The Bloggers Briefing

A weekly meeting of conservative bloggers, online journalists and modern media strategists hosted by The Heritage Foundation.

 

Speaking will be Colin Hanna and Alex Cortes of Let Freedom Ring. The grassroots public-policy organization has played a vital role in voter education and voter turnout, especially during the 2004 presidential election. 

They will be joined by Former California Congressman and current American Chemistry Council President Cal Dooley, who will be speaking on energy policy. 

Finally, Pete Sepp of National Taxpayers Union will talk to us about tax reform.

A weekly meeting of conservative bloggers, online journalists and modern media strategists hosted by The Heritage Foundation.

 

Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee. He's an important leader in the House on issues ranging from health care to energy.    He'll be followed by Terry Allen, president of Fidelis Government Relations, on the issue of a taxpayer-funded program to bail out accused criminals from jail.

A weekly meeting of conservative bloggers, online journalists and modern media strategists hosted by The Heritage Foundation.

House Republican Conference Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) on jobs and the debt ceiling. 

Also Karen Harned the Executive Director of the National Federation of Independent and Todd Gaziano, Director of Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at The Heritage Foundation.

A weekly meeting of conservative bloggers, online journalists and modern media strategists hosted by The Heritage Foundation.

"The Undefeated" filmaker Stephen Bannon and author Richard Miniter.

A weekly meeting of conservative bloggers, online journalists and modern media strategists hosted by The Heritage Foundation.

Saving The American Dream, The Heritage Foundation’s plan to fix the debt, cut spending and, above all, restore prosperity.

A weekly meeting of conservative bloggers, online journalists and modern media strategists hosted by The Heritage Foundation.

 

Rep. Joe Walsh represents the 8th District of Illinois in the U.S. House. He's one of the freshman Republicans who have stormed Capitol Hill this year and he's eager to chat with us about his work in Congress. 

Here's the rest of Tuesday's agenda:

• Jack Klenk and Chris Gacek of the Family Research Council will talk about educational choice. They have a new publication, "Who Should Decide How Children Are Educated?"

• Myron Ebell of the Competitive Enterprise Institute will explain why it's a mistake to create taxpayer-funded subsidies for manufacturers and buyers of natural gas vehicles. My colleague Nick Loris has also written on this: "Natural Gas Vehicle Subsidies Hurt Consumers."

A weekly meeting of conservative bloggers, online journalists and modern media strategists hosted by The Heritage Foundation.

 

Commissioner Anne Northup of the Consumer Product Safety Commission. She's a blogger herself, writing for Safety and Common Sense. Matthew Vadum will discuss his new book, "Subversion, Inc."   Erik Telford of Americans for Prosperity is also speaking. Back in the summer of 2008, AFP had an idea for a conference that rivaled Netroots Nation, the largest annual gathering of liberal bloggers and activists. For the past three years, it has brought together conservative leaders in government, new media and grassroots mobilization. This year's confernce includes a great lineup of speakers: Reps. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Fox News contributor and best-selling author Michelle Malkin, conservative commentator and author Andrew Breitbart, Fox News contributor S.E. Cupp, RedState.com's Erick Erickson, HotAir.com's Ed Morrissey, Townhall.com's Guy Benson, the Wall Street Journal's John Fund, and many more. Click here for the full list.

At today's Bloggers Briefing, we had two authors: Rep. Thaddeus McCotter (R-Mich.) will join us to discuss his new book, "Seize Freedom!" We also heard from Andy Puzder, chief executive of CKE Restaurants (Carl's Jr. and Hardee's), who wrote "Job Creation: How It Really Works and Why Government Doesn't Understand It."

We're hosting Rep. Tom Graves (R-GA) at tomorrow's Bloggers Briefing along with the authors of "Why Obamacare Is Wrong for America."

Graves came to Congress in June 2010 and is a champion for spending cuts on the House Appropriations Committee -- a rarity in Congress!

The authors of "Why Obamacare Is Wrong for America" include four of the top health-care experts in Washington: Grace-Marie Turner of the Galen Institute, James Capretta of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, Tom Miller of the American Enterprise Institute and The Heritage Foundation's Bob Moffit.

Chamber of Commerce executive vice president Bruce Josten, along with Bill Kovacs and Randy Johnson, shed light on how unaccountable federal agencies are making decisions that harm the livelihood of millions of Americans.