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The Heritage Foundation is a conservative American think tank based in Washington, D.C.
The foundation took a leading role in the conservative movement during the presidency of Ronald Reagan, whose policies drew significantly from Heritage's policy study Mandate for Leadership. Heritage has since continued to have a significant influence in U.S. public policy making, and is considered to be one of the most influential conservative research organizations in the United States.
Heritage's stated mission is to "formulate and promote conservative public policies based on the principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional American values, and a strong national defense."
First led by activist Paul Weyrich, Heritage's president since 1977 has been Edwin Feulner, previously the staff director of the House Republican Study Committee and a former staff assistant to U.S. Congressman Phil Crane, R-Illinois.
In the 1980s and early 1990s, the Heritage...... (Read more on Wikipedia)
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The Age of Obama: Anno Domini 2 - — Abstract: In the real world, as opposed to what French President Nicolas Sarkozy calls President Barack Obama's “virtual world,” America faces the reality of Iran's intransigence and aggressiveness; China's headlong pursuit of its own national, regional … |
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Why the Personal Mandate to Buy Health Insurance Is Unprecedented ... - … This statement from a 1994 Congressional Budget Office Memorandum remains true today. Yet, all of the leading House and Senate health-care reform bills being debated in Congress require Americans … |
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Providing Health Care for Illegal Immigrants: Understanding ... - — Abstract: H.R. 3692 would deliberately permit illegal aliens to participate in the government health insurance exchange and in the public option insurance program. It would nominally bar … |
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Taxes Proposed to Pay for Health Care Reform - — The U.S. Senate recently released its long-awaited proposal for a government-run hostile takeover of the entire U.S. health care system. Predictably, it includes a barrage of higher taxes to pay for the bill's immense price tag. |
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