National Blog - page 243
Why Unemployment Insurance Stifles Economic Growth
By: Michael Clayton Unemployment insurance for 1.3 million long-term unemployed Americans expired on December 31st as Congress was unable to reach a deal to extend the benefit that pays out around $300 per week. This has Democrats up in [...]
Statement on Yellen Confirmation
SPRINGFIELD, Virginia- Campaign for Liberty released the following statement from C4L President John Tate after the United States Senate confirmed Janet Yellen to be the next Chair of the Federal Reserve: “As long as Congress allows the [...]
Glenn Jacobs on The Fed's Century of Destruction
Glenn "Kane" Jacobs examines the Federal Reserve’s "Century of Destruction" at the Daily Caller. Glenn points out that while the Fed done more damage to the standard of living of the average American than Kane does to his opponents in [...]
Congress Defers to President On NSA Reform
Here is Campaign for Liberty Chairman Ron Paul's Texas Straight Talk on how Congress's refusal to defend it's Constitutional authority from the executive branch facilitates abuses of civil liberties, such as the National Security Agency's [...]
Campaign for Liberty Urges Congress to Reject New IRS Rule
Campaign for Liberty just signed a letter to Congress along with more than 55 other conservative and free market organizations urging Congress to reject a newly proposed IRS rule targeting 501(c)(4) organizations. The core of this rule is [...]
Yellen Roll Call
Below are the results of Monday night's 56-26 vote to confirm Janet Yellen to be the next Federal Reserve Chair. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid still refuses to hold a vote on Audit the Fed, but Campaign for Liberty will continue educating [...]
Ron Paul Urges Senate to Reject Yellen
SPRINGFIELD, Virginia- Ron Paul, Campaign for Liberty Chairman and former Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy, issued the following statement today calling on the United States Senate to reject Janet Yellen’s [...]
Want to help the working poor? End the Fed
Here is Campaign for Liberty Chairman Ron Paul's Texas Straight Talk on why cutting taxes, regulations, and (especially) Ending the Federal Reserve will do more to help improve the standards of living of working Americans than [...]