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“As a former governor, I am keenly aware of the value of Virginia's Right-to-Work law in attracting and keeping jobs in the Commonwealth. Senator Webb either does not understand our Right-to-Work law or willfully ignores its value in deference to his big labor benefactors."

Former Governor and U.S. Senator George Allen, regarding the US Senate’s vote on Public Safety Officer Unionization (S. 3991)

Tell Webb & Warner to vote NO! to Kagan

The White House released a 202 page questionnaire filled out by Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan.

You can read it here.

The release of new documents gives new insights into some of Elena Kagan's social stances. Read more here.

10 Reasons to Call your Senator about the Kagan Hearings

It's time to let your voice be heard on the Kagan nomination!

1. Elena Kagan brings no judicial experience to the table.

2. The Supreme Court will likely hear arguments on the constitutionality of Obamacare in the next few years. Elena Kagan could be the deciding vote on Obamacare.

3. Elena Kagan is a political ideologue-she has worked for a string of liberal Democrats including: Bill Clinton, Janet Reno, Barack Obama and Eric Holder.

4. As Dean of Harvard's Law School, Elena Kagan banned US military recruiters from the campus. She lost her battle when the Supreme Court unanimously upheld the law in 2006.

5. Elena Kagan's stand on several social issues could demonstrate that she would impose personal views in her rulings instead of adhering to the law. We need justices who will strictly interpret the constitution.

6. Elena Kagan has praised Israeli activist Judge Aharon Barak as "her hero." Judge Barak is considered to be one of the worst activist judges. In his book, The Judge in a Democracy, Barak writes, "a good judge is a judge who, within the bounds of legitimate possibilities, makes law that, more than other law he is authorized to make, best bridges the gap between law and society and best protects the constitution and its values. He also says that judges should go "beyond actually deciding the dispute."

7. Elena Kagan is a Litigation Committee member of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP). The AAUP is censoring a long list of conservative schools.

8. Elena Kagan has a troubling record on the Second Amendment.

9. There are surprisingly few pieces of documentation representing Kagan's beliefs and where she stands on the issues.

10. Elena Kagan has donated over $12,050 to Democratic campaigns over a span of 8 years.

Contact your Senator TODAY to tell them NO to another judicial activist justice Elena Kagan!

Video: Senators Warner & Webb SUPPORT EARMARKS

Senator Jim DeMint got Senators Mark Warner (D-VA) and Jim Webb (D-VA) on record as supporting the corrupt system of earmark spending. They refused to quit earmarks for even one year.

"Do you know if your U.S. Senators are part of the spending problem in Washington? Now there's a way to find out.

On Tuesday night, I forced a vote in the U.S. Senate on a simple, one-year moratorium on congressional earmarks. Watch the video. Most Americans want to ban earmarks forever so a temporary timeout on pork-barrel spending is the least the Senate could do.

Unfortunately, the Senate defeated my amendment on a 68-29 vote. What's worse, 15 Republicans joined the Democrats to keep the congressional earmark favor factory open for business as usual.

The list of how each Senator voted is below. Please take a moment to contact your Senators to thank them for supporting the ban or to encourage them to admit they have a problem.

You might expect Senators to vote for the earmark ban to avoid a backlash from their constituents, but an earmark addiction is a hard habit to break. I know because I'm a recovering earmarker myself.

Many of these Senators mean well but the culture of spending in Washington turns good men and women against their own principles. It allows them to justify their actions to the point where they're not ashamed to trade their votes for a Cornhusker Kickback or a Louisiana Purchase.

The headline from the Politico following the earmark vote reads"The Senate's proud porkers" Read the story.

It's disappointing that some use the Constitution to defend wasteful spending. Just because Congress has the power to spend taxpayer money doesn't mean it should use that power to put pet projects ahead of true national priorities.

Fortunately, a majority of Senate Republicans voted for the earmark ban, which was a first. Of the 41 Republicans in the Senate, 25 had the courage to call a one-year timeout.

Even more encouraging is that 11 Senate candidates in 8 states have now endorsed a ban on earmarks.

One of these leaders is Chuck DeVore who is the only candidate in the California Senate race to publicly endorse an earmark ban and a Balanced Budget Amendment. If you're tired of Barbara Boxer spending your money on "bridges to nowhere," support the true conservative in that race.

We didn't win the vote to ban earmarks this week but we must keep fighting. Until Congress breaks its addition to pork, we will never tackle the larger spending issues that are bankrupting our country.

