Who Cheered On the Debt Deal?

By Christopher Powers STATESMAN SENTINEL August 3, 2011 This week Congress reached an agreement to raise the debt ceiling.  The deal includes cuts in future spending increases over the next ten years, which means that the budget will continue to grow, only at a slower pace than originally predicted.  There were no current spending cuts [...]

Rand Paul Stalls Patriot Act Renewal

STATESMAN SENTINEL May 24, 2011 Campaign of Liberty is reporting that Senator Rand Paul has been holding the Senate floor for the past seven hours to prevent the Senate leadership from renewing the USA PATRIOT Act for another four years.  Harry Reid and his allies in the Senate have been trying to rush through a [...]

Senator Rand Paul Opposes PATRIOT Act Renewal

STATESMAN SENTINEL February 15, 2011 Last night, the Senate tried to sneak through a 3-year extension of the PATRIOT Act under unanimous consent, but because Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky stood up and objected, its renewal was prevented. Rand Paul’s recorded statement regarding why he opposes the so-called “PATRIOT” Act, can be viewed below, as [...]

Fed Audit Bill Introduced to House and Senate

STATESMAN SENTINEL January 27, 2011 Yesterday, Congressman Ron Paul reintroduced his Audit the Fed bill (H.R. 459) to the House of Representatives, and Senator Rand Paul introduced Audit the Fed to the Senate (S. 202). Ron Paul has introduced the Federal Reserve audit bill in several congressional sessions over the years but last session the [...]

Senate Passes S.510 Food Safety Bill, Curtails Food Freedom

NaturalNews The infamous S.510 “food food safety bill” was passed by the US Senate last night in a sneaky, last minute voice vote. All Senators voted for it, Republicans and Democrats alike. Not a single U.S. Senator — not even Coburn — objected to its passage. With this vote, the US Senate now sends the [...]

Senators Bribed to Support S.510 – Food Safety Modernization Act

By John W. Wallace Liberty News Online The following is a list of U.S Senators and the Bribes (I mean campaign contributions) that these Senators received from Special Interest Groups to either support or oppose S.510 – The FDA Food Safety and Modernization Act. Money received by elected officials from Special Interest groups to vote [...]

New Republican House Promises Investigation Of Global Warming Fraud

By Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet.com One of the first tasks of the new Republican-controlled House of Congress will be to launch a full investigation into the man-made global warming fraud, as the climate change con that threatens to tax and regulate the American middle class out of existence is exposed to what could prove [...]

Ron Paul to Chair House Monetary Policy Panel

By John Carney Senior Editor, CNBC.com Odds are you haven’t heard of the monetary policy subcommittee. Officially known as the House Subcommittee for Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology, it’s a subdivision of the House Financial Services Committee that has mostly occupied itself with pressing questions of issuing commemorative coins and whether or not to eliminate [...]

Senate Bill 3767 Seeks to Put Dietary Supplement Makers in Prison for Ten Years

By William Faloon LEF.org Pharmaceutical companies are once again interfering with your ability to access information about dietary supplements. The Senate is debating a bill that will enable the FDA to put vitamin supplement makers in jail for ten years if they cite findings from peer-reviewed published scientific studies on the label of their dietary [...]

Elena Kagan Sails Through Senate Judiciary Hearings

Gun Owners of America The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to send the nomination of Elena Kagan to the full Senate floor today. The 13-6 vote was not a surprise.  Democrats outnumber Republicans 12-7 on the committee, and their ranks include the anti-gun extreme wing of their party, such as Charles Schumer, Dianne Feinstein and Dick [...]

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