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FGA Launches "Trashed Ballots" Video Highlighting How Ranked-choice Voting Threatens Election Integrity

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Thursday, March 7, 2024

NAPLES, Fla., March 7, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) launched a new explainer video as part of a nationwide effort to educate voters and policymakers about ranked-choice voting and the voter confusion, disenfranchisement, and errors that come with it.

Key Points: 
  • The Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) launched a new explainer video as part of a nationwide effort to educate voters and policymakers about the negative effects of ranked-choice voting.
  • "Ranked-choice voting is the Left's latest scheme to undermine election integrity, and it's part of an accelerating, coordinated push to remake the American voting system into something more easily manipulated and abused," said Victoria Eardley , Marketing Director at the Foundation for Government Accountability.
  • "We need to make sure that voters and policymakers understand how this unAmerican voting scheme really works so it doesn't spread any further."
  • To learn more about FGA's solutions to stop ranked-choice voting, visit our ranked-choice voting microsite .

The "Welfare Cliff" Isn't Real--But the Pit of Dependency Is

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Thursday, August 17, 2023

NAPLES, Fla., Aug. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Today, the Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) released a new research paper detailing the real impact of welfare expansion on its recipients, budgets, and America's labor market. At a moment when welfare spending has grown drastically, labor force participation has plummeted, creating a two-directional crisis: an economy with a shortage of workers, and a culture of welfare dependency that traps Americans for generations.

Key Points: 
  • Escaping the pit of dependency is possible, but it requires a serious focus on policies that work, not scare tactics that freeze people into inaction out of fear of falling off an imaginary cliff.
  • True welfare reform promotes work and earned income, which can lift millions out of dependency.
  • "If policymakers are serious about improving lives, they should concentrate on true welfare reform that promotes work and earned income, which can lift millions out of dependency."
  • Adam Gibbs, The Foundation for Government Accountability, 239.244.8808 x165, [email protected] , www.thefga.org
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Hidden Healthcare: Disturbing Evidence The Biden Administration Is Enabling Hospitals To Violate Price Transparency Rules

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Wednesday, June 28, 2023

NAPLES, Fla., June 28, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Today, the Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) released a report revealing a disturbing lack of transparency from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding their enforcement of hospital price transparency rules. The report details how the Biden administration is enabling hospitals to violate price transparency requirements, harming patients and their families.

Key Points: 
  • NAPLES, Fla., June 28, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Today, the Foundation for Government Accountability ( FGA ) released a report revealing a disturbing lack of transparency from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding their enforcement of hospital price transparency rules.
  • The report details how the Biden administration is enabling hospitals to violate price transparency requirements, harming patients and their families.
  • Since 2021, federal law has required hospitals to publish the cost of medical services to give consumers full pricing information.
  • The Biden administration has defied that court order and withheld requested information, allowing hospitals to keep prices hidden.

House Majority Passes the REINS Act to Put the American People Back in Charge of Washington, D.C.

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Wednesday, June 14, 2023

NAPLES, Fla., June 14, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Today, the House of Representatives passed the Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act (H.R. 277). Authored by Rep. Kat Cammack (R-FL), the REINS Act requires congressional approval of any rule or regulation with an economic impact greater than $100 million annually before it can be implemented. The final bill also includes the LIBERTY Act from Rep. Dave Joyce, an amendment that ensures agency guidance also receives congressional review.

Key Points: 
  • NAPLES, Fla., June 14, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Today, the House of Representatives passed the Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act ( H.R.
  • The final bill also includes the LIBERTY Act from Rep. Dave Joyce, an amendment that ensures agency guidance also receives congressional review.
  • The REINS Act has more than 200 cosponsors in the House and Senate , making it one of the most popular bills in Washington, D.C.
  • Congress is right to reassert its authority and put the American people back in charge of their government."

House Passes 'Monumental' Limit, Save, Grow Act To Pull America Back On Track

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Thursday, April 27, 2023

NAPLES, Fla., April 26, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023 as part of the debt ceiling negotiations. Included in this bill are bold reforms, particularly the REINS Act and work requirements for food stamps and Medicaid. Work requirements alone would save federal taxpayers $154 billion while boosting economic growth and making the Social Security and Medicare programs more solvent. The bill passed the House by a majority vote.

Key Points: 
  • NAPLES, Fla., April 26, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023 as part of the debt ceiling negotiations.
  • Included in this bill are bold reforms, particularly the REINS Act and work requirements for food stamps and Medicaid.
  • Work requirements alone would save federal taxpayers $154 billion while boosting economic growth and making the Social Security and Medicare programs more solvent.
  • The Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023 includes reforms that address some of the major causes of the United States' workforce crisis and sky-high inflation.

