Congress
The Bipartisan War on American Freedom
While Congress abides in gridlock, as Republicans and Democrats debate tax policy, and the SuperCommittee admits failure over deciding how to tame the...
SuperCommittee Is a Super Failure
The so-called SuperCommittee charged with finding $1.2 trillion in cuts over a 10-year period beginning in 2013 found its Kryptonite: itself. The members...
Read moreCongressional Report: TSA Useless Despite $60 Billion
A harshly critical new report by congressional investigators says that despite spending close to $60 billion on the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), screening...
Read moreBLS Chief Deflates Pelosi’s Claims of Stimulus Success
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) claims that the unemployment rate would be 15 percent in the absence of President Barack Obama’s “stimulus”...
Read moreThe Farm Subsidy Bait and Switch
Anyone trying to figure out why Americans don’t trust their elected officials need look no further than an October 17 New York Times...
Read moreCongress Passes Obama’s “Free Trade” Package
In stealth succession on Wednesday evening, both the House and Senate approved three so-called free trade agreements with South Korea, Panama, and Colombia....
Read moreMcCain: No Defense Cuts if Supercommittee Deadlocks
Many observers of the political scene suspected that the creation of the congressional deficit-reduction supercommittee was just a sham to allow legislators to...
Read moreSell the Unprofitable Post Office
Now that Congress has extended the due date for the Postal Service’s $5.5 billion pension plan payment to November 18th, various proposals to...
Read moreWill TRAIN Derail the EPA?
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the TRAIN Act, which calls for establishing a committee to analyze the economic impact of recent...
Read moreRon Paul Would Restore Sound Money by Legalizing Competing Currencies
On September 13, 2011, Ron Paul chaired a hearing before his Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology subcommittee entitled "Road Map to Sound Money:...
Read moreMcConnell: Obama’s Jobs Bill “Political,” Won’t “Actually Work”
Taking a notably different tack from fellow Republicans in the House of Representatives, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) “fiercely attacked President Barack...
Read moreCompeting Currencies Would Expand Freedom While Limiting Government
One of the expert witnesses testifying before Ron Paul’s Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology Subcommittee on Tuesday was Dr. Lawrence H. White, professor...
Read moreRon Paul Wants Competing Currencies
On March 15, Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) introduced H.R. 1098, better known as the “Free Competition in Currency Act of 2011,” which would...
Read moreDemocrats Propose Toothless Balanced Budget Amendment
One of the terms of the recent debt ceiling deal between Congress and the White House was that Congress would vote on, but...
Read moreFederal Program Pays Airlines to Fly Empty Planes
Almost everyone is aware that the federal government pays farmers not to grow certain crops. But not many know that taxpayers are also...
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