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Spending Our Way to a Fiscal Crisis
According to financial writer Simon Black, the federal government is spending approximately 52,000 dollars per second. This, not last year’s tax cuts, is the reason why the national debt has reached a record 21 trillion dollars, which is more [...]
Congress Stands Up to CFPB
A rare piece of good news from Congress is that the Financial Services Appropriations bill changes the method for funding the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The Dodd-Frank bill funded the CFPB through the Federal Reserve. This [...]
This Week in Congress
Before getting into this week, I want to draw your attention to two key Senate votes from last week. Both votes were “motions to instruct the House-Senate conferees on the National Defense Authorization Act,” meaning the Senate wants the [...]
Ron Paul: Is Trump’s America First Energy Policy being Hijacked?
Ron Paul: Is Trump’s America First Energy Policy being Hijacked? Campaign for Liberty Chairman Ron Paul recently penned an op-ed for Breitbart detailing how some senators are trying to derail President Trump’s efforts to ease the burden [...]
Kent Snyder: Founding Father of the rEVOLution
Today marks ten years since the passing of Kent Snyder, one of the finest men I have had the privilege of knowing and a founding father of the liberty rEVOLution. I got to know Kent when he was the head of the Liberty Committee, the grassroots [...]
Ron Paul: On War, Gold, and My Years in Congress
Campaign for Liberty Chairman Ron Paul recently sat down with Ludwig Von Mises Institute President (and his former Chief of Staff) Jeff Deist to discuss his political career, including his 2008 and 2012 presidential campaigns, and the issues that [...]
Judge Andrew Napolitano on War and the Separation Powers
Last month, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), Chairman of the Federal Spending Oversight and Emergency Management Subcommittee of the Homeland Security Committee held an important hearing on “War Powers and the Effects of Unauthorized Military [...]
The Mueller Indictments and The Trump-Putin Summit: Triumph of the Deep State?
The term “deep state” has been so over-used in the past few years that it may seem meaningless. It has become standard practice to label one’s political adversaries as representing the “deep state” as a way of avoiding the defense of [...]
Sanders, Booker join war on Franchisees
Proof that the attempt to make it easier for unions to organize service employee workers is a major priority of the “progressives” is that two potential candidates for the 2020 Democratic Party Presidential nomination have recently endorsed [...]
This Week in Congress
Congress comes back from their Fourth of July “district work period” this week. The Senate will be considering nominations. The major piece of legislation on the House’s agenda is H.R. 6237, which authorizes intelligence activities of [...]