Welcome Greg Brooks and Baker Spring to the Team!
Compact for America Educational Foundation is thrilled to announce that Greg Brooks and Baker Spring have joined the team! Greg Brooks is the principal of West Third Group and will serve as Director of Communications for the Foundation. Greg has successfully led numerous communications campaigns, and he has actual skin in the game, having already donated significant time and travel expenses to advancing the communications objectives of the Foundation. Baker Spring is a federa
Let's Make the Debt Ceiling Debate Real
For the past year or so, there has been no statutory limit on how much the federal government borrows. The debt ceiling was abandoned in the last budget deal. But in the coming weeks, it is scheduled to return—along with the predictable illusion of a debate over whether to lift the ceiling or not. We can fairly predict the debt ceiling debate will boil down to political theater—cynics would call it a kabuki performance—because Washington always lifts the debt ceiling. Of cour
Why the Compact's BBA is Best
This blog provides a nutshell explanation as to why the federal Balanced Budget Amendment at the heart of the Compact for a Balanced Budget is the best. This BBA is the “payload” for the Compact “vehicle.” Every policy concept in the BBA poll tests at 81% to 61%, with supermajority approval from voters who identify themselves as Republicans or Independents, and simple majority approval from voters who identify themselves as Democrats. It has been vetted by fifteen think tanks
Welcome Rep. Lori Saine to the Advisory Council!
Colorado Representative Lori Saine joins the Advisory Council of Compact for America Action! Rep. Saine has long been a leader in the Article V movement. Lori is in her second term in the Colorado State House. As a legislator, she has earned the coveted House Champion award from the Colorado Union of Taxpayers for defending the taxpayers of House District 63. She signed the Colorado Union of Taxpayers pledge to protect TABOR, the Taxpayer Bill of Rights. Lori has received an
