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This Week in Congress Update
Yesterday, the cloture motion on S. 1, the bill imposing new sanctions on supporters of the Syrian government and authorizing state and local governments to refuse to do business with proponents of the “boycott, sanctions, and divestment” [...]
Ron Paul: Social Enterprise
We need to solve the societal problems of today without mortgaging our children’s and grandchildren’s financial future. True compassion is not simply more government debt, but instead innovation, efficiency, and partnership. Last year, [...]
Classic Ron Paul: Audit the Fed
With Representative Thomas Massie reintroducing Audit the Fed yesterday, today seems like a good time to bring back Campaign for Liberty Chairman Ron Paul’s official statement on the Audit the Fed bill from 2009. You can read Dr. Paul’s [...]
This Week in Congress
The 116th Congress convenes tomorrow. The main order of business will be electing a new House Speaker and passing the rules package for the new Congress. One good thing in the rules package is that it changes the “three-day” rule to 72 hours [...]
Massie keeps Congress classie
Or at least tries to keep them honest. . . Last week, Representative Thomas Massie (KY-04) waged a heroic guerrilla campaign to force the House leadership to hold a vote on ending U.S. involvement in Yemen by forcing roll-call votes on every [...]
This Week in Congress
The Senate will consider some legislation that was introduced last week and “Rule 24” to enable it to come to the floor without having to go through Committee. The first bill the Senate plans to vote on is S. 1. The bill reauthorizes aid to [...]
Trump’s Neocons Reverse His Syria Withdrawal Plan
I’m starting to wonder whether President Trump has any power over US foreign policy at all. Many people believe that the US president is just a figurehead, with actual foreign policy firmly in the hands of the deep state. Trump’s latest [...]
Ron Paul and Norm Singleton Praise Reintroduction of Audit the Fed
Campaign for Liberty Chairman Ron Paul and President Norm Singleton issued the following statements regarding Rep. Thomas Massie’s introduction of Audit the Fed (H.R. 24) today. Ron Paul — "Representative Thomas Massie’s continued [...]
Rough Times Ahead, But Liberty Can Still Win
While Congress and the president fight over funding a border wall, they continue to ignore the coming economic tsunami caused by the approximately 22 trillion dollars (and rapidly increasing) federal debt. President Trump may not be troubled by [...]
Troops Out of Syria and Afghanistan? That’s a Good Start!
We all had a big shock this week when, seemingly out of the blue, President Trump announced that he was removing US troops from Syria and would draw down half of the remaining US troops in Afghanistan. The president told us the troops were in [...]