Legislative

• Paul Amendment to Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Fails
  WASHINGTON, D.C – On May 16, the U.S. Senate voted on a series of amendments to the Export-Import Reauthorization bill [...]
• Lee offers Amendment to End Export-Import Bank
  WASHINGTON—Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) delivered a speech on the Senate floor yesterday regarding his amendment to the Export-Import Bank Reauthorization [...]
• Lee Introduces Budget Proposal
  WASHINGTON – Senator Mike Lee introduced a budget resolution that puts the country on a sustainable economic path, fixes [...]
• DeMint: Government Shouldn’t Tilt the Field for Anyone
  When people ask me if I’m pro-business or pro-labor, I say I’m neither: I’m pro-freedom. Freedom is the only political principle [...]
• Crucify all bureaucrats whose “philosophy” is based on ideology and emotion—others will behave better
  The revelation of the EPA’s “philosophy” used in their regulation of oil and gas companies—“crucify” and “make examples” of, just [...]
• Amash Proposal to Protect Privacy Passes House
  Amendment to Cybersecurity Bill Stops Government Snooping, Approved 415-0 Washington, D.C. – A proposal by Rep. Justin Amash [...]
• Sen. Rubio’s Foreign Policy Address
  AS PREPARED FOR DELIVERY: RUBIO REMARKS AT THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION Senator Marco Rubio Prepared Remarks for Brookings Institution Speech April 25, 2012 Thank [...]
• Global Taxation And Regulation Coming For Internet
  Conservative Action Alerts has been fighting for nearly two years to stop government efforts to take control of the Internet, [...]
• Republicans Are Going Soft
  In 2010, conservatives sent a strong, clear message to President Obama’s Administration, liberals in Congress and the rest of [...]
• Sen. Paul Re-Introduces Amendment To Eliminate Foreign Aid To Egypt
  WASHINGTON, D.C – Sen. Rand Paul today took to the Senate floor to re-introduce his proposed amendment to [...]
• America’s oil melting pot could shrink the trade deficit and boost the declining dollar—without new taxes
  With gas prices continuing to climb, there is an ever-increasing quest for ways to find a culprit that [...]
• Individualism as an American Tradition
  In revisiting the words of our twenty-second and twenty-fourth president Grover Cleveland, I am reminded of the virtues of individualism. [...]
• Muslim Brotherhood Welcomed by Obama White House
  Washington was just “invaded” by terrorists; yet seemingly no one in the Obama Administration cared! The Muslim Brotherhood, the radical [...]
• Liberals Propose MASSIVE Tax Hikes!
  So now we know exactly where House Democrats stand. We knew that if they ever produced a budget it would [...]
• ‘Flexibility’ . . . to Do What?
  As you may have heard, earlier this week President Obama was caught on an open mike asking outgoing Russian President [...]
• EPA’s regulatory shell-game harms Americans’ jobs, health
  Last week, Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., lobbed two anti-baloney missiles into the armored underbelly of President Obama’s Environmental Protection Agency. [...]
• Justice Breyer: Can Congress Make Americans Buy Computers, Cell Phones, Burials? ‘Yes, of Course’
  During oral arguments in the Supreme Court this week, Justice Stephen Breyer posed and answered the core question [...]
• Sen. Rand Paul Invokes The Constitution In Iran Sanctions Debate
  From RT: On Tuesday Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) summoned the US Constitution in an attempt to block even harsher sanction [...]
• Does the federal government know better than you?
  President Barack Obama and his liberal cronies are trying to turn America into communist China – where the only way [...]
• We Know the Problem … What’s the Answer?
  This weekly column, which I have been privileged to submit for your consideration for the past three years, elicits many [...]
• Obamacare, Two Years Later
  This week marks two years since of the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and if [...]
• Time for a Cut, Cap & Balance Budget
  The most important policy imperative in the world today is for the United States to balance its budget. Though [...]
• Dangerously Vague Cybersecurity Legislation Threatens Civil Liberties
  There is a spate of proposed cybersecurity legislation working its way through the House and Senate. The bills are [...]
• Recalled Author of Arizona Immigration Law Seeks Senate Seat Again
  The architect of Arizona’s tough immigration law SB1070, Russell Pearce, is running for the state Senate again. The Republican’s announcement about [...]
