Feinstein-Lee NDAA Amendment Passes, But Is It Enough?
On November 29, the Senate passed the Feinstein-Lee Amendment to the 2013 NDAA, purporting to protect the right to trial of those detained...
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Obama “Compromise”: More Spending, Higher Taxes, Unlimited Debt
President Obama has hardened his views on “fiscal cliff” negotiations with congressional Republicans, with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner telling a closed-door session of...
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House Resolution Seeks Answers on Drone Use
Texas Republican Ron Paul, Ohio Democrat Dennis Kucinich, and New Jersey Democrat Rush Holt are continuing the fight in the House of Representatives...
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Sen. Paul: Nation to Get “Big, Ugly” Debt Bag for Christmas
In what might loosely be described as the "spirit of the season," the Congress of the United States will likely put together a...
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Documents Show Lieberman, King Behind Financial Blockade of WikiLeaks
According to European Commission documents released Tuesday by WikiLeaks, two high-ranking U.S. politicians are responsible, at least in part, for a financial blockade...
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San Bernardino Seeks to Stiff the Country’s Largest Pension Plan
The "pendency plan" just passed by the San Bernardino, California, city council includes "renegotiating" its pension liabilities with CalPERS, the country's largest pension...
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Fiscal Cliff Talks Continue in Congress
While the U.S. economy is said to be en route to go over the so-called "fiscal cliff" on January 1, Congress has made...
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Taxpayer Protection Pledge Takers Now Breaking Their Promise
Since Senator Saxby Chambliss' defection on Thursday from his Taxpayer Protection Pledge, two other senators and a member of the House have also...
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Jesse Jackson Resigns Congressional Seat Amid Federal Probe
Jesse Jackson Jr., Democratic congressman from Illinois and son of the “civil rights” agitator, has resigned his House seat, citing ill health and...
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What to Expect From the New Congress
The party numbers are pretty much the same, but the congressional Democrats are far more liberal, and the Republicans are much closer to...
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Geithner as Buzz Lightyear on National Debt: To Infinity, and Beyond
President Obama's Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has embraced the “Buzz Lightyear” debt strategy to overcome the fiscal crisis known as the “fiscal cliff”:...
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House Committee Investigates EPA’s Secret E-mail Accounts
Citing “a pattern of behavior directed at subverting transparency,” the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology is requesting information from Environmental Protection...
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CBO: Balancing the Budget Is “Formidable” Task
The Congressional Budget Office's latest offering of suggestions on how to cut the deficit falls far short of what is needed and admits...
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Sen. Coburn’s Report Exposes DOD’s Wasteful, Non-Defense Spending
Following his office’s publishing of his annual Wastebook last month, Senator Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) has now released another oversight report, this one exploring waste...
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In Farewell, Ron Paul Offers Hope Despite Looming Economic Implosion
After spending more than two decades in Congress vigorously standing up for liberty, peace, sound money, free markets, and the U.S. Constitution, Rep....
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