Attorney General Holder: “No Intention to Spy” on Congress
Attorney General Eric Holder offered to answer in closed session when asked in a Senate hearing if the executive branch had been monitoring the phone calls of members of Congress. ...
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Social Security Trustees Celebrate: Trust Funds Won’t Be Broke for Years
The latest report from Social Security's trustees has resulted in claims from supporters that the program is safe and sound and will be for years, if one doesn't look out too...
National Taxpayers Union Finds Major Spending Shift in 112th Congress
The National Taxpayers Union’s count of the cost of each member of Congress' "wish list" shows a dramatic shift away from more spending and toward less spending. Moving from "wish" to...
Rand Paul: Senate Is Arming Al-Qaeda and Rushing to War in Syria
During a hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) warned that his colleagues were rushing to war in Syria and were arming members of al-Qaeda in Syria....
Cost Estimate of Government Regulations Doesn’t Measure the Real Cost
The estimate that the cost of government regulations now exceed half of the annual budget for the first time fails to take into account the cost in freedoms lost in the...
Senate Passes Bill for Taxing Internet Sales
The U.S. Senate approved a bill Monday by a vote of 69-27 authorizing states to require out-of-state sellers to collect and remit state and local taxes on sales made to in-state...
42 House Republicans Propose Ending “Obama Phone” Subsidy
Rep. Tim Griffin (R-Ark.) is right: The only way to fix the "Obama phone" subsidy is to end it altogether. Then the other problems associated with the subsidy — corruption, crony...
Joint Bills Introduced to “Cut” Skyrocketing SNAP (Food Stamp) Costs
The old food stamp program now called Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is growing so quickly and costing so much that nibbling around the edges of it with bills such as...
CISPA Reportedly Dead — for Now
Senate sources report that CISPA (the controversial Cyber Information Sharing and Protection Act) likely will not come up for a vote this year. ...
Senate Committee Passes Bill Restricting Wireless E-mail Searches
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill sponsored by Senators Jim Leahy and Mike Lee that would require law enforcement and government to obtain warrants before searching electronic communications. ...
DHS Spokesman Waffles Over Huge Ammo Purchases
The Homeland Security Department's lack of forthrightness in explaining its supposed need for hundreds of millions of rounds of ammunition was exposed at a hearing Thursday in Washington. ...
CISPA Supporters Outspent Opponents 38 to 1
According to research, CISPA supporters spent $605 million convincing congressmen to vote for the bill, outspending opponents 38 to one. ...
Internet Sales Tax Bill Moves Forward in Senate
Legislation that would permit states to impose state and local taxes on Internet purchases is currently making its way through Congress. On Monday, the Senate's procedural vote to move the bill...
Senate Majority Leader Reid Fast Tracks the Internet Sales Tax Vote
Resistance to the Internet sales tax bill that the Senate is due to vote on this week is rapidly building, thanks to the Internet. ...
Senate Rejects Amendment to Expand Background Checks for Gun Sales
Second Amendment advocates celebrated a victory on Wednesday when the Senate defeated an amendment to expand background checks for gun sales. The amendment's defeat was seen as a significant setback for...