Conservative Roundtable

Americans for Constitutional Liberty (ACL) was founded in 1974 as The Conservative Caucus (TCC) in the belief that conservatives could win in Washington only by mobilizing conservative strength at the state and Congressional district level. The name was changed to ACL in 2014. Here is a list of our key accomplishments since 1974. The key to success... is still to let people know what is happening in government, and to tell them how they can have an impact on the decisions to be made. ACL uses many methods to make conservative opinion felt in Congress and the White House. We encourage members and all citizens to call, visit, or write their elected representatives; and to alert other Americans by calling talk shows and writing letters to the editor. Often petitions are collected and delivered to key decision-makers. Testimony before Congressional committees, meetings with members of Congress and their staff, video commentaries and programs , and Member's Message all help communicate to the public and make sure that elected officials hear what conservatives have to say. Mr. Charles Orndorff, Administrative Vice Chairman, is ACL's resident Constitutional scholar, with decades of experience in public policy and historical research. He is a policy analyst on issues including taxes, spending, Federal budget and deficit, the Constitution, American founding, Civil War, DC Statehood. Mr. Art Harman is the Executive Director, who has worked as a Legislative Director in Congress where he created the strategy to kill the 2013 Senate amnesty bill and wrote legislation, produced TCC's long-running, nationally-televised public affairs television program, "Conservative Roundtable," and directed major grassroots lobbying and outreach programs. I. Right To Enjoy The Income From One's Own Labor: There should be a ceiling on the proportion of income which government may take away, in taxes, from any citizen. Graduated taxation, combined with inflation, places an especially unfair burden on working Americans, whose tax rates increase ...Read More