• Impeach: Save America from the Social Progressives
  When you’re a social progressive, and you can’t enact the laws [...]
• Congress Must Stop Borrowing Money — Take Action!
  In 2010, Americans sent a clear message to the government that they wanted to stop the out of control spending [...]
• Rep. Justin Amash wants a GOP revolution
  As a young Michigan state representative with a penchant for casting the sole “no” vote on legislation in Lansing, [...]
• A new champion for property rights movement
  What should be done about wetlands that aren’t wet and navigable waters that aren’t navigable? These improbable conditions have become key [...]
• Sen. Rand Paul Is A New Property Rights Champion – Let’s Help Him!
  Earlier today I received an email from my friend Ron Arnold of the Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise; [...]
• Sen. Paul Questions Energy Secretary on Solyndra Loans
  WASHINGTON, D.C. – Below is video and transcript of yesterday’s Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on oversight of [...]
• Jones Introduces Resolution To Classify Initiating War Without Congressional Approval An Unconstitutional, Impeachable Offense
  Obama’s Defense Secretary Claiming The Need To Only Seek “International”, Rather Than Congressional Approval, Confirms Need For Legislation. WASHINGTON, D.C. – [...]
• Harry Reid Claims Dems will Keep the Senate
  After speaking with CNN about the state of American military affairs in the Middle East, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid [...]
• Sen. Paul Unveils FY2013 Budget: A Platform to Revitalize America
  WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sen. Rand Paul yesterday unveiled his FY2013 budget, “A Platform to Revitalize America,” a plan that [...]
• DeMint signals he may not support Ryan budget
  Sens. Rand Paul, R-Ky., Mike Lee, R-Utah, and Jim DeMint, R-S.C., unveiled a plan to balance the budget in five [...]
• Sen. Reid Says Democrats Have Enough Votes to Defeat Pipeline Measure
  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) said he has the votes to defeat an attempt by Republican lawmakers [...]
• Sen. Lee Speaks In Opposition of Antitrust Railroad Amendment
  WASHINGTON—Today, Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) took to the Senate floor in opposition of Senator Herb Kohl’s (D-WI) railroad antitrust [...]
• Obama Admin Cites ‘Int’l Permission,’ Not Congress, As ‘Legal Basis’ For Action In Syria
  International permission, coalitions, NATO, the UN: all of these things — rather than the Constitution — are cited as authorities [...]
• Help Rep. Issa Pull The Trigger on Eric Holder’s Contempt
  Many taxpayers and even Congressmen are asking: “What can we do to help U.S. Representative Darrell Issa ‘pull the trigger’ on [...]
• Cutting Spending is Possible
  Lawmakers in Idaho, Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey and South Carolina are advancing legislation to scale [...]
• As Presidential Contenders Cite Fiscal Ratings from Citizen Groups, National Taxpayers Union Offers Clarification on Its Scorecard Results
  (Alexandria, VA) – During [the February 22] debate among Republican Presidential candidates, several citizen groups’ congressional scorecards entered the spotlight [...]
• It’s Time For An Honest Budget
  Every year, Presidents and Congress produce budgets that fail to put forth a credible plan to save our country and [...]
• Rep. Paul: The Federal Reserve will Self Destruct
  Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) addresses Federal Reserve Chairman Benjamin Bernanke on the unstable, undefined US Dollar and monetary policy on [...]
• Dem Govs meet with Obama to Bypass Congress, Focus on Jobs
  President Obama and a host of Democrat governors met last Friday to discuss ways to bypass Congress; the meeting in [...]
• Big Government Reorganizing Anti-Freedom Cybersecurity Bill
  Big Government is at it again. Despite the fact that the dangerous Stop Online Piracy (SOPA) and Protect IP Acts (PIPA) [...]
• Rand Paul Blocks Synthetic Drug Bans
  The Drug War Chronicle reports that Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has placed a “hold” on bills aimed at banning fake [...]
• Lee Introduces Pain-Capable Abortion Restriction in DC
  Washington – On Tuesday, Senator Mike Lee introduced legislation that would prohibit abortions in Washington, D.C. after the 20th week [...]
