National Blog - page 206
Fuel on the Fire
By: Colin Combs It’s no secret that gas prices have been ridiculous. Everyone has been bemoaning them for quite a while now. Some understand this is a consequence of the state inflating the currency so the dollar buys less, while government [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
BREAKING: Audit the Fed Moving in the House!
Tomorrow, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will markup Rep. Paul Broun's H.R. 24, the Federal Reserve Transparency Act, or Audit the Fed as it's better known! After gaining a majority of the House as cosponsors for the [...]
Ron Paul Classic: Internet Sales Taxes Harms Future Entrepreneurs
Senators trying to sneak the National Internet Sales Tax into law by attaching it to the Internet Access Tax Moratorium should read Campaign for Liberty Chairman Ron Paul's 2013 column "Internet Sales Tax Could Crush Small Businesses." In this [...]