By Tag "Senate"
Campaign for Liberty to Senate: Say No to WARDA
Tomorrow. the Senate votes on the S. 2848, the Water Resources Development Act (WARDA) of 2016. This bill, which reauthorizes the Corps of Engineers projects, is full of wasteful spending and projects funded based on the political influence of [...]
This Week in Congress
Slow week in DC as the House is still out on spring break (district work period.) The Senate came back today and passed a bill (S. 1890) extending federal jurisdiction over the theft of "trade secrets." The rest of the week the Senate will [...]
Filibusters: Good for restraining government
By John Watts The fresh faces of the Democrat side in the Senate, and many others on the left in general, are already frustrated with their majority leader, Senator Harry Reid. They are frustrated with Reid’s reticence to ram Senate rules [...]
Senate Republicans' latest sell-out
Last week, Senator Mike Lee offered an amendment to the Treasury-Housing Appropriations bill denying funding to the Department of Housing and Urban Development's "Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing" program. As Senator Lee [...]
I Was There
By Danny Lewis Where were you when three provisions of the “Patriot” Act expired? On Sunday, May 31, approximately sixty liberty lovers showed up to the United States Capitol with red “Stand With Rand” t-shirts to silently protest [...]
Ending Government Bailouts (Updated)
By Sam Aydlette The Transaction Account Guarantee, or TAG, is the government insurance program for credit unions and other non interest bearing accounts. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has proposed a vote on the Senate floor that would [...]