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What’s Gabriel Gomez done to deserve this?
Gabriel Gomez, the young, accomplished Republican running for the vacant United States Senate seat in Massachusetts, states quite clearly on his campaign website: “Climate change is real. However, while science says climate change is real, addressing the problem must be done rationally. Unfortunately, many solutions offered by politicians in Washington are not rational, and would [...]

Farm Bill: Separating the Wheat from the Chaff
ConservAmerica has joined with several conservative groups to call on the U.S. House of Representatives to separate the H.R. 1947 (“Farm Bill”) into two distinct pieces of legislation. Less than twenty percent of the nearly $1 trillion bill actually contains agriculture-related programs. The remaining eighty percent is composed of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, [...]

Return of Rocky Mountain High
Can protected landscapes–public lands–be an economic driver? This great piece of reporting by Todd Wilkinson in the Christian Science Monitor tells how the Mountain West is becoming a hot bed of entrepreneurship. Let us know if you know any examples of businesses launched by visionaries who decided “where” before “what”.

South Dakota Republican Noem on Protect Our Prairies Act
Rep. Kristi Noem (R-SD) is a rancher who understands and values conservation. Our friends over at Ducks Unlimited interviewed Rep. Noem and a colleague about the Protect Our Prairies Act.

Council of Great Lakes Governors
This weekend, the Council of Great Lakes Governors are meeting on Michigan’s beautiful Mackinac Island. Among the governors in attendance are Republicans Scott Walker (WI), Mike Pence (IN), John Kasich (OH), Tom Corbett (PA), and Rick Snyder (MI). Top of the agenda is protection of the Great Lakes and the threat of invasive species. The [...]

Sen. Alexander Volunteers Energy Vision
“He presented “four grand principles” to “help the United States end an obsession with taxpayer subsidies and strategies for expensive energy and instead focus on doubling research and allowing marketplace solutions to create an abundance of clean, cheap, reliable energy.” The National Journal reports on Tennessee Republican Senator Lamar Alexander’s energy speech at Oak Ridge.

ConservAmerica 2016 Tracking Poll: Vote Now
ConservAmerica is tracking Republican voters’ opinions about preferred presidential candidates for 2016. Vote at our Facebook page now. ConservAmerica 2016 Tracking Poll- May 2013

Youth Movement: Ohio
The leaders of the Greater Cleveland Young Republicans and Young Conservatives for Energy Reform hosted General Richard Zilmer for a discussion on energy policy. The Cleveland Plain Dealer covered it here.

Memorial Day
“Greater love hath no man than this, that he should lay down his life for his friends.” Here is a marvelous video of great American parks and landscapes accompanied by the United States Marine Band playing, “America, The Beautiful.”





