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This week in Congress: NDAA
The House of Representatives is continuing to work on amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act. The House is considering NDAA under a rule that automatically repeals the provision requiring woman to register for selective [...]
Ron Paul: Do we need the Fed?
SPOILER ALERT: NO Here is Campaign for Liberty Chairman Ron Paul's Texas Strait Talk on on the Federal Reserve's announcement that they are raising interest rates. Dr. Paul also talks about last Friday's announcement that the Senate will hold [...]
Want to pay for the Roads? Sell the Federal Lands
Last month, the Senate passed legislation extending the authorization of the Highway Trust Fund for two months. Extending the trust fund is considered must-pass legislation because without the federal government, who would build the [...]
Lame Ducks raise taxes on Duck Hunters
Last week, the Lame Duck Congress voice voted a $119 million tax hike on... duck hunters. The House did this by passing the "Federal Duck Stamp Act of 2014" (H.R. 5069), which raised the "fee" hunters must pay to obtain a permit to hunt on [...]
Update on “Patriot” Act Renewal
We did it! . . . for now. Earlier tonight, the Senate rejected cloture on the USA Freedom Act, which at the time of the vote still renewed key and controversial provisions of the so-called “Patriot” Act and the Intelligence Reform and [...]
Ben Bernanke keeps getting it wrong
I know your shocked.... In anticipation of tomorrow's Senate vote on Audit the Fed, Ben Bernanke has resumed his attacks on the bill. Fortunately, the indispensable Paul-Martin Foss of the Carl Menger Center, refutes Bernanke's [...]
NY Man Commits Suicide After Being In Prison Without Due Process
By Danny Lewis Kalief Browder was just an ordinary young man living in New York City when one day his life would change. From NBC 4 New York “The New York City man who was held at Rikers Island for three years as a teenager and spent [...]
Spring Internship in Retrospect
By Zac Nickerson As my spring internship is swiftly coming to a close I would like to review the past four and a half months. Throughout this spring I have had the opportunity not only to meet the great people here at Campaign for Liberty but [...]
Knife Control Isn't a Joke Anymore
By Harrison Dean Here’s a great article that discusses the recent attempts to push more knife control in the UK, and its relationship to our liberty here at home: Among second amendment advocates, it’s been frequently argued that any [...]
Economic Means vs. Political Means
By Harrison Dean Many progressives in the Democratic party and the Occupy Wall Street movement spend much of their time condemning the rich. They claim that greed is one of the main causes of our country’s problems, and that wealth needs to be [...]