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Final Cloture on the Internet Tax Mandate

 
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Final Cloture on the Internet Tax Mandate

Earlier today, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid rushed through the final cloture vote on the National Internet Tax Mandate. Cloture requires 60 votes to pass, and today’s barely succeeded – with only 63 senators.  Previous cloture votes in this fight have received the support of around 75 senators. The roll call is available below, and [...]


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Winning (UPDATED)

The slogan that made the rounds as a pop culture reference firmly applies to our liberty movement, as indicated by the success of Senator Rand Paul’s currently 12-hour filibuster against the nomination of John Brennan to be the next CIA director. Senator Paul is filibustering to protest the administration’s lack of a straight answer to [...]


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“When they came for the Raw Milk drinkers…”

C4L Chairman Ron Paul’s latest “Texas Straight Talk” focuses on an ever-increasing threat: While I oppose most gun control proposals, there is one group of Americans I do believe should be disarmed: federal agents. The use of force by federal agents to enforce unjust and unconstitutional laws is one of the major, albeit overlooked, threats [...]


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