about the USPS’ plans to improve their financial standing. He also criticizes the flawed comparison between USPS and Amtrak and urges the agency to look for “better” role models.
On August 18, a bipartisan coalition of state and territory attorney generals (AGs) sent a letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) urging the agency to not approve any non-tobacco-flavored vapor or oral nicotine product (including menthol) as well as limit nicotine strengths and restrict advertising. On August 19, the next day, 15 world renowned tobacco control experts and former presidents of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT), authored an analysis in the American Journal of Public Health( AJPH) urging policymakers to recognize the potential of e-cigarettes on smoking cessation, specifically in encouraging adult smokers to switch to less harmful products.
