Boxer Violates Senate Rules for “Cap-and-Trade” Bill
Dismissing concerns that the environmental assumptions underlying the bill may be fundamentally flawed, key Senate Democrats have ignored their own rules in an...
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Subcommittee Guts Ron Paul’s Bill to Audit the Fed
The Federal Reserve Transparency Act (H.R. 1207), Congressman Ron Paul’s landmark bill to audit the Federal Reserve, has been gutted in a House...
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House Committee Investigates Jane Harman
A House Democrat who once claimed to "live and breathe security" has been under investigation this year for allegedly promising to use her...
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House Committee Refuses to Hear Inconvenient Truth
The House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming showed its bias against any criticism of the environmental movement at a hearing...
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Expert Opposes Senate “Cap and Trade” Bill
The Senate held a hearing on October 29 dealing with the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act (S. 1733), cap-and-trade legislation that...
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House Considering Economic Stimulus
Despite record-setting federal deficits, the House is considering how it can continue stimulating the economy without calling it a “stimulus.” ...
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Fewer Senators Support Climate Bill
“The fence is getting a bit more crowded” is how the New York Times put it on October 20. They were referring to...
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Senate Obamacare Bill Could Ban Guns
The Senate Finance Committee is scheduled to vote on Chairman Max Baucus' socialized healthcare bill Tuesday, October 13, and Gun Owners of America (GOA) is warning...
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The Newspaper Revitalization Act Bailout
Senator Benjamin Cardin (D-Md.) introduced “The Newspaper Revitalization Act” on March 24 of this year. The legislation would allow the nation’s struggling newspapers...
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Senate to Consider Radical “Cap-and-trade” Bill
As the President and First Lady jaunt off to Copenhagen — on separate planes — to push for Chicago hosting the 2016 Olympics,...
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Hearings Held on Ron Paul’s “Audit the Fed” Bill
The House Committee on Financial Services held its first major hearing on H.R. 1207, the Federal Reserve Transparency Act, today. H.R. 1207, originally...
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House Passes Bill to Keep Govt Running
The House of Representatives passed a temporary spending bill on September 25 to keep the federal government in business through October. In order...
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Patriot Act Hearings This Week
The House and the Senate are scheduled to conduct their initial committee hearings this week on the question of reauthorizing three sections of...
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Ron Paul Has the Council on Foreign Relations Worried
Near the start of this year Ron Paul (R-Texas) introduced H.R. 1207, the Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2009. The bill was referred...
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The Fallout of Sen. Mel Martinez’s Resignation
Questions about Florida Senator Melquiades Martinez’ decision to resign two years before the end of his term are flooding the Internet, along with...
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