Downsize DC Co-founders

Jim Babka
Harry Browne
(1933–2006)
Steve Dasbach
Perry Willis

DownsizeDC.org Founders Committee

Patrons & Sponsors

Winona Christeson
Steve Fox
Leo Hamel
Vince Hanke
Ken A. Heinemann
David J. Kubacki
David W. Landram
Bill W. Long
David R. Mason
Joseph Plummer
Sheldon Rose
Ted A. Semon
Jeffrey S. Skinner
Steve Stewart
J. Billy Verplanck

Associates

Stephanie Adams
Henry Ahler
Paul J. Arends
Kathleen Austin
Dwight E. Baker
Charlie Beaird
Howard W. Beatty
Robert G. Beebe
Michael Benoit
Ian Bernard
Frank Bowman
David Bywaters
Gregory F. Camia
Robert Candioglos
Laura Carno
W.E. Chilton
Craig B. Coogan
David Corbin
Sean R. Coughlin
Earl Cowherd
Susan M. Cox
Martin Dale
Elaine M. DiMasi
Daniel J. Dunn
Travis Ebert
Paul D. Eccles
Robert E. Fritts
Clarence Gardner
George F. Gardner
David K. Garretson
A. Faye Gilmore
Michael Guin
Adam Haman
Derald Hawkes
Ed & Wendy Heaphy
Mark L. Hepfinger
Dick Holic
Steven R. Hooley
Sherry L. Hunter
John Inks
Sandra Kallander
Greg J. Kerkow
Thomas O. Kershaw
Andrew Le Cureaux
Myron Ledworowski
Dan Leviton
Alice J. Lillie
Joy Linsley
Billy D. Lowe
Bryan J. Luff
David Macko
Robert Moore
Wanda Myers
Dane Owen
Rudolf D. & Jere E. Pabst
David Page
Leif Pedersen
Tor Perkins
Benjamin J. Quatrano
Allen Salveson
Robert D. Schaffer
James Schwartz
James Sherman
Scott Shock
Robban A. Sica
Alan Starner
Craig Stephens
Harold Stevens
John C. Tate
Eric R. Theiner
Brian Thomson
Randy Ullom
Fred Van Dyk
John Watson
Patricia L. Wedel
George R. Whitfield
Richard A. Wiggins
Edwin & Edith Wisian

