AMAC Action and Leadership Institute Educate Young Conservatives on Becoming Successful Leaders
This week on Capitol Hill, AMAC Action and the Leadership Institute teamed up for an event titled “Becoming an Effective Leader”, aimed at educating staff from Capitol Hill and advocacy organizations on how to build successful careers in the conservative movement.
The three-hour education and networking event, hosted at the Capitol Hill Club, attracted over 60 young conservatives representing congressional offices and national advocacy organizations.
The audience was highly engaged throughout the event – taking notes, asking thoughtful questions, and seizing the opportunity to connect with peers and AMAC Action team members. The energy in the room reflected a strong desire among young conservatives to grow as professionals and successful leaders in the movement.
This event marked the second in a growing series hosted by AMAC Action and the Leadership Institute. Based on the overwhelmingly positive feedback and standing-room-only crowd, both organizations have committed to continuing this initiative.
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One Big, Beautiful Bill Passes After Groundswell of Support from AMAC Members
President Donald J. Trump has officially signed the “One Big, Beautiful Bill” (OBBB) into law, marking a major legislative victory for the America First movement and delivering on several of his most important campaign promises following weeks of impassioned activism from AMAC members.
With the stroke of a pen, President Trump enacted sweeping reforms aimed at securing America’s borders, providing tax relief to working families and seniors, and slashing more than $1.5 trillion in wasteful federal spending over the next decade
The signing of the OBBB notably came following a surge of support from AMAC members throughout the country. In total, AMAC members sent nearly 40,000 messages to their members of Congress urging passage of the bill. Their voices played a critical role in building the momentum needed to get the legislation across the finish line.
The new law includes a historic increase in the child tax credit—raising it to $2,200 per child—offering much-needed relief to parents struggling with the cost of living. It also enacts a $4,000 tax deduction for Americans over age 65 and eliminates all federal taxes on tips and overtime pay, giving working Americans a long-overdue raise.
The OBBB represents the largest investment in border security in American history. It authorizes the hiring of thousands of additional ICE agents and fully funds the completion of President Trump’s border wall, reversing years of neglect and open-borders Democrat policies.
“This bill is a promise kept,” said AMAC CEO Rebecca Weber. “President Trump campaigned on securing the border, cutting taxes, and defending the forgotten men and women of this country – and with the Big Beautiful Bill now law, he’s delivering on every front. AMAC members across the country stood firmly behind this effort, and we’re proud to see their voices heard.”
Weber also praised Republican lawmakers for their role in the legislative success. “House and Senate Republicans worked tirelessly to fulfill the clear mandate the American people gave them last November,” she said. “This is what real leadership looks like – and it couldn’t come at a more critical time for our country.”
Throughout the legislative process, AMAC Action played a leading role in galvanizing grassroots support, from Capitol Hill meetings to coordinated national outreach. Tens of thousands of AMAC members sent messages to their representatives, demanding action – and they got results.
With the OBBB now signed into law, AMAC Action will continue to stand with President Trump and conservative lawmakers to ensure the full implementation of the America First agenda.
AMAC Members Help Lead Double Victory for Parental Rights, Common Sense At Supreme Court
The Supreme Court delivered two major victories for parental rights and common sense this month following advocacy efforts from AMAC Action and AMAC members in the form of amicus briefs. In both cases, the Court reaffirmed that moms, dads, and their elected representatives – not unelected bureaucrats or radical activists – have the primary say over the health and moral upbringing of their children.
In United States v. Skrmetti, the Biden administration attempted to overturn Tennessee’s law banning puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and so-called “gender-affirming” surgeries for minors. On June 18, the Court upheld the law in a 6-3 decision, ruling that Tennessee acted well within its rights to protect vulnerable children from irreversible harm. This ruling also paved the way for similar bans in at least 20 other states to go into effect.
The majority opinion directly echoed AMAC’s amicus brief, emphasizing the state’s “legitimate, substantial, and compelling interest in protecting minors from physical and emotional harm.” The Court affirmed that children have a fundamental right to bodily integrity and that states have an obligation to take action to protect that right.
