AMAC Member Nancy Overman to House Ways and Means Committee: President Trump’s One Big, Beautiful Bill Helps Everyday Americans
Last week, AMAC Action took a major step forward in amplifying the voice of everyday Americans. During the House Ways and Means Committee Field Hearing in Las Vegas, AMAC member Nancy Overman delivered heartfelt testimony in support of President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill. Speaking as a retired volunteer manager and concerned grandmother, Nancy shared how the bill’s provisions would ease the burden on seniors, working families, and small business owners—offering a powerful reminder of the real-world impact of smart, practical policy. Read the full article here.
Nancy’s testimony begins at 56:34 and she answers a question at 2:02:48.
Calls-to-Action
S. 2355 – Patients Deserve Price Tags Act
Tell Your Senator to Co-Sponsor the Patients Deserve Price Tags Act! The sad reality is that America’s healthcare system hides prices from patients, and seniors are paying the price. This bill, led by Senator and Dr. Roger Marshall (R-KS), will finally require real, upfront pricing across the healthcare system. To gain momentum in the Senate, more co-sponsors are needed.
Click here to learn more and contact your U.S. Senators!
Policy and Legislation Support
H.R. 2304 – Ensuring Access to Affordable and Quality Home Care for Seniors and People with Disabilities Act
Under current regulations, caregivers who assist with basic daily tasks, like helping with meals, light housekeeping, and transportation, often do not qualify for the federal exemption that once made such services affordable and widely available for seniors and people with disabilities. The 2013 Obama administration rule change that restricted these exemptions inserted unnecessary red tape into personal caregiving decisions, discouraging lawful employment, and punishing families trying to do the right thing for their aging loved ones. By restoring the exemptions for companionship and live-in services, this bill ensures that families can access trusted, personal care without being burdened by intrusive federal mandates. It also helps seniors remain in their homes longer, preserving both their dignity and their independence. Click here to read AMAC Action’s letter of support.
Action ☆ Academy
Churchill: The Man Who Saved the Free World
In the 5-minute video Churchill: The Man Who Saved the Free World, Andrew Roberts, historian and bestselling author, explains how Winston Churchill saved the world from Nazi Germany. PragerU is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that promotes American values in short educational videos for people of all ages.
Term of the Week: Recess Appointment
“A temporary appointment by the president of the United States, made during a recess of the U.S. Senate, to a vacant office whose nominees are subject to Senate approval under Article II, Section 2, of the U.S. Constitution. That section states in part that the president “shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the Supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States.” The same section enables the president to obviate the need for Senate approval by ‘fill[ing] up all Vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the Senate, by granting Commissions which shall expire at the End of their next Session.’ Although the original purpose of the appointments clause was to facilitate administrative continuity in the executive branch during a Senate recess (until the end of the 19th century, such recesses usually lasted more than six months), several presidents have used the clause to temporarily install controversial appointees whose nominations might not have been confirmed by the Senate.
The sessions of both the Senate and the House of Representatives are generally concurrent, beginning (under the Twentieth Amendment) on the third day of January and extending (in recent decades) to November or December of the same year. The yearly sessions of both houses of Congress are usually adjourned at the same time by means of a concurrent resolution. Both houses also typically enter concurrent and relatively brief recess periods during their shared session in keeping with the Constitution’s Article I, Section 5, which ensures that “neither House, during the Session of Congress, shall, without the Consent of the other, adjourn for more than three days.” The period between consecutive sessions of the Senate and House is commonly called an “intersession recess,” and a break in proceedings taken during a single session is called an “intrasession recess.” Appointments made during an intracession recess usually last longer than those from an intercession recess because the former extend through the remainder of the term in which they are made and include the entire next term.
The Constitution does not impose any requirements regarding the minimum length of the Senate recess during which appointments may be made. From the second half of the 20th century, when intracession appointments became more common, legal disputes arose regarding their legitimacy, in part because they were often used for political reasons. Eventually, the Senate adopted the practice of conducting pro forma sessions in coordination with the House—that is, brief sessions in which no official business is usually conducted—every three days during an effective or agreed-upon recess in order to block appointments by the sitting president.
In June of 2014, during Pres. Barack Obama’s second term, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled (in National Labor Relations Board v. Noel Canning Company) that recess appointments can be made in intracession as well as intersession recesses; that the vacancies filled during a Senate recess need not literally have happened during a recess—as stated in the Constitution—but could be preexisting; that a pro forma session cannot be regarded as an illegitimate interruption of a Senate recess (‘the Senate is in session when it says it is’); and that no appointment can be made during a Senate recess of less than 10 days. The Court’s decision enabled the House of Representatives, as well as the Senate, to block recess appointments by refusing to agree to a Senate recess of 10 or more days.
Soon after winning the presidential election of 2024, but before his inauguration to a nonconsecutive second term, President-elect Donald Trump began to publicly announce his nominees for cabinet offices and other executive positions, including secretary of state, secretary of defense, attorney general, secretary of health and human services, and director of the FBI. Many of Trump’s proposed cabinet members and other officers requiring Senate confirmation were strongly opposed by Democrats and even some Republicans, who regarded them as unqualified, extremist, or obviously opposed to the mission of the department or agency they would head. Perhaps in anticipation of such a reaction, Trump called upon Republicans—who had won a majority in the Senate and had preserved their control of the House—to initiate a Senate recess so that he could quickly fill the executive branch with his preferred candidates.”
(Duignan, Brian. “recess appointment”. Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Dec. 2024, https://www.britannica.com/topic/recess-appointment. Accessed 31 July 2025.)
Class for July and August
Marxism, Socialism, and Communism
Learn about the horrors of communist regimes like the Soviet Union and China, and the rise of Cultural Marxism fueling today’s social and political tensions. In Hillsdale College’s six-part documentary series Marxism, Socialism, and Communism, professors discuss how Marxist ideas have shaped modern America—and give us the tools to understand and oppose their influence on our culture and politics.
Quote of the Week
“No one more sincerely wishes the spread of information among mankind than I do, and none has greater confidence in its effect towards supporting free and good government.”
― Thomas Jefferson
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