Thank you for supporting the principles of freedom. Conservatives in the Senate could not fight these battles without your support and encouragement."

Jim DeMint
United States Senator
Chairman, Senate Conservatives Fund

Senate Vote On 1-Year Earmark Moratorium

Yes = Supported Earmark Ban

No = Opposed Earmark Ban

Alabama: Sessions (R), Yes --- Shelby (R), No

Alaska: Begich (D), No --- Murkowski (R), No

Arizona: Kyl (R),Yes --- McCain (R), Yes

Arkansas: Lincoln (D), No --- Pryor (D), No

California: Boxer (D), No --- Feinstein (D), No

Colorado: Bennet (D), No --- Udall (D), No

Connecticut: Dodd (D), No --- Lieberman (I), No

Delaware: Carper (D), No --- Kaufman (D), Yes

Florida: LeMieux (R), Yes --- Nelson (D), No

Georgia: Chambliss (R), Yes --- Isakson (R), Yes

Hawaii: Akaka (D), No --- Inouye (D), No

Idaho: Crapo (R), Yes --- Risch (R), Yes

Illinois: Burris (D), No --- Durbin (D), No

Indiana: Bayh (D), Yes --- Lugar (R), No

Iowa: Grassley (R), Yes --- Harkin (D), No

Kansas: Brownback (R), Yes --- Roberts (R), No

Kentucky: Bunning (R), No --- McConnell (R), Yes

Louisiana: Landrieu (D), No --- Vitter (R), Yes

Maine: Collins (R), No --- Snowe (R), No

Maryland: Cardin (D), No --- Mikulski (D), No

Massachusetts: Brown (R), Yes --- Kerry (D), No

Michigan: Levin (D), No --- Stabenow (D), No

Minnesota: Franken (D), No --- Klobuchar (D), No

Mississippi: Cochran (R), No --- Wicker (R), No

Missouri: Bond (R), No --- McCaskill (D), Yes

Montana: Baucus (D), No --- Tester (D), Didn't Vote

Nebraska: Johanns (R), Yes --- Nelson (D), No

Nevada: Ensign (R), Yes --- Reid (D), No

New Hampshire: Gregg (R), No --- Shaheen (D), No

New Jersey: Lautenberg (D), No --- Menendez (D), No

New Mexico: Bingaman (D), No --- Udall (D), No

New York: Gillibrand (D), No --- Schumer (D), No

North Carolina: Burr (R), Yes --- Hagan (D), No

North Dakota: Conrad (D), No --- Dorgan (D), No

Ohio: Brown (D), No --- Voinovich (R), No

Oklahoma: Coburn (R), Yes --- Inhofe (R), No

Oregon: Merkley (D), No --- Wyden (D), No

Pennsylvania: Casey (D), No --- Specter (D), No

Rhode Island: Reed (D), No --- Whitehouse (D), No

South Carolina: DeMint (R), Yes --- Graham (R), Yes

South Dakota: Johnson (D), No --- Thune (R), Yes

Tennessee: Alexander (R), No --- Corker (R), Yes

Texas: Cornyn (R), Yes --- Hutchison (R), No

Utah: Bennett (R), Didn't Vote --- Hatch (R), Yes

Vermont: Leahy (D), No --- Sanders (I), No

Virginia: Warner (D), No --- Webb (D), No

Washington: Cantwell (D), No --- Murray (D), No

West Virginia: Byrd (D), Didn't Vote --- Rockefeller (D), No

Wisconsin: Feingold (D), Yes --- Kohl (D), No

Wyoming: Barrasso (R), Yes --- Enzi (R), Yes

Click Here to Call or Email Your Senators

If you would like to help elect new leaders to the U.S. Senate who have the courage to fight wasteful and corrupt earmarks, please contribute to the Senate Conservatives Fund today.

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Unions Greed Threatens National Security

The National Right to Work Committee say that union bosses are exploiting the foiled Christmas Day terrorist attack by insisting on the forced unionization of all Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees.

On Friday, National Right to Work president Mark Mix appeared on Glenn Beck’s show on Fox News to discuss the inherent danger of subjecting our national security interests to union monopoly control and the crippling work rules and bureaucracy it brings.

Watch the video by clicking below…

. . . and then contact your U.S. Senators immediately, and tell them to oppose President Obama’s nomination of Erroll Southers to the head to TSA until Obama publicly pledges to oppose any legislation or executive policy that would force all TSA employees under union boss control.

Here are your Senators’ phone numbers:

Senator Mark Warner : 202-224-2023

Senator Jim Webb : 202-224-4024