The Conservative Caucus
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Abbreviation | TCC |
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Formation | 1974 |
Founder | Howard Phillips |
Type | Public policy organization and lobbying group |
Purpose | Emphasizing grassroots citizen activism |
Headquarters | Vienna, Virginia |
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Chairman | Peter J. Thomas |
Budget | $3.8 million |
Website | Official Website |
The Conservative Caucus, or TCC, is an American public policy organization and
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Issues of focus
TCC promotes an uncompromisingly
Foreign/military
Immigration
TCC opposes
North American Union
TCC opposes the North American Union (NAU), which the TCC sees as the merging of the United States with Mexico and Canada. TCC also opposes the NAFTA Superhighway which it sees as facilitating smuggling, terrorist infiltration, and bypassing American port workers by using cheaper Mexican ports. TCC held a news conference on October 25, 2006 announcing formation of a coalition to oppose the NAU, which was featured by Lou Dobbs on CNN. The NAU is connected to the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP). TCC is a founder of the 'Coalition to Block the North American Union', and held a news conference in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada in August 2007 at the time of the SPP summit in Montebello, Quebec with the leaders of the United States, Mexico and Canada. Participating were representatives of many United States organizations as well as Connie Fogal, the Leader of the Canadian Action Party. The news conference was covered by Fox, CTV, Reuters, the Wall Street Journal and other U.S. and Canadian media outlets.
Trade
TCC is opposed in principle to what is called excessive or unlimited free trade, seeing such policies as being dangerous to the economic well-being of the American middle class, the manufacturing sector, and of the United States as a whole. TCC also specifically opposes various trade treaties, such as the World Trade Organization (WTO), North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), and others as being threats to US sovereignty.
Cold War
Throughout the
China
TCC sees the
Panama Canal
TCC opposed the
United Nations
TCC supports a U.S. withdrawal from the
Domestic
Constitutionalism
TCC supports
Health care
A major focus of TCC activism in 2009 and 2010 was opposing President Obama's health care reform bills and any greater government involvement in health care. Following passage, TCC is campaigning for the repeal of the enacted reform bill.
Washington, DC Congressional seat
TCC opposes efforts to create a full voting seat in the House of Representatives for the District of Columbia, based upon the Constitutional provisions that only states can have Congressional representation, and the Founding Fathers' intention to keep the nation's capital a neutral territory where all states may meet without fear of undue influence. TCC also opposed efforts to make the city into a state.
Taxes/IRS
TCC favors abolishing the income tax and replacing it with a low revenue tariff. This would eliminate the need for the Internal Revenue Service.
Social issues
TCC is strongly
Conservative Roundtable
Conservative Roundtable was a nationally[3] broadcast weekly conservative television program[4] produced by The Conservative Caucus beginning in 1991.[5] Each episode featured Howard Phillips conducting "in-depth interviews of key news makers, including authors, members of Congress, candidates for office, policy experts, inventors and academics".[6]
By 2004, over 400 episodes had aired on television across the country.[7] The show continued until 2012, when Howard Phillips stepped down from the Conservative Caucus due to health reasons. The show's producer, Art Harman,[8][9] commented that during the show's two decades in production it had reached "20 million households on 125 cable channels nationwide".[10]
References
- ^ "Peter Thomas Selected as Chairman of The Conservative Caucus". conservativecaucus.info.
- ^ "GuideStar - Login". Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2006-03-25.
- ^ "Conservative TV show nationwide schedule". www.conservativeusa.org. Archived from the original on 30 January 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
- ^ "Budget Guru on the Deficit - get the facts!". YouTube.
- ^ "Conservative TV Show Guests". www.conservativeusa.org. Archived from the original on 4 February 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
- ^ "Conservative Roundtable (TV Series 1991–2012) - IMDb". IMDb.
- ^ "Conservative TV Show Guests". www.conservativeusa.org. Archived from the original on 4 February 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
- ^ https://www.linkedin.com/in/artharman/[self-published source]
- ^ "Budget Guru on the Deficit - get the facts!". YouTube.
- ^ "Conservative Roundtable (TV Series 1991–2012) - IMDb". IMDb.
External links
- Howard Phillips' Blog
- Testimony to Congress on Constitutionality of D.C. voting representation
- Official Video Channel
- TCC's Healthcare Website
- TCC's Space Issues Website
- The Right Search Page, a "web search resource for conservative activists"