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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

House Shreds 1st Amendment, Fight Moves To Senate

Stephen Otto STATESMAN SENTINEL June 24, 2010 This afternoon the House of Representatives passed the DISCLOSE Act (H.R. 5175), a partisan attack on the free speech rights of libertarian lobbying organizations such as Campaign for Liberty and conservative groups including gun rights organizations like Gun Owners of America, National Association for Gun Rights, and other [...]

DISCLOSE Act Threatens Free Speech

By Nan Swift FreedomWorks.org As you’ve probably read and heard on the news or talk radio, there is a bill looming in Congress that poses a serious threat to our freedom of speech, as protected by the First Amendment. H.R. 5175, the DISCLOSE Act, is the brain-child of Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D, MD-8), who [...]

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