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Sen. Paul Proposes an Audit of the Federal Reserve
Check out the press release from Kentucky Senator Rand Paul announcing his Audit the Fed legislation in the US Senate! WASHINGTON, D.C. - Sen. Rand Paul today reintroduced the bipartisan Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2015. Known widely [...]
Portman Joins Rand Paul and Bipartisan Group in Proposing an Audit of the Federal Reserve
Check out the press release from Ohio Senator Rob Portman announcing his support of Audit the Fed! Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-Ohio) joined U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R- Ky.) and 29 cosponsors in introducing the [...]
Governor Kasich: if you oppose ObamaCare, you are a bad Christian
Ohio Governor John Kasich is traveling around the country stumping for a balanced budget amendment. On one of his stops, he was asked how he could square his support for fiscal responsibility with his support for bringing ObamaCare's Medicaid [...]
Bipartisanship in action
Last week, the US Senate voted on an amendment to the Keystone Energy bill that would create a new "Tenant Star" energy program. The Tenant Star program authorizes the Department of Energy to develop "best practices" to improve energy [...]
Minimum wage hikes, soda taxes, and tiger selfies?
The start of a New Year brings a raft of New State and Federal Laws. Many of these laws are anti-liberty and fly in the face of sound economics. For instance, 20 states and many cities are raising their minimum wage. Residents of Berkeley [...]
Sen. Cruz Cosponsors Bill to Audit the Federal Reserve
Check out the press release from Texas Senator Ted Cruz announcing his support for Audit the Fed! WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, today cosponsored the Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2015 (S. 264), to require a full audit [...]
Audit the Fed Reintroduced in Senate
SPRINGFIELD, Virginia- Yesterday, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) introduced S. 264, Ron Paul’s Audit the Fed bill, which calls for a “full audit of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Reserve banks by the [...]
Despite the Snow, Audit the Fed is Good to Go!
C4L President John Tate received an update from VP of Policy Norm Singleton on Audit the Fed earlier, and Senator Rand Paul will indeed be introducing the Senate companion to H.R. 24 today. While the list isn't publicly available yet, insiders [...]
Education is Too Important Not to Leave to the Marketplace
This week, events around the country will highlight the importance of parental control of education as part of National School Choice Week. This year’s events should attract more attention than prior years because of the growing rebellion [...]
Want to Really Help Students? Make it Legal to Pay Them!
Everybody from the President, to the libertarians, to populists, Republicans, Democrats, and me, is a champion of the middle class. Anyone who has an understanding of the free market and sound money actually knows exactly what the answer is for [...]