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Heritage Action is supported by individual and corporate donors, with its 2012 tax return indicating that 44 percent of its overall contributions came from donations of $ 5,000 or less that year. Heritage Action generally does not disclose its donors, but in 2013 confirmed a $ 500,000 donation made
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Anderson was selected as the organization's executive director. Anderson took a leave of absence in July 2023 from her position at Heritage Action to work at an affiliated super PAC, Sentinel Action Fund. In September 2023, Kevin Roberts, president of The Heritage Foundation, was
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As part of the organization's efforts on tightening election laws, it maintains a database, which includes 1,322 "proven instances of voter fraud," dating back to the mid-1980s, which includes only one instance from the 2020 election. Some of the cases in the database are incidents of fraudulent
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In August 2020, Heritage Action launched a pro-police pledge "for citizens, lawmakers and candidates to stand with nation's law enforcement officers." Over 100 members of
Congress signed the pledge. The pledge was accompanied by pro-police billboards by the group in New York City, Dallas, and
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Congressional scorecard, which ranks members of Congress on "votes, co-sponsorships and other legislative activity." It also has established a grassroots presence outside of Washington, D.C., with professional grassroots coordinators who recruit and train conservative
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During the shutdown, Heritage Action continued to urge lawmakers not to negotiate a measure to fully fund the government without dismantling the ACA. The strategy of
Heritage Action in tying the ACA to the shutdown, according to Michael Needham, the organization's CEO at the time, was to make
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In May 2021, a leaked video of a presentation to donors, executive director
Jessica Anderson cited Iowa as an example, saying "we did it quickly and we did it quietly...Little fanfare. Honestly, nobody even noticed. My team looked at each other and we're like, 'It can't be that easy'."
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In May 2018, Timoth
Chapman succeeded Needham as executive director, following Needham's departure. Chapman previously served as Heritage Action's chief operating officer and as chief of staff to Heritage Foundation President Edwin Feulner. In March 2020, Chapman left the organization.
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advocacy organization founded in 2010. Heritage Action, which has affiliates throughout the United States, is a sister organization of
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