Politics
Wisconsin Senate Passes Union Reform Bill
The Wisconsin Senate caused an uproar after splitting its budget-repair legislation into two parts to be able to pass government-union reform provisions even...
Idaho Legislators Follow Wisconsin Lawmakers’ Footsteps
Union spokesmen for government workers have expressed fears that Governor Scott Walker’s actions in Wisconsin would result in a domino effect of union-restricting...
Read morePro-IRA Congressman Probes Terrorism
One of the most controversial political happenings of the political season, in the 112th Congress, is Republican Rep. Peter King’s launch of an...
Read moreSenate Passes Bill to Overhaul Patent Law
On Tuesday, March 8, the U.S. Senate passed legislation that overhauls the nation’s patent system, allowing the Patent and Trademark Office more flexibility...
Read moreN.H. Joins Roster of States Requiring Presidential Birth Certificate
As reported by The New American earlier this week, state legislators are riding to the sound of the guns and courageously reaffirming the...
Read moreCFR: Tea Party Dangerous, Obstructive
When the internationalist-minded Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) decided it was time to take a hard look at the growing influence of the...
Read moreProtestors Shut Down Wisc. Town Hall Meeting
Anti-reform protestors in Wisconsin shouting angry slogans forced two Republican lawmakers to close down a town hall meeting on March 7 aimed at...
Read moreNPR Chief Quits Over Exec’s Remarks
Vivian Schiller, the CEO of National Public Radio, has resigned along with a fellow executive who called Tea Party members xenophobes and racists....
Read moreEric Cantor Clarifies GOP Stance on Balancing the Budget
While more and more lawmakers seem to be coming to terms with the dire straits of the American economy and the impossibilities of...
Read moreNPR Exec: Tea Party Is “Seriously Racist”
James O'Keefe, the young conservative journalist who brought down ACORN in a series a secretly recorded videos, has done it again. This time,...
Read moreGeorgia Supreme Court Upholds State Photo ID Act
On March 7, by a 6-1 vote, the Supreme Court of Georgia upheld that state’s law requiring voters to provide government-issued photo identification...
Read moreMaine Legislator Introduces Nullification Resolution
As has been well chronicled in The New American and elsewhere, over a dozen states (16 at least) have recently proposed bills seeking...
Read moreIllinois Legislature Debates Gun Ownership Privacy
Approximately 1.3 million residents of Illinois hold state-issued Firearm Owner Identification (FOID) cards, and if the current plan of Attorney General Lisa Madigan...
Read moreAWOL Wisconsin Senators Could Return Soon
After spending more than three weeks in Illinois seeking to block a Republican reform bill aimed at reining in a multi-billion dollar deficit...
Read moreNullify Now! Tour Reaches Cincinnati
This year, the Nullify Now! tour continues to boast large crowds and an impressive array of speakers. On Saturday, March 5, the tour...
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