Importantly, the majority opinion also rejected efforts “by the United States and the private plaintiffs to accord outsized credit to claims about medical consensus and expertise.” In other words, the justices warned, lawmakers should not cede all legislative authority to “self-proclaimed experts.”
Just nine days later, on June 27, the Court ruled in favor of parents again in Mahmoud v. Taylor, a case involving the Montgomery County, Maryland, school board’s refusal to allow parents to opt their children out of classroom lessons featuring LGBTQ+-themed storybooks.
The district had initially offered opt-outs for religious families but later revoked the policy, claiming it had become too burdensome. In a 6-3 decision, the Court held that the district’s actions imposed an unconstitutional burden on parents’ First Amendment rights to direct the religious upbringing of their children. Writing for the majority, Justice Samuel Alito made clear that the Board’s policy interfered with deeply held religious beliefs and ordered that parents be notified before such materials are presented – and be allowed to excuse their children from those lessons.
AMAC’s amicus brief again echoed the majority’s finding, arguing that public schools cannot force ideological conformity and override parents’ moral and religious convictions.
Both decisions mark a turning point in the broader cultural battle over the role of parents in American life. After years of schools and activist medical institutions attempting to shut parents out of life-altering decisions, the Supreme Court has made clear that such overreach is unconstitutional. These rulings represent a significant win not only for parental rights, but for basic decency and the recognition that childhood is not a laboratory for fringe social experiments.
“From Tennessee’s defense of vulnerable kids to Maryland parents’ fight for religious liberty, these rulings prove that when everyday Americans stand together, they can beat the radical agenda targeting our children,” said AMAC CEO Rebecca Weber. “AMAC Action will keep bringing the full weight of our membership to bear – whether in legislative chambers or before the Supreme Court – until parental rights and traditional American values are secure.”
Action ☆ Academy
Benjamin Franklin and the Self-Made Man: Making America
Benjamin Franklin wore many hats—scientist, inventor, diplomat, author, and printer—but he is most famous for his leadership in the founding of the United States. In the 5-minute video, Benjamin Franklin and the Self-Made Man: Making America, Dinesh D’Souza explains Franklin’s important contributions to the birth of our nation. PragerU is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that promotes American values in short educational videos for people of all ages.
Term of the Week: Regulatory Capture
“Regulatory capture is a process by which regulatory agencies may come to be dominated by the industries or interests they are charged with regulating. The result is that an agency, charged with acting in the public interest, instead acts in ways that benefit incumbent firms in the industry it is supposed to be scrutinizing.
Regulatory capture, also known as ‘the economic theory of regulation’ or simply ‘capture theory,’ was introduced to the world in the 1970s by the late George Stigler, a Nobel laureate economist at the University of Chicago. Stigler noted that regulated industries maintain a keen and immediate interest in influencing regulators, whereas ordinary citizens are less motivated. As a result, even though the rules in question, such as pollution standards, often affect citizens in the aggregate, individuals are unlikely to lobby regulators to the degree that regulated industries do.
Regulated industries devote large budgets to influencing regulators at the federal, state, and local levels. By contrast, individual citizens spend only limited resources to advocate for their own rights. This is an extension of the concept of concentrated benefits and dispersed costs of regulation, public policy, and collective action in general, as described by economist Mancur Olson.
In many cases, the regulators themselves come from the pool of industry experts and employees, in part due to the complex and specialized knowledge needed to regulate an industry, and may also then return to work in the industry after their government service. This is known as the revolving door between government and special interests. In some cases, industry leaders trade the promise of future jobs for regulatory consideration, making revolving doors criminally corrupt.
Regulatory agencies that come to be controlled by the industries they are charged with regulating are known as captured agencies, and agency capture occurs when that governmental body operates essentially as an advocate for the industries it regulates. Such cases may not be directly corrupt, as there is no quid pro quo; rather, the regulators simply begin thinking like the industries they regulate, due to heavy lobbying.”
(Kenton, Will. “Regulatory Capture Definition With Examples.” Investopedia, 1 Aug. 2024, www.investopedia.com/terms/r/regulatory-capture.asp. Accessed 10 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
“Our contest is not only whether we ourselves shall be free, but whether there shall be left to mankind an asylum on earth for civil and religious liberty.”
— Samuel Adams
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