Empower America is a conservative think tank and grassroots organization led by former football player and RepublicanVice Presidential nominee Jack Kemp. It is one of two organizations contained within FreedomWorks, which is chaired by former U.S. Representative Dick Armey. The combined organizations believe in and lobby for lower taxes and a smaller government. The Republican Party, often called the GOP (for Grand Old Party, although one early citation described it as the Gallant Old Party) [1], is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... Dick Cheney 46th and current Vice President (2001- ) The Vice President of the United States is the second-highest executive official of the United States government, the person who is a heartbeat from the presidency. ... Jack French Kemp (born July 13, 1935) is an American politician and former professional football player. ... Richard Keith Dick Armey (born July 7, 1940 in Cando, North Dakota) is a former U.S. Representative and House Majority Leader from Texas. ...
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"FreedomWorks Online (http://www.freedomworks.org)." About Us. Accessed on March 08, 2005. 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
EmpowerAmerica, founded in 1993, is one of a string of advocacy organizations headed by Reagan education secretary and national moral compass William Bennett.
Uniquely positioned in Washington, EmpowerAmerica bridges the gap between the array of think tanks that produce white papers on the public-policy debate and the actual enactment of policy.
According to Mediatransparency's James D'Entremont, "While EmpowerAmerica bills itself as a 'nonpartisan, nonprofit organization,' its board of directors is a blue-ribbon panel of right-wing pro-corporate Republicans, and the organization itself is a kind of stepchild of the Heritage Foundation.
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