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{{short description|American libertarian advocacy organization}}
'''Downsize DC''' (formerly known as the '''American Liberty Foundation''') is a non-partisan organization which aims to limit the size of ] in the ] through awareness and ]ing government. It was founded by two-time ] presidential candidate ], his former campaign staff members ] and ], and former National Chair of the Libertarian Party ]. It is split into two organizations, the Downsize DC Foundation and DownsizeDC.org, for tax purposes.
The '''Downsize DC Foundation''', formerly known as the '''American Liberty Foundation''', is a policy advocacy organization which aims to limit the size of ] in the ] through awareness and ]ing. Though it claims to be non-partisan, it does have strong political ties to the ] movement.<ref>{{cite web|last=Wilson|first=James|title=We're in the top 100|url=http://www.downsizedc.org/blog/in-the-top-100|publisher=DownsizeDC.org|access-date=2011-05-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110317185621/http://www.downsizedc.org/blog/in-the-top-100|archive-date=2011-03-17|url-status=dead}}</ref> It was founded by two-time ] presidential candidate ],<ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607112437/http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2006/mar/02/20060302-112917-9413r//print/ |date=2011-06-07 }} '']'', March 3, 2006.</ref> his former campaign staff members ] and ], and former National Chair of the Libertarian Party ]. It is split into two organizations, the Downsize DC Foundation and DownsizeDC.org, for tax purposes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://downsizedc.org/|title=Home|website=Downsize DC}}</ref>


The President of Downsize DC is Jim Babka. Harry Browne served for over a year as the Director of ]. The Chair of DownsizeDC.org is ]. ] and ] both also serve on the ]. The chair of the Downsize DC Foundation is Jim Babka. ] (Chair) and Rick Wiggins also serve on the Board of Directors.<!-- Per website as of 2022. -->


DownsizeDC.org focuses both on preventing what it considers "bad" legislation – generally, legislation that grows government – from passing through ] and on pushing for legislation that would reduce the size of or constrain the growth of government.
The chair of the Downsize DC Foundation is ]. Along with Jim Babka, ], ], and ] also serve on the Downsize DC Foundation Board of Directors.


==Action== ==References==
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Downsize DC.org is currently focusing on a number of ] before ], as well as promoting one that it drafted, called the ]. This bill, if passed, would effectively ensure that:

* Congress must read every bill before they vote on it
* Congress must wait at least 7 days to vote on a bill after they have read it
* Congress must give the public 7 days' notice of when a vote will be held, and post each bill on the ] for public review 7 days before the vote

==History==

===DownsizeDC.org has supported:===

* The ], H.R. 181, ], ]
* The ], H.R. 689, H.R.46, ], 2005
* The ], H.R. 1605, H.R. 1606, S. 678, ], 2005
* The Read The Bills Act of 2005, ], 2005
* The ], S. 1313, H.R.3083, H.R.3087, ], 2005, with the addition of an written by DownsizeDC.org
* A proposal to bring the ] home so that they can be used in cases of emergency, such as the ] catastrophe, ], 2005
* An initiative to end ], ], 2005
* An initiative to get President Bush to use his powers of Veto & Rescission to cut runaway federal spending and pork, ], 2005
* The ], H.R. 4282, ], ]
* The ], H.R. 4892, ], ]
* The ]
* Repeal of the ], H.R. 413, ]
* The ], H.R. 500:, March 4, 2007

===DownsizeDC.org has opposed:===

* The ], H.R. 3717, H.R. 554, and S. 2056
* The ], H.R. 418 and ]
* Legislation conceptualized by Sen. ] to ] ], ], 2005
* The ], H.R. 1528, ], 2005
* The ] expansion proposed by the ], H.R. 3199, S. 1389, ], 2005
* The ] (also known as ]), S. 1307, H.R. 3045, ], 2005
* Bush's $200 billion plan for Gulf Coast reconstruction, ], 2005
* Three bills (the ], S. 1398; the ], S. 2128, H.R. 4575, H.R. 4667, H.R. 4975; and the ], H.R. 2412) designed to regulate grassroots lobbying organizations, ], 2006
* The "misnamed" ], H.R. 4694, a bill supposedly designed to maintain incumbency protection, ], ]
* Senator ]'s combination of the Online Freedom of Speech Act (a bill DownsizeDC.org supports) with the ] (a bill designed to regulate grassroots citizen lobbying groups), ], 2006
* The ] (NAIS), ], 2006
* Military action against ], ], 2006
* The Internet gambling prohibition in the ], ], 2006
* The ], ], 2006


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Latest revision as of 20:02, 27 January 2023

American libertarian advocacy organization

The Downsize DC Foundation, formerly known as the American Liberty Foundation, is a policy advocacy organization which aims to limit the size of government in the United States through awareness and petitioning. Though it claims to be non-partisan, it does have strong political ties to the libertarian movement. It was founded by two-time Libertarian presidential candidate Harry Browne, his former campaign staff members Perry Willis and Jim Babka, and former National Chair of the Libertarian Party Steve Dasbach. It is split into two organizations, the Downsize DC Foundation and DownsizeDC.org, for tax purposes.

The chair of the Downsize DC Foundation is Jim Babka. Gary Nolan (Chair) and Rick Wiggins also serve on the Board of Directors.

DownsizeDC.org focuses both on preventing what it considers "bad" legislation – generally, legislation that grows government – from passing through Congress and on pushing for legislation that would reduce the size of or constrain the growth of government.

References

  1. Wilson, James. "We're in the top 100". DownsizeDC.org. Archived from the original on 2011-03-17. Retrieved 2011-05-16.
  2. Libertarian leader Browne dies at 72 Archived 2011-06-07 at the Wayback Machine The Washington Times, March 3, 2006.
  3. "Home". Downsize DC.

External links

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