Congress
CBO Cost Estimates on Senate Immigration Bill Celebrated, Challenged
To say that the Congressional Budget Office's estimate of the costs of S. 744, the immigration bill being contested in the Senate, is...
U.S. House of Representatives Votes to Legalize Industrial Hemp
The U.S. House of Representatives voted 225-200 on June 20 to legalize the industrial farming of hemp fiber. ...
Read moreFeinstein Wants to Limit Contractors’ Access to Classified Info
Following news accounts of how the government has been collecting and storing millions of phone call records, e-mail messages and other forms of...
Read moreAttorney General Holder: “No Intention to Spy” on Congress
Attorney General Eric Holder offered to answer in closed session when asked in a Senate hearing if the executive branch had been monitoring...
Read moreSocial Security Trustees Celebrate: Trust Funds Won’t Be Broke for Years
The latest report from Social Security's trustees has resulted in claims from supporters that the program is safe and sound and will be...
Read moreNational Taxpayers Union Finds Major Spending Shift in 112th Congress
The National Taxpayers Union’s count of the cost of each member of Congress' "wish list" shows a dramatic shift away from more spending...
Read moreRand Paul: Senate Is Arming Al-Qaeda and Rushing to War in Syria
During a hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) warned that his colleagues were rushing to war in Syria...
Read moreCost Estimate of Government Regulations Doesn’t Measure the Real Cost
The estimate that the cost of government regulations now exceed half of the annual budget for the first time fails to take into...
Read moreSenate Passes Bill for Taxing Internet Sales
The U.S. Senate approved a bill Monday by a vote of 69-27 authorizing states to require out-of-state sellers to collect and remit state...
Read more42 House Republicans Propose Ending “Obama Phone” Subsidy
Rep. Tim Griffin (R-Ark.) is right: The only way to fix the "Obama phone" subsidy is to end it altogether. Then the other...
Read moreJoint Bills Introduced to “Cut” Skyrocketing SNAP (Food Stamp) Costs
The old food stamp program now called Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is growing so quickly and costing so much that nibbling around...
Read moreCISPA Reportedly Dead — for Now
Senate sources report that CISPA (the controversial Cyber Information Sharing and Protection Act) likely will not come up for a vote this year....
Read moreSenate Committee Passes Bill Restricting Wireless E-mail Searches
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill sponsored by Senators Jim Leahy and Mike Lee that would require law enforcement and government to...
Read moreDHS Spokesman Waffles Over Huge Ammo Purchases
The Homeland Security Department's lack of forthrightness in explaining its supposed need for hundreds of millions of rounds of ammunition was exposed at...
Read moreCISPA Supporters Outspent Opponents 38 to 1
According to research, CISPA supporters spent $605 million convincing congressmen to vote for the bill, outspending opponents 38 to one. ...
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