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Liberty NewsWire: May 25, 2012
Oil and gas are traded in the global marketplace, and therefore prices are established by international demand. As a result, oil prices and interest rates move in the opposite directions. When interest rates fall, the value of the dollar [...]
Liberty NewsWire: May 24, 2012
“What if the federal government could write any law, regulate any behavior and tax any event, no matter what the Constitution authorized? What if the majority in Congress rejects the idea of limited government and views the Constitution as [...]
Senator Paul Discusses 'Health Freedom Amendment' on Senate Floor
Earlier this evening, Senator Paul discussed the abuses of power at the FDA and the need to rein them in by adopting his amendment #2143 to the FDA User Fee Bill, S. 3187. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kT8waPM9yYwContact your senators and [...]
Liberty NewsWire: May 23, 2012
“For some people is just as illegal as moonshine to sell. In a documentary called Farmageddon Kristen Canty shows state and federal raids on farms across the country because the raw milk business is so strictly regulated in many states. [...]
Slipping Into Tyranny
Only in the United States Congress could they make a problem of their own making worse by adopting a (perhaps) well intentioned, yet misguided amendment. And moments ago they did just that by adopting the Gohmert amendment to the FY 2013 NDAA.Two [...]
Why Senator Paul's FDA Amendment is Necessary
When you contact your senators to support Senator Paul's amendment #2143 to the FDA User Fees Bill, S. 3187, here's some background to why each provision of the amendment is necessary to begin restoring common sense to the FDA and federal [...]
Senator Paul on His FDA Amendment
Earlier this afternoon, Senator Paul took to the floor to urge the Senate to pass his amendment to the FDA User Fees Bill. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDXd5BciFHEUnfortunately, the Senate later killed his amendment by a vote of 78-15. In [...]
Health Freedom Amendment Will Receive Vote Thursday! UPDATED
Senator Rand Paul will introduce an amendment that is likely to receive a vote today.* It would amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act "concerning claims about the effects of foods and dietary supplements on health-related [...]
Freedom of Speech Does Not Grant You Freedom From Consquences
No one can deny the right to freedom of speech, right? Well, that’s not the case for a North Carolina high school student.Senior Hunter Rogers has gotten into a bit of a stir with his teacher after she had suggested that Rogers could be [...]
Representative Rooney's Disgracefully Dishonest Release
Representative Tom Rooney just sent out a disgracefully dishonest press release about the Smith/Amash amendment, claiming that it would "reward al-Qaeda attacks on U.S. soil" by "granting constitutional rights to foreign terrorists [...]