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Senator Paul Secures "No Child Left Behind" Hearing
The following release is from Senator Paul's office:WASHINGTON, D.C. – In response to the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee giving members merely 48 hours to read and discuss the 868-page No Child Left [...]
Liberty NewsWire - October 19, 2011
Mr. Paul said he and other senators have had only a few days to read the 868-page legislation and called for a three-week hiatus so lawmakers have time to review it. - The Washington TimesPaul pulls plug on education bill markup - The Washington [...]
Dr. Robert Auerbach Calls Out Chairman Bernanke's "Urban Legend"
On Oct. 4, as I described previously in my own review of the Domestic Monetary Policy Subcommittee hearing on Audit the Fed , Chairman Bernanke told Senator Mike Lee that his (and C4L's) concern about the "general veil of secrecy [...]
Senator Paul on CNBC
Last night, Senator Paul was on Larry Kudlow's show discussing the "Occupy Wall St." protests, the President's class warfare rhetoric, and the administration's call for a new [...]
Three Takeaway Lessons from the GAO Audit of the Federal Reserve
From Project on Government Oversight (a coalition parter of Campaign for Liberty on Audit the Fed)Fed Oversight Lesson 1: There are still limits to the GAO’s audit authorityThe GAO’s audit of the Federal Reserve, which [...]
Liberty NewsWire - October 20, 2011
Muammar Gaddafi was killed on Thursday as Libya's new leaders declared they had overrun the last bastion of his long rule, sparking wild celebrations that eight months of war may finally be over. - ReutersGaddafi killed - ReutersTSA solicits [...]
EPA v. Property Rights in Idaho
A very disturbing story reported by Mark Hyman that should bother anyone who cares about property rights.10/06/11 Government IntrusionThe battle of one Idaho family represents just how out-of-control government has gotten. And [...]
Senator Paul Questions Tim Geithner
During a subcommittee hearing today, Senator Paul was able to question Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on the "wisdom" of central bankers determining interest rates instead of market forces. He asked Geithner what he thought [...]
A New War Front in Africa
President Obama is rapidly becoming George W. Bush on steroids. This week’s announcement that 100 military advisers would be going to Uganda to assist in operations against "The Lord’s Army" surprised even pessimists [...]
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Fights FDA
Keeping with this weeks theme highlighting Washington's burdensome regulatory regime, this instance is one where the FDA could end up inhibiting medical research progress by establishing roadblocks to outpatient clinical trials of an [...]