Congress Locked in Heated Payroll Tax Cut Debate
Debate over the payroll tax cut remains heated as House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio, left) demanded from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.)...
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Congress Probes DEA Drug Money Laundering Scheme
As the “Fast and Furious” gun-trafficking scandal continues to grow, Congress is now investigating...
Congressman Introduces Bill to Ban Sex- and Race-based Abortions
Pro-life Congressman Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) has introduced a bill that would prohibit abortionists from...
House Passes REINS Act to Rein In Federal Regulations
The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a bill (H.R. 10) to prevent the...
Does a “Do-nothing Congress” Translate Into Less Government?
Congress will soon be consummating its most underactive session in recent decades, as both...
The Bipartisan War on American Freedom
While Congress abides in gridlock, as Republicans and Democrats debate tax policy, and the...
SuperCommittee Is a Super Failure
The so-called SuperCommittee charged with finding $1.2 trillion in cuts over a 10-year period...
Congressional Report: TSA Useless Despite $60 Billion
A harshly critical new report by congressional investigators says that despite spending close to...
BLS Chief Deflates Pelosi’s Claims of Stimulus Success
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) claims that the unemployment rate would be 15...
The Farm Subsidy Bait and Switch
Anyone trying to figure out why Americans don’t trust their elected officials need look...
Congress Passes Obama’s “Free Trade” Package
In stealth succession on Wednesday evening, both the House and Senate approved three so-called...
McCain: No Defense Cuts if Supercommittee Deadlocks
Many observers of the political scene suspected that the creation of the congressional deficit-reduction...
Sell the Unprofitable Post Office
Now that Congress has extended the due date for the Postal Service’s $5.5 billion...
Will TRAIN Derail the EPA?
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the TRAIN Act, which calls for establishing...
Ron Paul Would Restore Sound Money by Legalizing Competing Currencies
On September 13, 2011, Ron Paul chaired a hearing before his Domestic Monetary Policy...
McConnell: Obama’s Jobs Bill “Political,” Won’t “Actually Work”
Taking a notably different tack from fellow Republicans in the House of Representatives, Senate...
Competing Currencies Would Expand Freedom While Limiting Government
One of the expert witnesses testifying before Ron Paul’s Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology...
Ron Paul Wants Competing Currencies
On March 15, Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) introduced H.R. 1098, better known as the...
Democrats Propose Toothless Balanced Budget Amendment
One of the terms of the recent debt ceiling deal between Congress and the...
Federal Program Pays Airlines to Fly Empty Planes
Almost everyone is aware that the federal government pays farmers not to grow certain...