Current Issues
In May 2006, Viguerie said regarding conservatives' ability to maintain a majority in the U.S. House and Senate: "There is a growing feeling among conservatives that the only way to cure the problem is for Republicans to lose the Congressional elections this fall."
Viguerie commented on the Mark Foley scandal, "This isn't an isolated situation. It is only the most recent example of Republican House leaders doing whatever it takes to hold onto power. If it means spending billions of taxpayers' dollars on questionable projects, they'll do it. If it means covering up the most despicable actions of a colleague, they'll do it."
Viguerie fought for the The Legislative Transparency and Accountability Act of 2007, through his petition website known as Grassroots Freedom.
When Viguerie spoke at a conference of Libertarian Party state chairs in March 2007, he stated the following about the 2006 United States general elections: "Whenever conservatives are unhappy, bad things happen for the Republican Party."
In 2007, Viguerie co-founded the American Freedom Agenda, described as "a coalition established to restore checks and balances and civil liberties protections under assault by the executive branch".
In a July 2009 article written for Sojourners Magazine, "When Governments Kill", Viguerie came out strongly against capital punishment and called for a moratorium to discuss the issues surrounding it in the hope that this will pave the way for total abolition.
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