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End the Ethanol Scam
We can lower food and fuel prices while also helping the environment. All we have to do is end the federal government's corporate welfare scam for the production of ethanol. Learn more »

Make Congress read every word of every bill they create before they vote on it.
Urge your Representative and your Senators to sponsor DownsizeDC.org's “Read the Bills Act” (RTBA).

• For a summary of what RTBA does
• To read the RTBA legislation
• To send your message to Congress in support of RTBA

Unelected bureaucrats create tens-of-thousands of new dictates each year. Making rules is the job of Congress, not bureaucrats.
DownsizeDC.org has drafted the “Write the Laws Act” to end bureaucratic “legislation without representation.” Click here . . .

• For a summary of “Write the Laws”
• To read the “Write the Laws Act”
• To ask Congress to introduce the “Write the Laws Act”

Get a Tax Refund for your Health Care Expenses
Would you like to get a refund on your taxes for every dollar you spend on health care, including insurance premiums? Would you like to pay less for health insurance, while having more and more money to fund your own health care? Would you like to see health care expenses go down, while quality improves? Congressman Ron Paul has a bill that would accomplish all of these things: the "Comprehensive Health Care Reform Act" (H.R. 3343). Please urge Congress to pass this bill. Learn more »

First, Do No Harm
“Government cripples you, then hands you a crutch and says, 'See, if it wasn't for us, you couldn't walk.'” — Harry Browne

Government policies have crippled American health care. This crippling has then been used as a justification for creating government crutches. And these crutches have caused our health care system to atrophy still further. The trend is not good. We must attack this problem from a number of angles, starting with preventing the federal government monopoly of health care.  Learn More »

End the Inflation Tax
Inflation is a tax -- a hidden method government uses to pay its bills, and to transfer wealth from you to others. But imagine living in a world without inflation, and the recessions, bubbles, booms, and busts inflation causes. Imagine living in a world where your money buys more and more instead of less and less. Congressman Ron Paul's "Honest Money Act" (HR 2756), and his "Free Competition in Currency Act" (HR 4683), could be big steps in that direction. Learn more »

Bring John Shadegg's 'Enumerated Powers Act' to a Vote
It's time for Congress to, "Cite it, chapter and verse." Where do they derive their authority? When they pass new laws or spend taxpayer money, they should be required to point to specific language in the Constitution. The Enumerated Powers Act would require them to do precisely that. Help us bring this bill to a vote. Learn more »

To Congress:
"Mind your own business, NOW!"
Congress claims to not have the time to read the bills it passes, but somehow it does have time to investigate the private behavior of individuals in a private business. The Congressional investigation of steroid use in baseball is pandering, exploitative, political demagoguery at its worst. Tell Congress to mind its own business, NOW! Learn more »

Make Congress pass DownsizeDC.org's
“One Subject at a Time Act”
Most Americans probably believe a bill has to have majority support in Congress before it can become the law of the land. Sadly, this common sense expectation is totally wrong. Congressional leaders routinely pass laws that a majority opposes. They accomplish this by combining unpopular bills with completely unrelated measures that a majority supports. This legislative shell-game makes a mockery of representative government. DownsizeDC.org believes every bill should have to stand or fall on its own merits. Toward this end we have crafted the “One Subject at a Time Act” (OSTA). Learn More »

Support Ron Paul's “American Freedom Agenda Act”
The politicians have done great harm to this country in response to the 9-11 attack. A bill has been introduced that will undo much of that harm.
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I Am Not Afraid
We're looking for a few brave Americans to start a real war on terror — by not being afraid! Do you have what it takes? Learn More »

The Accountability Project: 9-11 Accountability
The federal government had all the power, information, and resources it needed to prevent the 9/11 attacks—it simply failed to do so. Government repeatedly fails because it never pays a price for poor performance. Instead, government rewards itself for its own incompetence—with new powers and greater resources. We want to hold the federal government accountable for its failure on 9/11. Please help us do so by sending a message to Congress demanding accountability. Learn More »

Repeal the Patriot Act
We said the government would abuse the Patriot Act, and it has. Now it's time to tell Congress to repeal it.

Federal deficit causes Congressional pay cut
Congress needs incentives to Downsize DC. H.R. 500 would provide such an incentive. If the federal government runs a deficit, then Congress will suffer a cut in pay. Tell your elected representatives to sponsor H.R. 500.

Stop experimenting with American lives
Congress and the President have spent four years experimenting with American lives, trying to find a way to bring peace to Iraq. It is time for the experiments to end. It is time for the Iraqi's to resolve their own problems. HR 413 would de-authorize the U.S. occupation of Iraq. Tell Congress to stop the experiments. Tell Congress to pass HR 413.

Stop the War for Terror
U.S. policy has inflamed the Middle East. It has made terrorism more likely rather than less. We seem to be fighting a war for terror, rather than on terror. This policy must stop. The place to start stopping is with Iran. We must not attack Iran. War with Iran would devastate our economy, disrupt world oil supplies, and recruit more terrorists. Click here to stop this war before it starts.

Repeal the REAL ID Act
On May 10, 2005 Congress passed the REAL ID Act. This law imposes a national identification system on the American people for the first time. We are promised increased security in return. This is an illusion. The larger government becomes the less competent it becomes. And the more power it has, the more it abuses that power. To urge Congress to repeal the REAL ID Act Click here.

Agriculture Department Imposes New Program to Drive Family Farms Out of Business
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is busy implementing the National Animal Identification System (NAIS), a corporate welfare program for Agribusiness and surveillance technology companies. NAIS will drive family farms out of business, raise the price of your food, and increase red tape in nightmarish proportions. Click here to send a message to Congress urging them to dismantle the NAIS program.

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