Yesterday, the Senate confirmed a new Secretary of Education. Today, the Senate takes up legislation (S. 764) creating new national standards for GMO labeling and preempting state GMO labeling laws.
I wrote about the House version of the GMO […]
Something really bad… Campaign for Liberty has joined a collation letter in opposition to HR 4141. This legislation gives the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) authority to license tax preparers.
Proponents of the bill claim that the IRS needs […]
So what else is new…
The House of Representatives comes back to D.C. today. Today, they will consider fourteen bills under “suspension” of the rules. Among the bills considered is H.Con.Res. 11, a resolution calling on the US Representative […]
We knew Attorney General Loretta Lynch was no friend (to put it charitably) of the Second Amendment or the Fourth Amendment, and is not a strong supporter (again I am being very charitable) of private property rights and the First Amendment’s […]
Campaign for Liberty has joined a collation of free-market and environmental groups on a letter to Congress supporting President Obama’s proposal to cut a total of $18 billion from the harvest price option and prevented planting policies […]
Campaign for Liberty has joined a collation of free-market and environmental groups on a letter to Congress supporting President Obama’s proposal to cut a total of $18 billion from the harvest price option and prevented planting policies […]
With Nancy Reagan’s passing, this seems like a good time to revisit Campaign for Liberty Chairman Ron Paul’s 2004 tribute to President Reagan from the Congressional Record:
Mr. PAUL. Mr. Speaker, all Americans mourn the death of President Ronald […]
The House of Representatives is out of session this week. Unfortunately for our liberties, the Senate is in session this week.
First on the Senate’s agenda is finishing up work on the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (S. 524), which I […]
In 2012 Congress passed the Federal Restricted Buildings and Grounds Improvement Act (HR 347). This legislation made it a federal crime to “…willfully or knowingly” enter a “restricted area’ or “….impede or disrupt the orderly conduct of […]
for violating Section 404 of Sarbanes-Oxley?
Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act subjects CEOs to potential criminal liability if their company cannot pass a financial audit. Well guess who failed their latest audit (hat/tip: The Hill):
The […]
In honor of Murray Rothbard’s 90th birthday, here is Campaign for Liberty Chairman Ron Paul’s essay on “The Political Importance of Murray Rothbard” delivered at Murray’s 60th birthday party and subsequently published in the Mises Institute’s […]
That seems like a reasonable and fair principle, therefore it is not surprising that the federal government has a hard time following it. For example, even though the Congressional Research Service (CRS) receives $100 million dollars of taxpayer […]
The US Senate is in session today. The main item on the Senate’s agenda is the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (S. 524). As the title suggests, this bill uses the “opioid crisis” as an excuse to expand federal power.
S. 524 […]
Building supervisor Joaquín García should have been pleased when the municipal water company he worked for gave him an award for his 20 years of hard work on behalf of the people of Cádiz, Spain.
However, Mr. Gricia did not even know that […]
Campaign for Liberty has joined with 63 organizations in sending a letter to the California Attorney General’s office opposing a proposed regulation requiring non-profit organizations to disclose the names of their donors to the state.
This […]