National Blog - page 165
What did the USA FREEDOM Act Mark-Up have in common with WrestleMania?
The outcome of both was "pre-determined"..... Last Thursday, the House Judiciary Committee marked up the "USA Freedom Act," the phony PATRIOT Act Reform bill. While Campaign for Liberty did oppose the bill, we supported two amendments, one [...]
Watch: Ron Paul Discusses the Patriot Act with Norm Singleton
Norm Singleton discusses the latest on the Patriot Act extension with C4L Chairman Ron Paul;
Vote on (Un)Balanced Budget today
Today, the House of Representatives will vote on the House-Senate Budget Conference Report. The Congressional leadership claims it is a "fiscally responsible" budget that stays within the budget caps, but that is only because the budget hides [...]
Campaign for Liberty Supports Poe-Lofgren Amendment to USA Freedom Act
Yesterday, Campaign for Liberty signed a coalition letter to Congressional Leadership in support of the Poe-Lofgren Amendment to the USA Freedom Act. The amendment would prohibit the government from collecting the communications of US persons [...]
USA "Freedom" Act's non-reform
Writing at Just Security, Patrick Eddington of the CATO Institute explains why opponents of unconstitutional government surveillance should not support the USA Freedom Act and instead support the Surveillance State Repeal Act (HR 1466). Read the [...]
Ron Paul: USA FREEDOM Act: Just Another Word for Lost Liberty
Apologists for the National Security Agency (NSA) point to the arrest of David Coleman Headley as an example of how warrantless mass surveillance is necessary to catch terrorists. Headley played a major role in the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attack [...]
Baptists, Bootleggers, and Balderdash
By Zac Nickerson George Will recently wrote an article for the Washington Post entitled “When Bootleggers and Baptists Converge”. In the article he discusses how the State has become both sides of the Bootleggers and Baptists economic [...]
Campaign for Liberty Supports Labrador Amendment to USA Freedom Act
Yesterday, Campaign for Liberty signed a coalition letter in support of Rep. Labrador's Amendment to the USA Freedom Act. While Campaign for Liberty opposes the USA Freedom Act in its current form, C4L supports Labrador's Amendment as well as [...]
C4L Chair Ron Paul Opposes USA Freedom Act, Endorses Surveillance State Repeal Act
SPRINGFIELD, Virginia - Today, Campaign for Liberty came out strongly against the inaptly named “USA Freedom Act” and endorsed the Surveillance State Repeal Act. The USA Freedom Act, sponsored by Rep. Sensenbrenner, would extend and amend [...]
USA Freedom Act: New and (Not) Improved
Tomorrow, the House Judiciary Committee will markup a new version of the USA Freedom Act. Sadly, like last year's version, the new (and not improved) USA Freedom Act will do little or nothing to protect our freedom. If Congress was serious [...]