Remember when the House leadership squashed a vote on a resolution ending US involvement in Yemen by removing it’s privileged status?
Well, the leaders of that resolution have reintroduced it as H.Con.Res.142 and I just heard from a friend […]
If you’re still spooked by yesterday’s post on the horrors of the UK’s socialized health care system then you may want to pass on today’s entry. Ryan McMaken of the Mises Institute looks at three ways that Bernie Sander’s “Medicare […]
Writing about health care in the UK, Sally Pipes of the Pacific Research Institute, writing in Forbes magazine, details some horror stories from the UK. What is terrifying is how many Americans want to bring this horror to our shores: […]
The House has canceled all votes for the week because of the funeral of President George H. W. Bush. They will be passing a one-week continuing resolution to keep the government open while they work on finalizing the spending bills for the year. […]
Here are the 14 Republicans who took the politically dangerous step of voting against their own party on an issue of foreign policy by voting to discharge SJRes 1364, which ends U.S. military involvement in Yemen:
Lamar Alexander (R-TN)
Bill […]
Vote on Yemen, Campaign for Liberty Supports the Grassley Amendment to Farm Bill
Flood Insurance:
Today, the House will consider legislation extending the federal flood insurance program for one week. This could be a sign that Congress is […]
House and Senate committees continue to work toward a resolution on a farm bill conference report. There is talk the bill may be added to the end-of-year Omnibus package in order to ensure majority support from Republican representatives who do […]
Give thanks for capitalism.
One of the many things children are not taught in government schools is that the first Thanksgiving celebrates the Pilgrim’s saving themselves from starvation by abandoning a system of communal property for a […]
As this is one of the busiest travel weeks of the year, with millions of Americans boarding airplanes — and thus subjecting themselves to the TSA’s “screening” — this seems like a good time to revisit Campaign for Liberty Chairman Ron […]
Senator Rand Paul’s bill to deny arm sales to Bahrain was tabled by a vote of 77-21. You can see the vote here.
Senator Paul delivered a must-watch speech on his bill here.
I heard from a friend on Capitol Hill that House leadership was […]
Here is the roll-call vote on the rule for H.R. 6785, which also removed the passage from the resolution ending US involvement in Yemen.
The rule passed by a vote of 291-187. The following Republicans voted No:
Justin Amash […]
Today, November 14, the U.S. House will consider H.Res. 1142, the “rule” bill allowing for debate on HR 6784, which removes the gray wolf from the Endangered Species Act.
The House Rules Committee inserted a provision declaring that “the […]
The parties will also begin appointing committee and subcommittee chairs. I’ll have a full analysis of the House and Senate leadership committee chairs when they are finalized.
The Senate will be considering the Coast Guard Reauthorization […]
The parties will also begin appointing committee and subcommittee chairs. I’ll have a full analysis of the House and Senate leadership committee chairs when they are finalized.
The Senate will be considering the Coast Guard Reauthorization […]
October 19 marked the centennial birthday of one the most consequential scholars and writers of the 20th century: Russell Kirk. Kirk’s The Conservative Mind: from Burke to Eliot was, along with FA Hayek’s Road to Serfdom, Ludwig Von […]