National Blog - page 198
A Minimum Wage Disaster
By: Julian Hassan Did you know that the average fast food business only makes 3 percent annual profit? I certainly didn’t. The Heritage Foundation tells the story in a recent report on higher fast food wages: The Bureau of Labor [...]
Don't Miss Free Speech Champion Lee Goodman at LPAC
One of the speakers I am really looking forward to hearing at LPAC is Federal Election Commission (FEC) Chairman Lee Goodman. Now you may be wondering: why is Campaign for Liberty having the head of any federal agency at LPAC--much less one that [...]
Did GOP throw in the towel on Ex-Im?
Maybe.....tonight the House GOP released the text of their Continuing Resolution(CR), which funds the government until the December "lame-duck" session. The CR contains a provision extending the Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im Bank) until June of [...]
Are Republicans Going Soft on Obamacare?
Peter Sudman from Reason amasses the evidence: In March of last year, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) stood on stage at the Conservative Political Action Conference and declared that "Obamacare should be repealed root and [...]
The Government is spending how much on art at a Customs facility?
This is why we are broke. The federal government is planning to spend $500,000 on art for a US Customs and Border Facility in San Diego, according to The Weekly Standard: The "busiest land port of entry in the Western Hemisphere" is getting [...]
Is the GOP planning a sell-out on the Internet Sales Tax?
The House is delaying voting on the Continuing Resolution (CR) until next week because they are still considering whether or not to add President Obama's request for authority to arm the Syrian rebels fighting ISIS (because arming Mid-Eastern [...]
Justina's law: No experimentation on Children
A while ago I blogged about Representative Steve Stockman's legislation restricting federal funds from going to entities that give children potentially dangerous psychotropic drugs without parental consent. Representative Michelle Bachmann has [...]
Mom begs state for daughter's life....
Next time someone tries to tell you that government health care is compassionate tell them this story: State bureaucrats in Maine have given a child a do not resuscitate order. The child was placed in state custody after her father allegedly [...]
Private Briefing with Justin Amash at LPAC!
We are excited to announce Congressman Justin Amash will be hosting a private briefing at LPAC! The briefing will be held on September 18th at 7:30 PM and will give a limited number of attendees a chance to speak to Congressman Amash one-on-one [...]
Nixon's Vindication
Forty years ago many Americans celebrated the demise of the imperial presidency with the resignation of Richard Nixon. Today it is clear they celebrated too soon. Nixon’s view of presidential powers, summed up in his infamous statement that, [...]