Author: The National Center

NAACP: Now a Partisan Tool? by Stacy Swim

New Visions Commentary /
Legislative report cards that favors some politicians over others are nothing new, but the NAACP's newest one throws the group's nonpartisan mandate into question. Every single Republican in the 112th Congress received a failing grade from the NAACP! Of Democrats ...
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President Obama and Right to Work, by Stacy Swimp

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"Right to Work" laws provide American workers with a choice. Put simply, it prohibits compulsory union membership. If a worker wants to join a union, they can. Right to Work laws mean they cannot be forced to do so and ...
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Government Health Care Rules Raise Costs, Harm Health, by Elaina F. George, MD

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Before the liberals rammed through ObamaCare, conservatives in Congress proposed health care reform that didn't go through. Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) said "The Patients' Choice Act" would "finally enable Americans to own their health care instead of being trapped in ...
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Hoodie Rights and Responsibilities, by Charles Butler

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Now that George Zimmerman faces murder charges for the death of Trayvon Martin, it's time to reflect on things that were said and done in Martin's defense. Not all of it was necessary or logical. Take, for instance, that wearing ...
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Soda Ban Slammed: Won’t Help Obesity Problem, Restricts Freedom

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"This Gives 'Grasping at Straws' a Whole New Meaning," says National Center for Public Policy Research's Jeff Stier New York NY/Washington, DC - Mayor Bloomberg is at it again. Yesterday he announced he wants to ban sales of large servings ...
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Black Conservatives Join Supreme Court Brief Urging Reconsideration of Racial Quotas

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Washington, D.C. - Black conservatives with the Project 21 leadership network joined a legal brief filed today at the U.S. Supreme Court that asks the Court to overturn a recent decision that allows "diversity" to be used to maintain racial ...
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National Center Welcomes First Amendment Lawsuits Filed Against Contraception Mandate

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Washington, D.C. - The National Center for Public Policy issued the following statement concerning the forty-three Catholic dioceses and organizations across the country that have announced religious liberty lawsuits against the federal government challenging the Obama administration's contraception mandate. "When ...
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Merck Executives to be Questioned About Company Lobbying for Unpopular, Unconstitutional ObamaCare Legislation at Annual Shareholder Meeting Tuesday

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Bridgewater, NJ / Washington, D.C. - The National Center for Public Policy Research plans to question Merck executives over the company's lobbying for the ObamaCare legislation Tuesday, May 22 at the company's annual shareholder meeting. National Center General Counsel Justin ...
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Merck Triples-Down on Liberalism, Continues to Support ObamaCare Despite Unpopularity and Legal Uncertainty

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Merck CEO Tells National Center for Public Policy Research His Firm Has no Structures in Place to Prevent it from Lobbying for Unconstitutional Legislation; Declines to Commit to Any Free-Market Health Care Reforms Bridgewater, NJ / Washington, D.C. - Today, ...
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Stop Push to Raise Retail Prices, J.C. Penney

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Shareholder to Question Sustainability Push by J.C. Penney and Retail Industry Leaders Association Over Expected Harm to Customers and Small Suppliers Plano, TX/Washington, DC - Today at the annual shareholders meeting of J.C. Penney the National Center for Public Policy ...
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