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This week in Congress
The House is in session Tuesday through Friday this week. The major legislation considered by the House is the CHOICE Act. CHOICE forbids the Financial Stability Oversight Council from designating of any financial institution as "too big to [...]
Ron Paul and Norm Singleton on President Trump's withdraw from Climate Change Accord
Campaign for Liberty Chairman Ron Paul and President Norm Singleton released the following statement regarding President Trump’s withdrawal of the US from the Paris Climate Change agreement: Ron Paul -- " The Paris climate change agreement [...]
Update on budget and ObamaCare "repeal"
Congress is out of session this week for Memorial Day recess. When they get back, they will need to get to work on passing a budget and begin working on appropriations. Usually the House would have already started working on appropriation [...]
Online gambling next on Sessions's hit list?
Ordering federal attorneys to resume seeking maximum penalties for non-violent drug offenses is not the only action of the Obama Justice Department that Attorney General Jeff Sessions is likely to reverse -- which is really a shame, since there [...]
This week in Congress
The House is in from Monday through Friday this week. The Senate is also in session. The Senate will be focusing on nominations. The big activity this week takes place off the floor -- President Trump's first budget -- and work continues on [...]
Trump’s Budget: Radical Change or More of the Same?
President Donald Trump's proposed budget has generated hysteria among the American left. Prominent progressives have accused the president and his allies of wanting to kill children, senior citizens, and other vulnerable Americans. The reaction [...]
NSA cutting back on surveillance...not so much
The National Security Agency recently made headlines by promising to reduce the amount of information collected on American citizens. Specifically, the agency promised to no longer use Section 702 of the FISA Act -- which was intended to allow [...]
Are We Fighting Terrorism, Or Creating More Terrorism?
When we think about terrorism we most often think about the horrors of a Manchester-like attack, where a radicalized suicide bomber went into a concert hall and killed dozens of innocent civilians. It was an inexcusable act of savagery and it [...]
Ron Paul and Norm Singleton on President Trump's budget
Campaign for Liberty Chairman Dr. Ron Paul and President Norman Singleton released the following statements regarding President Trump's budget: Ron Paul-- For all the hand-wringing by the left (and celebrations) by the right) over how [...]
Ron Paul and Norm Singleton Praise passage of Arizona "Metals are Money" law
Campaign for Liberty Chairman Ron Paul and Campaign for Liberty President Norman Singleton issued the following statements regarding the Arizona Legislature's passage -- and Arizona Governor Doug Ducey's signing -- of HB 2014. HB 2014 [...]