RTBA

• More Evidence That Congress Is Broken - August 27, 2010 09:47 AM (EDT)
• Bills Passed in Congress, August 2010 - August 27, 2010 08:33 AM (EDT)
• Transparency: Ignore Steny Hoyer - August 02, 2010 09:50 AM (EDT)
• Bills Passed in Congress, July 2010 - August 01, 2010 06:30 PM (EDT)
• Read the Bills Act: Follow the President's Example - July 08, 2010 09:56 AM (EDT)
• Bills Passed in Congress: June 2010 - July 08, 2010 09:32 AM (EDT)
• Do You Like Read the Bills? - June 19, 2010 09:52 AM (EDT)
• Read the Bills Act: Do they know how ridiculous they look? - June 16, 2010 11:00 AM (EDT)
• Bills Passed in Congress: May 2010 - June 16, 2010 12:00 AM (EDT)
• Read the Bills and the Financial Reform Bill: Can you make Congress nervous? - May 04, 2010 08:52 AM (EDT)
• Bills Passed in Congress: April - May 04, 2010 08:05 AM (EDT)
• Two more candidates pledge to Read the Bills - April 30, 2010 08:40 AM (EDT)
• Pelosi claimed they had to pass the bill so they could find out what was in it - April 05, 2010 09:56 AM (EDT)
• Bills Passed in Congress: March - April 05, 2010 09:05 AM (EDT)
• Bills Passed in Congress: February - April 05, 2010 08:55 AM (EDT)
• Bills Passed in Congress: January - April 05, 2010 08:40 AM (EDT)
• Read the Bills Act: They have 8 Months to get it right - February 04, 2010 09:37 AM (EST)
• Read the Bills Act: How you can make Congress work smarter - January 12, 2010 10:07 AM (EST)
• Healthcare Reform: Give us a chance to Read the Bill - December 21, 2009 09:53 AM (EST)
• Rand Paul adopts Downsize DC Agenda - December 09, 2009 10:27 AM (EST)
• Read the Bills and Healthcare: When Congress writes lengthy, complex bills - December 03, 2009 09:57 AM (EST)
• Increasing your power: Can the Downsize DC Army reach 29,000 today? - November 30, 2009 10:03 AM (EST)
• Healthcare and Read the Bills: Will you survive the 1,900 page tumor? - November 02, 2009 09:59 AM (EST)
• Clearing up a misconeption - September 14, 2009 09:47 AM (EDT)
• Do Unto Them As They Do Unto You - August 25, 2009 10:40 AM (EDT)
• Why the rush? - August 06, 2009 09:24 AM (EDT)
• A report on YOUR progress - July 29, 2009 09:10 AM (EDT)
• Detailed Criticism of the Read the Bills Act, A Response - July 22, 2009 07:19 PM (EDT)
• The Dirty Little Secret - July 21, 2009 10:04 AM (EDT)
• Tell the Media about Read the Bills - July 20, 2009 10:13 AM (EDT)
• URGENT Correction! - July 16, 2009 09:36 AM (EDT)
• The Real Deal - July 14, 2009 09:30 AM (EDT)
• Babka on Judge Napolitano's show - July 02, 2009 02:00 PM (EDT)
• A Matter of Honor - June 30, 2009 10:08 AM (EDT)
• Help Celebrate Harry Browne's Birthday - June 17, 2009 09:58 AM (EDT)
• They think reading the bills is a joke - June 09, 2009 09:36 AM (EDT)
• Should Congress read the bills or pass pointless resolutions? - May 27, 2009 09:51 AM (EDT)
• Read the Bills, A Very Graphic Concept - May 11, 2009 11:41 AM (EDT)
• Congress could mess up a train wreck - May 07, 2009 02:32 PM (EDT)
• A Question of Values - April 22, 2009 10:39 AM (EDT)
• The Myth of Good Intentions - April 07, 2009 10:03 AM (EDT)
• Everyone is wrong about the AIG bonuses - March 23, 2009 11:15 AM (EDT)
• Pointing fingers - March 20, 2009 10:19 AM (EDT)
• Do you smell a rat? - March 04, 2009 10:43 AM (EST)
• Where Did They Get That Idea - February 17, 2009 10:58 AM (EST)
• Hiding the Sausage - February 16, 2009 09:47 AM (EST)
• Lead-proof Legisltion - February 11, 2009 10:53 AM (EST)
• It isn't necessarily better for Congress to pass fewer bills - February 02, 2009 10:51 AM (EST)
• The elements of the Plan - January 23, 2009 05:18 PM (EST)
• What Cokie Said - January 12, 2009 10:58 AM (EST)
• What is a troubled asset? - December 04, 2008 11:24 AM (EST)
• We're About to Go Dark - November 25, 2008 10:08 AM (EST)
• Guess what else is in the bailout bill - November 10, 2008 10:36 AM (EST)
• Are you being represented? - October 27, 2008 11:07 AM (EDT)
• Downsizers vs. Upsizers - October 09, 2008 12:11 PM (EDT)
• Spying on Children - October 08, 2008 11:01 AM (EDT)
• What the bailout means for our future - October 06, 2008 10:58 AM (EDT)
• URGENT ALERT: The More Things Change - October 01, 2008 02:28 PM (EDT)
• Procedural Matters - September 02, 2008 12:27 PM (EDT)
