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Industrial Hemp Farming Act, H.R. 525, Reintroduced!
Rep. Thomas Massie announced today that he and Jared Polis, along with 45 other bipartisan cosponsors, reintroduced a bill "to allow commercial cultivation of industrial hemp." This legislation was sponsored in the past by C4L Chairman Ron Paul, [...]
SOTU Preview: The President’s Tax Plan Will Make the Poor Poorer
In tonight’s State of the Union message, the President will tell the American people that the rich should be taxed more to help the middle class. To do this, President Obama will raise inheritance and capital gains taxes. But in a free market, [...]
Lessons from Paris
After the tragic shooting at a provocative magazine in Paris last week, I pointed out that given the foreign policy positions of France we must consider blowback as a factor. Those who do not understand blowback made the ridiculous claim that I [...]
Ron Paul on Rothbard, Rothbard on Audit the Fed
Today marks twenty years since the passing of "Mr. Libertarian," Murray Rothbard. Rothbard was Ludwig Von Mises' top American student, and Mises' heir as the world's top Austrian economist. Rothbard was also a top-notch philosopher, historian, [...]
Ten New Year’s Resolutions for Congress
Since New Year’s is traditionally a time for resolutions, and since the new Congress convenes this week, I thought I would suggest some New Year’s resolutions for Congress: 1) Bring the troops home — Congress should take the first, and [...]
Ron Paul's State of Liberty 2015
C4L Chairman Ron Paul recorded his own State of the Union response to President Obama's speech last night. Watch the video below!
Ron Paul: Turmoil ahead, but we can still make 2015 a fun year for liberty
Reprinted below is Campaign for Liberty Chairman Ron Paul's article "Inner City Turmoil and Other Crises: My Predictions for 2015," which was originally published at the Ron Paul Institute. In the article, Dr. Paul lays out the severe [...]
Congress saves the Super Bowl
Thanks to former Senator Tom Coburn, Congress left town in December without reauthorizing the Terrorism Risk Insurance (TRI) program, the "temporary" program created after 9-11 to provide a taxpayer "backstop" for terrorism insurance. Senator [...]
Audit the Fed Reintroduced in 114th Congress
SPRINGFIELD, Virginia- Yesterday, Congressman Thomas Massie, (R-Ky) introduced H.R. 24, 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 [...]
Audit the Fed's chances of passing are better than ever
With a new Congress being sworn in next week, Audit the Fed's chances of passing both Chambers are better than ever. Note that since the last Congress ended without Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid allowing a vote on Audit the Fed in the Senate, [...]