By Author "Norm Singleton" - page 140
Ron Paul Classic: Oppose the Defense Production Act
UPDATE TWO: The legislation renewing the Defense Production Act passed Congress by a vote of 386-32. Thanks to the 32 members who opposed the bill, and thanks Representative Thomas Massie for making sure there was a roll-call vote. UPDATE: [...]
Ron Paul Classic: Give Parents Control of the Education Dollar
Jason Bedrick of the CATO Institute examines the growing popularity of education tax credits and analyzes a report from the Center for Education Reform providing a "scorecard" for state tax credit laws. Not surprisingly, the study finds that the [...]
Border agent holds boy scout at gunpoint
Boy scouts from Iowa got a first hand lesson in security theater when they were trying to cross the Canadian-Alaska border. From Fox News: As their vans were moving through a checkpoint into the United States, one of the scouts snapped a [...]
Audit the Fed Passes House Oversight and Government Reform Committee
SPRINGFIELD, Virginia - Today, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee passed Audit the Fed , legislation that would require a full audit of the Federal Reserve, by voice vote. Campaign for Liberty Chairman Ron Paul released the [...]
Bipartisan Group of Senators to Harry Reid: Don't Tax the Internet!
A bipartisan group of Senators, including Rand Paul (R-KY), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), John Tester (D-MT),Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), and Jeff Merkley (D-OR), have sent a letter to US Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Republican [...]
GAO: Pentagon overpays for nearly everything
According to a recent report from the Government Accountability Office, the Pentagon is paying way too much for nearly everything. From Business Week: Across the military, the average major Pentagon acquisition comes in at 40 percent over [...]
Campaing for Liberty joins efforts to limit spending
Campaign for Liberty has joined a coalition of 21 other groups in an open letter to the House and Senate demanding they not use budget gimmicks, like hiding additional military funding in Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) accounts, to [...]
Paul Broun statement on Committee Passage of Audit the Fed
Washington, DC – U.S. Rep. Paul Broun, M.D. (GA-10) today released the following statement after H.R. 24, the Audit the Fed bill, was reported favorably out of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform markup with unanimous [...]
Travel Promotion Authority case study in how Congress lobbies K Street
Tuesday the House of Representatives passed legislation renewing the Travel Promotion Authority. The Travel Promotion Authority is a public-private "partnership" formed in 2009 to encourage people from other countries to visit the United States. [...]
Don't want to drug your child? You may be a criminal
During his years in Congress, Campaign for Liberty Chairman Ron Paul often spoke out against the over-use of "psychotropic" drugs like Ritalin. Despite psychotropic drugs' documented dangers, they are still prescribed to children without parental [...]