House Committee Approves Funding Ban on UN Gun Grab
The House Appropriations Committee approved a one-year funding ban on State Department implementation of the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty. ...
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Vote on Amash Amendment Reveals Ruse of Two-Party System
The fact that a majority of Republicans voted against and a majority of Democrats voted in favor of the Amash amendment demonstrates that the Establishment draws support from both major parties....
Sen. Foreign Affairs Committee Plays Nice with UN Nominee Samantha Power
During a hearing before the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, senators failed to challenge UN Ambassador nominee Samantha Power on many of her most controversial and unconstitutional statements. ...
Intelligence Chief Clapper Likely to Escape Punishment for Perjury
DNI James Clapper appears to have avoided accountability for having lied to Congress regarding the surveillance of millions of Americans by the federal government. ...
House Votes to Delay Key ObamaCare Mandates
The House of Representatives voted to delay ObamaCare's employer and individual mandates by a year, though the bills aren't expected to pass the Senate or be signed by the president. ...
Nominee to Head FBI Explains Case for Domestic Drone Strike
In a July 9 hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, James Comey, President Obama's choice to head the FBI, left the door open for deadly domestic drone strikes. ...
IRS Pays 201 Employees to Do Full-time Union Work
The IRS and other federal agencies legally pay employees to do work on behalf of labor unions — a practice congressional Republicans are determined to publicize if not end. ...
House and Senate Bills Would Block Military Aid to Syria
Bills introduced in the House and Senate by Rep. Massie and Sen. Tom Udall, respectively, would block president Obama from sending military aid to Syria. ...
House Passes 2014 NDAA; NSA Surveillance Will Lead to Indefinite Detention
The House of Representatives has passed the National Defense Authorization Act for 2014. Surveillance will lead to more indefinite detentions. ...
House Votes Unanimously to Ban Funding for UN Gun Grab
By a voice vote, the House of Representatives voted unanimously in favor of an amendment to the NDAA that would ban funding for the UN Arms Trade Treaty. ...
Rand Paul Immigration Amendment Would Prevent National ID Card
An amendment to the immigration bill to be offered by Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) would prohibit the creation of a national ID card system. ...
Unauthorized War on Syria Would Be Impeachable Offense, Rep. Warns
President Obama will be guilty of an impeachable offense if he intervenes militarily in Syria's civil war without authorization from Congress, according to a resolution introduced in Congress. ...
CBO Cost Estimates on Senate Immigration Bill Celebrated, Challenged
To say that the Congressional Budget Office's estimate of the costs of S. 744, the immigration bill being contested in the Senate, is misleading is far too mild. It is deceptive...
U.S. House of Representatives Votes to Legalize Industrial Hemp
The U.S. House of Representatives voted 225-200 on June 20 to legalize the industrial farming of hemp fiber. ...
Feinstein Wants to Limit Contractors’ Access to Classified Info
Following news accounts of how the government has been collecting and storing millions of phone call records, e-mail messages and other forms of electronic communications every day, the chairman of the...