National Blog - page 248
Are You Ready to Audit the Fed?
In the 111th and 112th Congress, historic grassroots lobbying efforts organized by Campaign for Liberty led Ron Paul's Audit the Fed to passage in the House of Representatives. In this 113th Congress, it's going to take just as much heavy [...]
Debt Ceiling Deal: DC Wins, Americans Lose
Here is Campaign for Liberty Chairman Ron Paul's Texas Straight Talk on last week's spending and debt deal. Under Dr. Paul's leadership, Campaign for Liberty will continue to make sure Congress knows we won't forget their repeated failures to [...]
Congress reopens government, suspends debt ceiling, fails to address fiscal reality
Late last night Congress congratulated itself for temporarily reopening the government for 90 days and suspending the debt ceiling until February, with exactly zero plans to address the nation's addiction to spending. The measure overwhelmingly [...]
John Tate: Our nation has been in default for a long time
Campaign for Liberty President John Tate writes in The Daily Caller about how the current debate in Washington over raising the debt ceiling ignores the basic fact that the US is broke and can no longer pay its bills. I can give you nearly 17 [...]
Libertarians co-opting anti-NSA rally?
On Monday, Salon published an article by Tom Watson which argued that liberals shouldn't align with libertarians over the fight to roll back NSA surveillance. At issue is the Stop Watching Us rally, of which Campaign for Liberty is a proud [...]
Debt-Ceiling Deal: Overlooking the Real Problem
By: Michael Clayton Last week, Congress passed a bill to effectively raise the debt ceiling and reopen the small part of government that has been closed. H.R. 2775, the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, is being touted as a saving grace by [...]
Campaign for Liberty Slams Latest GOP Sellout
SPRINGFIELD, Virginia – Campaign for Liberty President John Tate released the following statement after reports that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell have reached a deal to suspend the debt ceiling [...]
Malala Yousafzai confronts President Obama on drone strikes
Last week, Malala Yousafzai, the 16-year-old shot in the head by the Taliban for speaking out in favor of women's education in Pakistan, met with President Obama at the White House. At the meeting she offered some sharp criticism of The United [...]
New Fed Boss Same as the Old Boss
Here is Campaign for Liberty Chairman Ron Paul's latest Texas Straight Talk on what difference the nomination of Janet Yellen to replace Ben Bernanke as Federal Reserve Board Chairman will have on the nation's monetary policy (SPOILER ALERT: [...]