Campaign for Liberty has joined a coalition of organizations in a letter to the House conference on the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act and every member of the Senate Armed Services Committee. The letter opposes the inclusion of an […]
Rhode Island Senator Sheldon Whitehouse has introduced a “resolution of disapproval” calling on companies that fund organizations promoting “climate-change denial” to stop supporting so-call climate-change denial. Whitehouse’s resolution also […]
The House of Representatives comes into session today. As of this writing there is no action scheduled on the Republicans gun control bill. However, behind-the scenes there is much work being done to advance a “compromise” on the bill and it […]
The House came back from their “Independence Day’ recess and immediately began working to take away our independence.
The marque item of the week was supposed to be an “anti-terrorist” bill containing the Republican version of the Democrat’s […]
Today, the Senate votes on four gun control measures, none of which are likely to pass.
In addition to gun control, the Senate will also consider amendments to the Commerce, Justice, State Appropriations bill.
The House of Representatives […]
The House will vote on the Massie-Lofgren Amendment on backdoor searches in a few hours, so Campaign for Liberty members should call their Representatives to support the amendment.
Representatives Massie and Jones are also introducing an […]
The House Rules Committee has made the Massie-Lofgren amendment to the Department of Defense Appropriations Bill. The vote is expected today or tomorrow so Campaign for Liberty members should call their Representatives today and tell them to vote […]
It’s not a good idea to give the Rules Committee the power to block amendments to the appropriations bills. For example, consider that last week when Representatives Thomas Massie and Walter Jones tried to offer an amendment to the legislative […]
The House comes into session on Monday this week. Among the legislation considered is the Defense Department Appropriations bill. Representative Thomas Massie and Zoe Lofgren are once again proposing an amendment that would forbid the use of tax […]
When Campaign for Liberty Chairman Ron Paul was in Congress, one way he forced Congress to vote on issues (like cutting foreign aid, or stopping federal agencies from imposing regulations) was offering amendments to appropriations bills. The […]
Legendary boxer and Sports Illustrated’s Sportsman of the Century, Muhammad Ali, passed away last Friday.
Ali was that rare athlete whose impact transcended his sport, and whose popularity was worldwide. In fact, during the seventies, Ali was […]
The Senate comes back into session today. The main issue on the Senate agenda is continuing consideration of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
Senator Rand Paul has introduced an amendment to the NDAA to end the draft. He also […]
Last week, Senator Mike Lee offered an amendment to the Treasury-Housing Appropriations bill denying funding to the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s “Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing” program.
As Senator Lee […]
The House of Representatives was in session Monday and considered thirty bills under suppression of the rules, including the Kelsey Smith Act. After Campaign for Liberty and other organizations expressed concerns about this bill, it did not gain […]
The House of Representatives is considering legislation making emergency appropriations to deal with the Zika virus.While the notion that the best way to deal with a health care crisis is to increase government power is debatable, at least the […]