National Blog - page 275
C4L Chairman Ron Paul Responds to SOTU
C4L Chairman Ron Paul joined Stossel last night on Fox Business to respond to the President's State of the Union Address. Both parts embedded below the fold: Part 1 Watch the latest video at video.foxbusiness.com Part 2 Watch the latest [...]
C4L President John Tate Responds to President Obama’s State of the Union Address
SPRINGFIELD, Virginia- This evening, Campaign for Liberty released the following statement from John Tate in response to President Obama’s State of the Union address: “Tonight, President Obama promised more debt, more reckless [...]
Open Letter from John Tate to Senate Judiciary Committee
United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Human Rights 224 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Dear Chairman Durbin and Ranking Member [...]
Audit the Fed Gains Steam!
Thanks to an impressive level of grassroots advocacy from C4L members nationwide, Ron Paul's Audit the Fed continues to pick up cosponsors in both the House and Senate. The House bill, H.R. 24, currently has 117 cosponsors, while the Senate [...]
Virginia takes first step toward sound money
This week, the Virginia House of Delegates passed Delegate Bob Marshall's HJ 590. This legislation authorizes a study of the feasibility of Virginia adopting a "metallic-based" “currency" to protect the citizens of the Old Dominion in the [...]
ICYMI: Senator Paul's SOTU Response
Senator Paul's delivered a response to the President's State of the Union address tonight. Below are the prepared remarks of his speech: I speak to you tonight from Washington, D.C. The state of our economy is tenuous but our people remain the [...]
Save the Family Farmer Rally in Richmond This Thursday
Campaign for Liberty members in Virginia should check out the Save the Farmer Family Rally this Thursday. The rally will be held in support of HB 1430, the Boneta Bill, which protects the property rights of Virginia farmers to conduct business [...]
"Beware The Consequences of Pre-Emptive War"
Dr. Paul's latest Texas Straight Talk: Last year more US troops died by suicide than died in combat in Afghanistan. More than 20 percent of military personnel deployed to combat will develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). [...]
New CBO report good for political posturing, useless for understanding economic malaise
By John Watts This week, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a new report projecting budgetary and economic trends for the next ten years. The CBO does not officially represent either the Democratic or Republican [...]
"Assassin in Chief?"
That's the question two top constitutional attorneys, Herb Titus and William Olson, ask after reviewing the Obama administration's "whitewash of a 'white paper'." Exercising a power that no prior president ever thought he possessed -- a power [...]