ZERO HOUR: Nation Hits 100 Million People on Medicaid According to FGA Research

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Thursday, April 13, 2023

NAPLES, Fla., April 13, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- BREAKING: New research from the Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) reveals that skyrocketing Medicaid enrollment has hit an all-time high—100 million enrollees. FGA's countdown clock predicted enrollment in Medicaid would reach this grim milestone in early 2023.

Key Points: 
  • NAPLES, Fla., April 13, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- BREAKING: New research from the Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) reveals that skyrocketing Medicaid enrollment has hit an all-time high—100 million enrollees.
  • FGA's countdown clock predicted enrollment in Medicaid would reach this grim milestone in early 2023.
  • But it's since become a vehicle for long-term dependency and socialized medicine," said Jonathan Bain, FGA senior research fellow.
  • Policymakers must stand firm against the broken promises of Medicaid expansion to protect the truly needy, state budgets, and taxpayers."

FGA v. HHS: The Fight for Transparent Drug Pricing in America

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Thursday, March 23, 2023

NAPLES, Fla., March 23, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Today, the Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Labor, and Treasury for lack of enforcement of a drug price transparency rule which requires group health plans and health insurers to publish prescription drug prices to give consumers full pricing information for medications.

Key Points: 
  • The Foundation for Government Accountability launches federal lawsuit to require the Biden administration to enforce drug price transparency rule.
  • NAPLES, Fla., March 23, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Today, the Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S.
  • The rule was finalized in 2020 and the drug price transparency provision was set to take effect on January 1, 2022.
  • FGA is taking this fight directly to the federal court to order the implementation and enforcement of this drug price transparency rule," said Stewart Whitson , FGA legal director.

FGA Sounds the Alarm on Permanent 'Woke Army' Being Assembled Inside the Federal Government

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Thursday, March 16, 2023

NAPLES, Fla., March 16, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Today, the Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) is sounding the alarm on the Biden administration's Executive Order 14091 (EO), titled "Executive Order Further Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through The Federal Government." By March 18, each major federal agency is ordered to assemble an "Agency Equity Team" "to coordinate the implementation of equity initiatives and ensure…equitable outcomes" in every facet of government business.

Key Points: 
  • "These equity teams are a Trojan horse planted in the heart of every federal agency to fundamentally change decision-making across the bureaucracy.
  • Their goal is to continuously and permanently embed Left-wing ideology into every agency action," said Tarren Bragden, FGA President and CEO.
  • "We cannot allow this new 'woke army' to force un-American philosophy into all corners of our federal government.
  • If successful, this 'woke army' will outlast the Biden presidency and become a permanent fixture deeply entrenched in our government," said Stewart Whitson, FGA legal director.

Governor Sarah Sanders Signs Generational Education Reform, Transforms Arkansas's Future

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Wednesday, March 8, 2023

NAPLES, Fla., March 8, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Today, the Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) praised the sweeping education reform signed into law by Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders. The Arkansas LEARNS package includes provisions on parental empowerment, universal school choice, early childhood education and intervention, a stronger education workforce, student career readiness, and more. The bill passed both chambers of the state legislature with supermajority support and is now law.

Key Points: 
  • NAPLES, Fla., March 8, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Today, the Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) praised the sweeping education reform signed into law by Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
  • The Arkansas LEARNS package includes provisions on parental empowerment, universal school choice, early childhood education and intervention, a stronger education workforce, student career readiness, and more.
  • "Governor Sanders's bold leadership has fundamentally altered the course of Arkansas's future.
  • But in the face of heavy opposition from legacy educational institutions and national media, Governor Sanders made this dream reform a reality."

The $1 Trillion Problem: The Supreme Court Weighs Limits of Executive Reach in Biden's Student Loan Bailout

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Tuesday, February 28, 2023

NAPLES, Fla., Feb. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Today, the Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) released a new research paper quantifying the estimated total cost of the Biden administration's student loan bailout and providing solutions for Congress to prevent this type of expensive executive overreach in the future. This new research is released as the Supreme Court of the United States hears oral arguments in the Biden v. Nebraska case challenging the statutory and constitutional authority of the Biden administration's student loan forgiveness plan.

Key Points: 
  • This new research is released as the Supreme Court of the United States hears oral arguments in the Biden v. Nebraska case challenging the statutory and constitutional authority of the Biden administration's student loan forgiveness plan.
  • "The Biden administration is attempting to use a press release to push a $1 trillion dollar bailout onto American taxpayers," said Haley Holik , FGA senior fellow.
  • "The Supreme Court should shut down this student loan bailout scheme, and Congress should pass the REINS Act to ensure this never happens again," add Holik.
  • The Supreme Court will surely check this abuse of executive power and stop this unprecedented effort."