Congress
Ron Paul’s Final Questions for Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke
When Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke appears tomorrow before the House Financial Services Committee, he’ll be facing, for the final time, his nemesis, Representative...
Anti-First Amendment “Disclose Act” Fails Senate Cloture Vote
The U.S. Senate rejected a cloture motion to end debate and pass the “Disclose Act of 2012” July 16 on a nearly party-line 51-44 vote, which would...
Read moreMore LOST Opposition Found Among GOP Senators
A treaty that gives the United Nations “authority over everything, over, on, in, and under the oceans and seas of the world” (in...
Read moreThe Robin Hood Tax Scam Is Back
The Robin Hood Tax, properly called the Tobin Tax, is being resurrected by two Democrats to raise money under the guise of helping...
Read moreThe Pauls Introduce Their New Internet Liberty Manifesto
With Ron Paul’s bill H.R. 459, the Federal Reserve Transparency Act, headed for a floor vote in the House in the next two...
Read moreSenator Paul Wants Senate to Actually Read Bill Before Voting
Senator Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) has proposed legislation to force Senators to read bills before they vote on them. ...
Read moreLawmakers Compromise Over Transportation, Student Loans Bill
Battling over a transportation bill that now also addresses student-loan interest rates, congressional lawmakers are scrambling to appease their constituents in a legislative...
Read moreAnother Government Agency is Under Water
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation is underwater by $26 billion. But a small premium increase will fix things up just fine. When the Pension...
Read moreHouse Oversight Committee Votes Contempt Charges Against Atty. Gen. Holder (23-17)
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee voted along partisan lines to bring contempt charges against Attorney General Eric Holder June 20 by...
Read moreTwo More Senators Support Bill Opposing UN Arms Trade Treaty
A week ago both Mississippi Republican senators, Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker, announced their support of S.B. 2205 — the Second Amendment Sovereignty Act...
Read moreCBO Director: U.S. Is Headed for the Cliff
Congressional Budget Office Director Doug Elmendorf testified on Wednesday before the House Budget Committee about the federal government’s “Long Term Budget Outlook.” His office...
Read moreSTARS Act — GOP Version of the Dream Act — is Introduced
On Wednesday, Rep. David Rivera (R-Fla.) introduced his bill, “Studying Towards Adjusted Status Act” or the STARS Act, in an effort to break the...
Read moreCongressmen Propose Domestic Distribution of Pro-U.S. Propaganda
Congressmen Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) and Adam Smith (D-Washington) have proposed an amendment to the NDAA that would remove a decades-old prohibition on the...
Read morePrivacy-eliminating CISPA Awaits Its Fate in the Senate
Despite an increasingly noisy chorus of resistance to many of its provisions, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) passed the House,...
Read moreHouse to Vote on Ron Paul Bill to Audit the Federal Reserve
GOP leadership in the House of Representatives announced that legislation to thoroughly audit the secretive Federal Reserve, a wildly popular measure pushed by...
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