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RON PAUL: Mandatory Depression Screening is A Depressing Thought
The United States Preventive Services Task Force recently recommended mandatory depression screening for all Americans. The task force wants to force health insurance companies to pay for the screening. Basic economics, as well as the Obamacare [...]
Draft Women?
Two lawmakers introduced legislation this week that would require women to register for the draft just as men are required to now. The bill was introduced by Rep. Hunter (R-CA) and Rep. Zinke (R-MT), both veterans. From the Washington [...]
Oppose making the federal land bureaucracy permanent
This week, the Senate is considering the Energy Policy Modernization Act (S. 2012). This act "modernizes" energy policy via new "voluntary" energy efficient building codes and energy efficiency grant programs. It even creates a federal job [...]
Is Congress Declaring War on ISIS…or on You?
Passage of Senator Mitch McConnell’s authorization for war against ISIS will not only lead to perpetual US wars across the globe, it will also endanger our civil and economic liberties. The measure allows the president to place troops anywhere [...]
REPEAL CISA!
Campaign for Liberty has joined a broad-based coalition in support of H.R. 4350, Representative Justin Amash's (MI-03) legislation repealing the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA). CISA, which does little or nothing to protect our [...]
This Week in Congress: Feb. 8, 2016
The U.S. Senate wrapped-up business last week by rejecting cloture on the the Energy Policy Modernization Act (S. 2012). Roll call vote is available here. You can read about the problem with this bill here. Today, the U.S. Senate begins [...]
Rated R for smoking
You may see this at your local movie theater if the international busy bodies at the World Health Organizations (W.H.O.) have their way. The W.H.O. has used some of the over 110 million dollars the US Government provides them to produce a [...]
This week in the House
With DC having dug itself out after the snowstorm, the House of Representatives has returned to D.C. The marquee item on the House agenda this week is a vote to override President Obama's veto of the budget reconciliation bill that repealed large [...]
Sophie Scholl: Heroine of Liberty
This Tuesday, January 27, was Holocaust Memorial Day. January 27 was chosen for Holocaust Memorial Day because that is the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp. The theme of this year's Memorial Day was "Don't Stand By," [...]
Who will ticket the snowed in cars?
Last weekend's historic snow storm brought most of Washington, DC to its knees. However, the city was able to keep giving out parking tickets, including to cars that could not be moved because of the snow: Vehicles are being towed at the [...]