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Gun control vote today
Buried in this massive 1.3 trillion dollar Omnibus spending bill are two provisions empowering federal bureaucrats to wage war on your Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. The House is scheduled to vote on the Omnibus bill in a few [...]
This Week in Congress
The big event this week is the passage of a $1.3 trillion Omnibus spending bill, which follows on the heels of an announcement that the national debt has topped $21 trillion for the first time in history. The biggest source of controversy over [...]
Rand Paul: Audit the Fed NOW
Senator Rand Paul penned an op-ed on why it is time for Congress to pass Audit the Fed. With Mitch McConnell denying a floor vote to Audit the Fed this week, which has forced Campaign for Liberty to turn up the heat on Senator McConnell to make [...]
Ron Paul and Norm Singleton on President Trump’s School Safety Plan
Campaign for Liberty Chairman Ron Paul and President Norm Singleton issued the following statements regarding President Trump's school safety plan. Ron Paul— By introducing the “if you see something say something” mentality to public [...]
Tariffs Are Not the Answer
President Trump’s planned 25 percent tariff on steel imports and 10 percent tariff on aluminum imports may provide a temporary boost for those industries, but the tariffs will do tremendous long-term damage to the American and global economies. [...]
Ron Paul: Will Congress side with Jeff Sessions or with the people and the Constitution
Congress is still negotiating the final Omnibus spending deal. As of this writing, there is still an effort to add new gun control in the form of “fixing” the national instant background check system. Another issue that still needs to be [...]
Pompeo and Haspel are Symptoms of a Deeper Problem
President Trump’s recent cabinet shake-up looks to be a real boost to hard-line militarism and neo-conservatism. If his nominees to head the State Department and CIA are confirmed, we may well have moved closer to war. Before being chosen by [...]
Press Release: Wyoming Joins Neighboring States and Ends Taxation of Precious Metals
For Immediate Release: March 14, 2018 Contact: Cathy Ide, wyoming@campaignforliberty.com Wyoming Joins Neighboring States and Ends Taxation of Precious Metals Cheyenne, Wyoming - Campaign for Liberty Chairman Ron Paul and Wyoming [...]
This Week in Congress
The Senate will be voting on amendments to S. 2155, legislation reforming Dodd-Frank. As of this writing there has not yet been a final decision on whether Senator Rand Paul’s Audit the Fed amendment will be voted on, so there is still time to [...]
Emergency Senate Update
The Senate adjourned without voting in any amendments to S. 2155 or even deciding which ones should be voted on. So while Senate sources have told us it is likely that we will have a vote on Audit the Fed next week, we are still not 100% certain [...]