by Scott Shackford. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) was right. The Senate did not have enough votes to pass the USA Freedom Act, the compromise law that would have restrained, but not eliminated, mass data collection by the National Security Agency (NSA). The vote was 57-42 late this evening (technically early this morning), just ... MORE
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So Far, Rand Paul Is Winning His Fight: Senate Rejects USA Freedom Act & Rejects Extending NSA Collection Authority
by Scott Shackford. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) was right. The Senate did not have enough votes to pass the USA Freedom Act, the compromise law that would have restrained, but not eliminated, mass data collection by the National Security Agency (NSA). The vote was 57-42 late this evening (technically early this morning), just ... MOREMichael Zennie: Hillary Mocked By Rand Paul After Almost Every Democrat She Campaigned With LOST In Midterms
Hillary's inconvenient truth. Tuesday night's victory for the Republicans wasn't just a blow to President Barack Obama - it was also a knock on Hillary Clinton, who campaigned for almost all of the candidates who lost Democratic US Senate seats on Tuesday. And Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, a likely challenger to Clinton in the 2016 presidential ... MOREWith a Big GOP Wave, Americans Wisely Voted for Gridlock
by J.D. Tuccille. On election night, TV talking heads watching the Republican wave/surge/tidal flow across the country earnestly looked at each other and asked if the new Republican Senate majority can work with the president and overcome the gridlock that has so turned off voters. Umm...what? Yeah, I know Americans keep telling ... MOREVoting Republican Is The Smart Choice For Libertarians
by Grover Norquist. You only have one vote. How best to use it to advance
liberty? A libertarian preparing to vote in a House or Senate race
this November that features three candidates, a Republican, a
Democrat and a Libertarian must make a decision. Will voting for the Libertarian candidate add one more vote
for a losing candidate that may ... MOREPhil Gramm Ignores Fair Tax, Offers Plan For GOP Decline
by Louis Woodhill. The July 10 edition of The Wall Street Journal contained an op-ed
by former Texas Senator Phil Gramm entitled, “A GOP Game Plan for Tax
Reform”. Unfortunately, his article could be more accurately named, “A
GOP Game Plan for Losing the Next Two Elections.” Senator Gramm is a great guy who has made important ... MOREWashington Times: A Good Day For The 2nd Amendment
Common sense prevails in Senate! The president raged. The mayor of New York frothed. Joe Biden cried. But at the end of the day, common sense prevailed. The Senate killed the effort to unreasonably expand background checks for buyers of guns. The measure is not quite graveyard dead; it can be brought up again, but prospects for ... MORECharles C. W. Cooke: Repeal the 17th Amendment!
Re-empower the states. In our grubby, unhelpful political lexicon, certain words exist solely to end conversations. The most prominent such word is “racist.” Less popular, but by no means less potent, are “democracy” and “rights.” When welded together as “democratic rights,” the pair becomes all-powerful — strong enough to send ... MOREThe Government Can Still Black Bag Any American
by Travis Holte. The Senate passed the much ballyhooed Feinstein-Lee amendment last night, which supposedly partially
nullifies the provision in the National Defense Authorization Act
(NDAA) allowing for Americans to be kidnapped by the government and
disappeared without any charge or due process. Senator Rand Paul put out
a press release declaring ... MORESenators Join Suit Over Obama's Constitutional Powers
by Stephen Dinan. Republican senators on Wednesday joined a lawsuit arguing President Obama violated the Constitution when he used his recess appointment powers earlier this year to fill several controversial posts. The move intensifies a simmering separation-of-powers battle over Mr. Obama’s executive powers, which Republicans say he has abused during ... MORE
Some In GOP Argue For Repeal Of 17th Amendment
The way to return to states' rights. A Senate candidate's comment about repealing the 17th Amendment has some people thumbing through their Constitutions and others talking about the issue of states' rights. Pete Hoekstra, a Republican, is a former House of Representatives member who is running in Michigan against an incumbent, Senator Debbie ... MOREVIDEO: Bath Salts, Naked Zombie Cannibals & Senators
It is clear which of the three do society the most damage.
Michael G Franc: Is The Constitution A Republican Plot?
Harry Reid's Senate seems to think so. It’s one of the clearest, easiest-to-understand provisions in the Constitution. And Harry Reid’s Senate flouts it routinely. The Origination Clause in Article I, Section 7 states: “All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with Amendments as on other Bills.” ... MOREJosh Peterson: Democrats To Continue Internet Assault
A new cyber bill emerges. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, following a recent anti-piracy legislative debacle with SOPA and PIPA, will lead his second effort of 2012 to push Internet-regulating legislation, this time in the form of a new cybersecurity bill. The expected bill is the latest attempt by the Democrats to broadly expand the authority of executive branch ... MORE
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