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CPAC Attendees Stand With Rand
Senator Paul rocked CPAC this afternoon with his speech, criticizing the expansion of executive power, and arguing for a return to first principles. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3sSgGU2LSQ
3 Truths Ignored by the Feinstein Gun Bill
By: David Heacock The debate over gun control heated up this week as California Senator Dianne Feinstein introduced her so-called “Assault Weapons” Ban of 2013. The proposed bill would ban the sale, transfer, manufacturing, and importation [...]
GOP's snow job
Last Wednesday, while millions of liberty activists were Standing with Rand in opposition to President Obama's claim of executive power to conduct drone strikes against US citizens on US soil, others in GOP leadership were working to [...]
Brian Doherty talks to Amash, Massie, Yoho, Bentivolio
In case you missed it, here is Brian Doherty's interview from the March issue of Reason with Representatives Justin Amash, Thomas Massie, Ted Yoho, and Kerry Bentivolio. The interviews focus on the members’ agendas for [...]
Stand With Rand! (UPDATED)
The country is still abuzz this morning with talk of Senator Rand Paul's historic nearly 13-hour filibuster. We'll be talking more about it throughout the day, sharing headlines and commentary, as well as posting hour-by-hour (unofficial) [...]
Ron Paul on the Sequester and Wasteful Spending
In case you missed it, here is Campaign for Liberty Chairman Ron Paul's Texas Straight Talk column on the sequester. Dr. Paul highlights how the budget for the F-35 fighter plane – which has proven to be of questionable (to say the least) value [...]
Reps. Salmon and Schweikert to GOP Leadership: No More Mr. Nice Guys
Arizona Representative Matt Salmon has an op-ed in The Washington Times pledging to vote against future rules for bills that increase the deficit. Fellow Arizona Representative David Schweikert followed up Representative Salmon's op-ed with a [...]
"Congress, Drones, and The Imperial Presidency"
Ron Paul's latest Texas Straight Talk: Last week the US Senate took a break from debating the phony cuts known as “sequestration,” for Senator Rand Paul to hold a 13-hour filibuster to force the Obama administration to state whether it [...]
Reminder: Apply for C4L's Summer Internship!
Campaign for Liberty is looking for dedicated, liberty-minded high school or college students to intern for our summer semester (May 22 – August 19). The responsibilities of this paid internship include answering phones, handling [...]
Winning (UPDATED)
The slogan that made the rounds as a pop culture reference firmly applies to our liberty movement, as indicated by the success of Senator Rand Paul's currently 12-hour filibuster against the nomination of John Brennan to be the next CIA [...]