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WATCH: House Oversight Committee Audit the Fed Markup
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will markup Audit the Fed, H.R. 24, TODAY! Watch the hearing below beginning at 2 pm ET:
RON PAUL: Defense Bill Coming This Week: A Boost for War and Tyranny
For many of us concerned with liberty, the letters “NDAA” have come to symbolize Washington’s ongoing effort to undermine the US Constitution in the pursuit of constant war overseas. It was the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for [...]
Has Your Representative Cosponsored Audit the Fed?
Rep. Thomas Massie's H.R. 24, the Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2015, currently has 201 cosponsors and momentum continues to build for the bill to hit 218 for the fourth Congress in a row. While a full list of cosponsors is available [...]
And you thought Red Light Cameras were a bad idea...
Continuous monitoring of what individuals choose to eat and drink may seem like something out of a dystopian science-fiction, but, if some federally-funded researchers get their way it will soon be a reality. The National Science Foundation has [...]
Even phony reform too much for the Queen of Civil Asset Theft
Last year, outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder made headlines by suspending "equitable sharing programs," which allow state, local, and the federal government to equitably share the profits of civil asset theft. As is often the case with [...]
This week in Congress: NDAA
The House of Representatives is in session Monday through Thursday this week. Of course the big event for the liberty movement takes place off the floor: Tuesday's mark-up of Audit the Fed. The major legislation that will be considered on [...]
House Oversight to Markup Audit the Fed
SPRINGFIELD, Virginia- In response to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s announcement that they will markup H.R. 24, “Ron Paul’s Audit the Fed,” on Tuesday, May 17, Campaign for Liberty Chairman Ron Paul released the [...]
Liberty at the movies: Civil War
Captain America: Civil War, the latest offering from Marvel Studios, is breaking box office records and winning well-deserved critical acclaim. This may be the best Marvel movie yet. It features a great script that deals with weighty [...]
How the Fed feeds big government and debt
Donald Trump recently caused controversy by commenting that the federal government would never have to default on the national debt because the Fed can just print more money. Of course, since an increase in the money supply devalues the money, [...]
Campaign for Liberty Joins Bellion Spirits in First Amendment Fight
Campaign for Liberty has joined Bellion Spirits in its petition to the U.S. Treasury’s Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) to allow Bellion Spirits to label its products in the way it sees fit. At issue is a proprietary [...]