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Obamacare Repeal or Obamacare 2.0?
This Thursday, the House of Representatives will vote on a Republican bill that supposedly repeals Obamacare. However, the bill retains Obamacare’s most destructive features. That is not to say this legislation is entirely without merit. For [...]
Campaign for Liberty to Congress: Repeal anti-consumer, pro-crony legislation
Campaign for Liberty has joined an "open letter" to Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee Jeb Hensarling requesting repeal of the "Durbin Amendment." This amendment, named after its sponsor Illinois Senator Dick Durbin, and part of [...]
This week in Congress
The Senate will be considering nominations, starting with President Trump's nomination of Seema Verma to head the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The Senate will also consider some more Congressional Review Act regulations [...]
Poor Sheldon Adelson
It looks like conservatives oppose his gambling bill... According to the result of the special CPAC poll, 90% of the conservatives oppose giving the federal government new powers to outlaw internet gambling. What is particularly significant [...]
Ron Paul: Paper is not money it's fraud
Campaign for Liberty Chairman Ron Paul had a successful appearance before the Arizona Senate Finance Committee yesterday in support of HB 2014, legislation recognizing gold and silver as legal tender. Following Dr. Paul's appearance, the [...]
Liberty at the movies: Logan
Logan is the first super-hero/comic book blockbuster of 2017 and boy does it set a high bar for the rest of the movies coming this year! The latest entry in the X-Men series, Logan is Hugh Jackman's swan song as Logan, a.k.a. Wolverine, the [...]
The Real March Madness
Is the federal law banning sports betting? This law, passed in the 1990s, forbids state governments from legalizing betting on professional sports. Like all such laws, this bill does not stop people from betting on professional sports. Instead [...]
Why Trump’s Syria 'Surge' Will Fail
Last week President Trump significantly escalated the US military presence in Syria, sending some 400 Marines to the ISIS-controlled Raqqa, and several dozen Army Rangers to the contested area around Manbij. According to press reports he will [...]
Stop the Texas Internet Censorship Bill!
Are you ready for a communist-style takeover of the Internet in Texas? Are you ready to ask permission from a government-approved panel to view websites they deem inappropriate? A bill has been filed in the Texas House that is one of the most [...]
The good, the bad, and the ugly in the GOP's health care plan
Today, the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee marked-up the parts of the Republican Obamacare "replacement." Here is a breakdown of the good, the bad, and the ugly of the Republican plan: The Good: 1. [...]