• Pretending to be Experts - August 12, 2008 11:11 AM (EDT)
• Is the "Read the Bills Act" Practical? - June 17, 2008 10:43 AM (EDT)
• An RTBA Sponsor in Congress? - June 08, 2008 07:15 AM (EDT)
• The Senate read the bill! - June 05, 2008 12:43 PM (EDT)
• Can Congress Govern Itself? - May 27, 2008 11:41 AM (EDT)
• The Earmark That Backfired - May 12, 2008 11:00 AM (EDT)
• Big Business Loves Big Government - May 05, 2008 09:34 AM (EDT)
• Senate underscores need for RTBA and OSTA - April 18, 2008 11:16 AM (EDT)
• Truth or Satire? - April 11, 2008 10:24 AM (EDT)
• We Support the President and Congress - March 17, 2008 10:17 AM (EDT)
• Don't even know what they're voting for - February 22, 2008 07:20 AM (EST)
• Wisdom From the Past - January 21, 2008 10:14 AM (EST)
• Watch Jim Babka on Free Minds TV! - January 12, 2008 11:09 PM (EST)
• Speed-Readers - December 28, 2007 09:47 AM (EST)
• They Had All Year, And More - December 21, 2007 08:57 AM (EST)
• Congress on Steroids - December 15, 2007 11:33 AM (EST)
• Four Quick Reasons - December 13, 2007 01:37 PM (EST)
• It's Not Just Congress - December 06, 2007 12:04 PM (EST)
• Irresponsibility - November 15, 2007 08:56 AM (EST)
• No Small Difference - November 08, 2007 10:02 AM (EST)
• Around the Web - November 01, 2007 12:21 PM (EDT)
• No Strings Attached - October 24, 2007 01:38 PM (EDT)
• Complain, Complain - October 19, 2007 07:30 AM (EDT)
• Popular Persistence - October 11, 2007 11:56 AM (EDT)
• Deliberation vs. Hotlining - October 04, 2007 06:52 AM (EDT)
• 20 Minutes, 422 Pages - September 26, 2007 02:12 PM (EDT)
• Cal Ripken Way - September 20, 2007 09:35 AM (EDT)
• Sweating the Details - September 13, 2007 12:30 PM (EDT)
• We Get Responses - August 22, 2007 08:14 AM (EDT)
• 36 Bills in One Day - August 13, 2007 07:36 AM (EDT)
• Teaching Americans how to be Americans again - August 09, 2007 11:56 AM (EDT)
• A Committee Reads the Bill - August 02, 2007 09:48 AM (EDT)
• A Real Competitiveness Bill - July 26, 2007 12:52 PM (EDT)
• Make Congress Do Its Job - July 19, 2007 02:32 PM (EDT)
• How They Voted - July 06, 2007 07:17 AM (EDT)
• It Was Just Too Big - June 30, 2007 07:50 AM (EDT)
• How to Pass Gun Control - June 23, 2007 09:04 AM (EDT)
• How to Pass Gun Control - June 23, 2007 09:04 AM (EDT)
• The President Wants Congress to Read the Bills - June 16, 2007 09:25 AM (EDT)
• Congress, May 14-26 - June 01, 2007 01:00 PM (EDT)
• Congress, May 7-12 - May 15, 2007 08:41 AM (EDT)
• Congress, April 30-May 5 - May 08, 2007 10:27 AM (EDT)
• Congress, April 23-28 - May 01, 2007 10:35 AM (EDT)
• A bill that repeals - April 25, 2007 03:19 PM (EDT)
• Congress, April 16-21 - April 24, 2007 11:30 AM (EDT)
• Miscreants - April 23, 2007 08:14 PM (EDT)
• Congress, April 10-15 - April 18, 2007 03:00 PM (EDT)
• "Read the Bills" Coalition grows! - April 14, 2007 12:03 PM (EDT)
• We get angry mail - April 11, 2007 02:45 PM (EDT)
• "Read the Bills" Coalition grows! - April 07, 2007 12:24 PM (EDT)
• What Congress did - April 06, 2007 11:44 AM (EDT)
• Congress, March 26-31 - April 04, 2007 02:11 PM (EDT)
• RTBA Coalition grows! - March 31, 2007 12:23 PM (EDT)
• RTBA Round-up - March 24, 2007 01:01 PM (EDT)
• A "Read the Bills" Surge - March 23, 2007 01:29 PM (EDT)
• Congress, March 12-17 - March 23, 2007 10:32 AM (EDT)
• Digging as hard as we can - March 21, 2007 06:04 PM (EDT)
• DIGG Urgently - March 21, 2007 12:48 PM (EDT)
• The Golden Rule for Legislators - March 19, 2007 03:01 PM (EDT)
• Congress, March 5-11 - March 13, 2007 11:47 AM (EDT)
• So far, so good - March 10, 2007 11:55 AM (EST)
• Didn't know THAT was in the bill - March 09, 2007 12:02 PM (EST)
• Last Week in Congress - March 06, 2007 11:53 AM (EST)
• Keeping score - March 01, 2007 02:14 PM (EST)
• New Hampshire loves Read the Bills - February 27, 2007 02:05 PM (EST)
• "Read the Bills" news - February 26, 2007 12:41 PM (EST)
• Exhibit A for RTBA - February 23, 2007 12:44 PM (EST)
• Last Week in Congress - February 20, 2007 10:33 AM (EST)
• Last Week in Congress - February 14, 2007 01:00 PM (EST)
• Last Week in Congress - February 07, 2007 01:00 PM (EST)
• Last Week in Congress - January 31, 2007 02:34 PM (EST)
• Wisconsin Interview today - January 25, 2007 11:37 AM (EST)
