Politics
Justice Ginsburg Tells Egyptians: Don’t Model Government on U.S. Constitution
During a recent trip to Egypt, U.S Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (left) had some key advice for the leaders of this...
Romney Wins Nevada, Gingrich Second, Paul Third
Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney won 50 percent of the vote in the Nevada caucuses February 4. Romney's margin of victory over second-place...
Read moreHouse Passes Bill to End Automatic Spending Increases
For nearly four decades Congress has ensured that federal spending rises inexorably by guaranteeing that every budget item increases automatically each year. And...
Read moreObama Seeks $5 Billion For Veterans Jobs Corps Proposal
The Obama administration on Friday accelerated efforts to tame unemployment among U.S. veterans by calling for a new conservation program that would put...
Read moreSen. Grassley Probes FDA Over Email Surveillance of Whistleblowers
Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa, left) issued a five-page letter Wednesday demanding that Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Margaret Hamburg disclose who authorized...
Read moreMissouri State Senator Introduces Nullification Bill
In Federalist No. 46, James Madison predicted: But ambitious encroachments of the federal government, on the authority of the State governments,...
Read moreNo-fly List Doubled in One Year
In the past year the U.S. government’s no-fly list has more than doubled, going from about 10,000 names to about 21,000, according to...
Read moreIndiana Republicans Enact Right-to-Work Law
On February 1, Indiana became a Right-to-Work state when Governor Mitch Daniels (left) signed the bill the day after it passed the Indiana House of...
Read moreWashington State Lawmakers Join War on NDAA Indefinite Detention
Lawmakers in Washington State joined a growing nationwide rebellion this week against the federal government’s purported new power to indefinitely detain Americans suspected...
Read moreGovernment Cites NDAA as Authority to Detain Gitmo Prisoner
Alexander Hamilton wrote in the Federalist Papers that: “[T]he practice of arbitrary imprisonments [has] been, in all ages, the favorite and most formidable...
Read moreObama “Bundlers” Raise More than $74 Million for 2012 Campaign
As the 2012 election surges forward, the Obama campaign has released a lengthy report detailing 445 of the President’s top "bundlers" — networks of...
Read moreKucinich Bills Would Control GMOs: Good Intent, Bad Policy
Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) is being hailed as a hero by natural food advocates nationwide for introducing several bills to protect the food...
Read moreObama Touts Bailout Success During Visit to Washington Auto Show
During a surprise visit to the Washington Auto Show Tuesday, President Obama touted his administration’s efforts in re-energizing the U.S. automobile industry, while...
Read moreVirginia Lawmaker Introduces Bill to Nullify NDAA
“The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State...
Read moreRomney Wins Florida; Paul and Santorum Focus on Caucuses
Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney won the winner-take-all Florida primary January 31, with 47 percent of the vote (winning some 52 percent of absentee...
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