National Blog - page 246
Rand Paul: The NSA is still violating our rights
In The Guardian today Senator Rand Paul writes that the NSA's metadata collection program violates the constitutional rights of all Americans. The Fourth Amendment states that warrants issued must be specific to a person, place or task and this [...]
House Ways and Means Committee Votes to Block IRS Targeting of Grassroots Groups
SPRINGFIELD, Virginia- Campaign for Liberty President John Tate released the following statement after the House Ways and Means Committee approved H.R. 3865, the Stop Targeting of Political Beliefs by the IRS Act of 2014 earlier today. “I [...]
The Day We Fight Back!
Today is the day the Internet fights back against the NSA's domestic surveillance programs. Campaign for Liberty has joined a transpartisan coalition of civil libertarian groups in opposition to the NSA's mass surveillance and in support of [...]
GOP mad they had to vote for bill they wanted to pass
Last week the House and Senate voted to increase the nation’s debt ceiling. While most Republicans voted no, many in the GOP establishment wanted the debt ceiling to pass, they just did not want to have to explain to their [...]
Ron Paul Statement On Yellen Hearing
SPRINGFIELD, Virginia- Campaign for Liberty Chairman Ron Paul issued the following statement today regarding Janet Yellen’s first appearance before the House Committee on Financial Services. Dr. Paul served on the Financial Services Committee [...]
Will No One Challenge Obama’s Executive Orders?
Here is Campaign for Liberty Chairman Ron Paul's Texas Straight Talk on President Obama's State of the Union "promise" to disregard the Constitution and rule by Executive Order if Congress does not enact his agenda. Dr. Paul explains how the [...]
Help Audit the Fed Reach 218 Cosponsors!
These representatives listed below were cosponsors of H.R. 459 in the 112th Congress when it passed by a vote of 327-98. They have yet to recosponsor identical legislation in this Congress, H.R. 24, the Federal Reserve Transparency [...]