September 2018
CNP Action, Inc. presents the September edition of Heard Around the Hill . This monthly publication provides updates and news about what is happening on Capitol Hill, plus events and projects sponsored by Conservative groups around the country.
Judge Brett Kavanaugh Receives Support
from State and Local Lawmakers
ALEC Action distributed a coalition letter to state and local lawmakers for signatures. The letter asked the U.S. Senate to swiftly confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court. 375 officials representing 48 states signed, and it was sent to Senate offices last week as the Judiciary Committee hearings began.

According to an agenda from Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley's (R-IA) office, the committee will hold a business meeting tomorrow, September 13, where approximately two dozen judicial nominations may receive a vote, including Judge Kavanaugh. If approved out of committee, Judge Kavanaugh will face a vote by the full Senate and, hopefully, be confirmed by October 1 to start when the high court begins its next term.
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman
Kevin Brady Releases Tax Reform 2.0
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX-8) released a series of bills this week dubbed "Tax Reform 2.0." These bills build upon the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that was passed last December.

Here are the Tax Reform 2.0 bills:

  1. Protecting Family and Small Business Tax Cuts Act of 2018 (H.R. 6760)
  2. Family Savings Act of 2018 (H.R. 6757)
  3. American Innovation Act of 2018 (H.R. 6756)

Americans for Tax Reform President Grover Norquist issued this statement about the Tax Reform 2.0. legislation.
The Heritage Foundation's The Daily Signal published this article yesterday highlighting the three major ways Tax Reform 2.0 would help Americans.
Senator Jon Kyl to Replace McCain
Arizona Governor Doug Ducey has selected former Arizona Senator Jon Kyl to replace the late Senator John McCain.

Kyl served alongside McCain in the U.S. Senate from 1995 - 2013. He is currently working with Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh as a confirmation guide. With this nomination, Senator Kyl will now represent the state of Arizona through 2020.

To learn more, please click here or the image above.
August Job Numbers Beat Expectations
The August jobs report was released by the U.S. Department of Labor, and the growth has surpassed economic predictions.

201,000 jobs were added to the U.S. economy in August, keeping unemployment at an 18-year low.

Along with increasing job opportunities, American workers are now experiencing the largest increase in pay since June of 2009.

To learn more, please click here .

The White House released the following:
Confidential Memo Reveals Leftist Media Strategy
A confidential, 49-page memo detailing a four year plan to target conservative media has been acquired and released by the Washington Free Beacon .

Created by Media Matters for America, the document is a playbook for how liberal organizations plan to stifle and discredit "toxic" conservative voices and help Democrats regain power in 2020.

From partnering with social media companies to destroy conservative "propaganda" to deploying "truth squads," the document is disconcertingly authoritarian in its wording.

The goal of this campaign is described on page two; the impeachment of President Trump, the resignation of his allies and a transfer of legislative power to the Democrat party.

To read the confidential memo, please click here . For an analysis on this piece, click here .
Freedom in the 50 States
Cato Institute recently released their 2018 edition of Freedom in the 50 States , an updated ranking of the American states based on how their policies promote fiscal, regulatory and personal freedom. It is an essential work for anyone interested in state policies and in advancing a better understanding of a free society.
U.S. Department of Interior Reorganizes
The U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) has announced an update on its effort to reorganize and modernize its operations.

DOI Secretary Ryan Zinke announced in January plans to redraw its national ecosystem management map. After hundreds of meetings across the country, a new regional map of operations has been released.

See the image above or click here to download a PDF of the map.
These new areas of management will allow important decisions to be made closer to the areas they affect. The twelve new unified regional boundaries will soon have their own leadership teams, facilities and organizational personnel.

For more information about this reorganization, click here .

Please consider promoting this change and congratulating DOI for taking the lead in government reorganization through coalition letters, letters to the editor, op-eds, blogs, etc.
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Compiled by :
Hunter Gomez - Staff Assistant, Council for National Policy
Sherri D. Francescon - Managing Director, CNP Action, Inc.