• Last Week in Congress - January 24, 2007 01:00 PM (EST)
• This Is What Happens When Congress Doesn't Read the Bills - January 20, 2007 02:32 PM (EST)
• Last Week in Congress - January 17, 2007 04:00 PM (EST)
• Last Week in Congress - January 08, 2007 02:10 PM (EST)
• The Last Week of the109th Congress - December 12, 2006 10:52 AM (EST)
• Send a Letter to the Editor! - December 02, 2006 08:42 AM (EST)
• New Bill So Silly It Could Drive a Kid to Drink - November 21, 2006 10:08 AM (EST)
• Challenges to the new leadership - November 15, 2006 01:30 PM (EST)
• Celebrity plugs Read the Bills Act & DownsizeDC - October 31, 2006 01:43 PM (EST)
• Opportunity knocks for the Read the Bills Act - October 26, 2006 02:09 PM (EDT)
• Suspend the Rules and Pass - October 08, 2006 10:00 AM (EDT)
• 3-Day Work Week - October 08, 2006 09:51 AM (EDT)
• Radio interviews today - October 05, 2006 10:50 AM (EDT)
• What Congress inserted - October 04, 2006 01:07 PM (EDT)
• Guarding the Borders and Coasts - September 20, 2006 04:08 PM (EDT)
• The War on Horse Eaters - September 15, 2006 02:49 PM (EDT)
• Read the Bills Action - September 13, 2006 02:54 PM (EDT)
• Pressure Congress, Help Wanted, and Media Appearance - August 22, 2006 02:20 PM (EDT)
• House Passes "Don't Read the Bills" Resolutions - August 04, 2006 03:59 PM (EDT)
• Last Week in Congress - July 28, 2006 12:40 PM (EDT)
• Last Week in Congress - July 21, 2006 01:09 PM (EDT)
• New language for RTBA message to Congress - July 11, 2006 11:34 AM (EDT)
• Results from first two Meet-Up Meetings - July 06, 2006 10:58 AM (EDT)
• MeetUp Progress Report - June 07, 2006 02:16 PM (EDT)
• State Senator on RTBA and NAIS - May 13, 2006 02:54 PM (EDT)
• RTBA Blitz Day! - April 06, 2006 11:38 AM (EDT)
• We need your friends to help pass the "Read the Bills Act" - March 23, 2006 01:18 PM (EST)
• North Carolina and Cincinnati interviews, Today & Tomorrow - March 15, 2006 02:41 PM (EST)
• Atlantis Rebirth joins RTBA Coalition - March 09, 2006 02:40 PM (EST)
• Language of Liberty joins RTBA Coalition - March 09, 2006 02:27 PM (EST)
• CoolParty.us joins RTBA Coalition - March 09, 2006 01:59 PM (EST)
• Stop Complaining – there’s something WE CAN DO about K Street - February 28, 2006 04:34 PM (EST)
• Babka discusses RTBA on Free Market News - February 19, 2006 10:30 AM (EST)
• You are the stonecutter - February 16, 2006 01:58 PM (EST)
• Read the Bills makes LP News - February 16, 2006 09:48 AM (EST)
• Read the Bills Action, Part 2 - February 15, 2006 03:45 PM (EST)
• Action on RTBA, Part 1 - February 14, 2006 02:37 PM (EST)
• The Read the Bills buzz - February 09, 2006 08:48 PM (EST)
• Your RTBA Letters-to-the-Editor - February 08, 2006 02:28 AM (EST)
• Should truth be required at tax time? - February 06, 2006 11:35 AM (EST)
• SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE - February 03, 2006 02:22 PM (EST)
• Invade Congress for RTBA! - February 02, 2006 10:38 AM (EST)
• ADVANCE WARNING! - February 01, 2006 12:50 PM (EST)
• The Word Spreads, Part 3 - January 23, 2006 01:07 PM (EST)
• The Word Spreads, Part 2 - January 23, 2006 11:32 AM (EST)
• The Word Spreads, Part 1 - January 23, 2006 10:02 AM (EST)
• How to get RTBA endorsed by your local radio hosts - January 19, 2006 03:35 PM (EST)
• McCain wants to steal your right to organize and petition Congress - January 12, 2006 02:16 PM (EST)
• Stop counterfeit Read the Bills Act - January 11, 2006 12:48 PM (EST)
• Your ideas for new legislation? - January 07, 2006 02:55 PM (EST)
• Why I’m _Still_ Quite Excited About RTBA Despite the Congressman’s Decision - January 06, 2006 05:47 PM (EST)
• Disappointing news for Read the Bills - January 06, 2006 05:34 PM (EST)
• Update on RTBA sponsorship - January 06, 2006 03:11 PM (EST)
• What our legal research on Delegation has yielded - January 04, 2006 02:52 PM (EST)
• Read the Bills has a sponsor!!!!! - December 14, 2005 01:52 PM (EST)
• RTBA On Air in St. Louis and that's not even the best part - December 01, 2005 01:19 PM (EST)
• Favorable mention of RTBA - November 30, 2005 09:36 AM (EST)
• A big endorsment for Downsize DC and RTBA on LewRockwell.com - November 24, 2005 12:06 PM (EST)
• Is the RTBA "taking off?" - November 21, 2005 05:24 AM (EST)