National Blog - page 162
Rand Paul and Mark Sanford: Stop the NSA’s spying on Americans
In an op-ed in The Post and Courier, a South Carolina based newspaper, Kentucky Senator Rand Paul and South Carolina Congressman write that it is time to end the NSA's bulk data collection. From the article: Section 215 allows for secret court [...]
BREAKING: Rand Paul Launches Patriot Act Filibuster
Senator Rand Paul is filibustering the Patriot Act Extension right now on the Senate Floor. You can watch live at: c-span.org Help C4L Stand With Rand and put pressure on the Senate to end the NSA's spying programs!
USA FREEDOM Act: One Step Forward?
Some privacy advocates are promoting the compromised USA FREEDOM Act as a step in the right direction. But it seems more like the 80's country song by the Desert Rose Band when they sang, One step forward and two steps back Nobody gets too [...]
Heath Insurers Seek Double-Digit Rate Hikes for 2016
Maryland's largest heath insurer, CareFirst, is seeking a 28 percent rate increase for its 2016 individual health care plans. CareFirst says the large hike is due to the cost of insuring sicker and older individuals who enrolled in the ObamaCare [...]
USA Freedom Act: Big Win for NSA?
According to The Daily Beast, far from handcuffing the NSA, the misnamed USA FREEDOM Act not only does not stop the NSA from conducting mass surveillance and bulk collection, one major part of the bill originated with the NSA itself. Read the [...]
Stand With Rand, Oppose Any Patriot Act Extension
SPRINGFIELD, Virginia - Today, Campaign for Liberty encouraged the U.S. Senate to join Senator Rand Paul to oppose any so-called “Patriot” Act extension and reject phony NSA “reform” and finally end the NSA’s bulk collection of innocent [...]
Guess who supports USA FREEDOM?
Donny Shaw at Mediate examines who supports the representatives who voted for USA FREEDOM and finds something interesting: Members of the House who voted for the USA Freedom Act received, on average, more than 2.2 as much money from the [...]
Does the House leadership really want to rein in Obama?
The House GOP leadership talks a lot about "reining in" President Obama's abuse of executive powers yet last week they blocked two amendments to the 2015 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would have rolled-back President Obama's [...]
New Military Spending Bill Expands Empire But Forbids Debate on War
On Friday the House passed a massive National Defense Authorization for 2016 that will guarantee US involvement in more wars and overseas interventions for years to come. The Republican majority resorted to trickery to evade the meager spending [...]
Justin Amash: USA FREEDOM Act a step in the wrong direction
Here and below is Justin Amash's official statement explaining why he voted against the USA FREEDOM Act. Thanks to a generous donor who has agreed to match all contributions, Campaign for Liberty is extending the Stop the Surveillance State [...]