• Sen. Paul Continues to Push for the Elimination of Foreign Aid to Egypt
  WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the U.S. Senate voted to limit debate on the 2013 highway bill. In its [...]
• Obama’s Federal Pay Raise Includes Tax Cheats
  Do you believe the government does a good job…at anything? Even though the federal government bungles almost everything it touches, [...]
• Arsenic-Armed, Insect-Sized Predator Drones
  When I was in high school 1984 was required reading. These days I doubt they want kids that well [...]
• Politics Q&A: Senator Rand Paul
  Rand Paul, Republican senator from Kentucky, is the more politically savvy heir to his father’s legacy of libertarian-tinged conservatism. [...]
• Internet Freedom or ‘Data Retention Bill’ HR 1981?
  INTERNET USERS: THIS IS AN URGENT CALL TO ACTION. Please read this message carefully to the end. We need [...]
• LEE: President’s Budget ‘Irresponsible and Shameful’
  WASHINGTON – Yesterday, Senator Mike Lee responded to the release of President Obama’s budget outline: “President Obama’s budget outline is irresponsible [...]
• House Republicans facing big test as $260 billion highway bill heads for cliff
  House Republican leaders are desperately searching for the votes to pass their $260 billion transportation bill this week. The political [...]
• Sen. Rand Paul Introduces Amendment to end Foreign Aid to Egypt
  WASHINGTON, D.C. - Sen. Rand Paul today took to the Senate floor to announce his intention an introduce an [...]
• Drones over US get an OK from Congress
  Look! Up in the sky! Is it a bird? Is it a plane? It’s … a drone, and it’s watching [...]
• McConnell: The First Amendment Rights of the American People Must Be Protected
  Washington, D.C.– U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell made the following statement on the Senate floor Tuesday [...]
• Highway Robbery by Republicans
  Anyone still wondering why there is a disconnect between grassroots limited-government conservatives and the Washington establishment need look [...]
• Sen. DeMint: Why Republicans Must Become More Libertarian
  “The new debate in the Republican party needs to be between conservatives and libertarians,” says Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.). “A [...]
• Our Future in the Hands of the Senate?
  There are currently 27 jobs bills waiting in the Senate for action. Now that Congress is back in session, it’s time [...]
• Sen. Paul Joins Lawsuit Against President Obama’s Recess Appointments
  WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Sen. Rand Paul announced he will submit an amicus brief supporting a recent lawsuit filed [...]
• Biden says Pelosi will return as Speaker
  Cambridge, Md – Vice President Joe Biden said Democrats are poised to win control of the House this fall, returning [...]
• HR 1981 accomplishes what SOPA, PIPA would have
  * * Government control and censorship of your online activities is still very much alive in Congress * * OUR GOVERNMENT [...]
• PAUL: TSA’s intrusions undermine security
  Senator or not, we’re all stripped of our freedom and dignity Today, while en route to Washington to speak [...]
• Sen. Paul 2012 March for Life Remarks
  WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Monday, Sen. Rand Paul was scheduled to speak at the 2012 March for Life [...]
• Lee Reaffirms Opposition to PROTECT IP Act
  WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Mike Lee reaffirmed his opposition to the PROTECT IP Act, flawed legislation that would unduly burden [...]
• Rand Paul blocked at airport after refusing TSA pat-down
  Sen. Rand Paul, the Kentucky Republican and son of GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul, was blocked at Nashville airport Monday [...]
• Lee Highlights Democrats’ 1000 Days of Failure
  WASHINGTON – Tomorrow, President Obama will give his State of the Union address on the 1,000th day since the Democrat-controlled [...]
• Rep. Paul: Speech Against Raising the Debt Ceiling Jan 18 2012
   
• Rep. Paul votes against Raising Debt Ceiling, calls for Repeal of Sec. 1021 of NDAA: Jan 18
  Though busy with the GOP presidential race, Representative Ron Paul has not shirked any responsibilities relating to his role as [...]
• Sen. Rand Paul Opposes and Will Filibuster PIPA Legislation
  WASHINGTON, D.C. – For the past several months, Sen. Rand Paul has opposed and led the charge against both [...]
• 25 Sens Oppose PIPA Legislation
  Conservative Action Alerts yesterday released another alert regarding certain ‘anti-piracy’ bills, an important issue we have been covering since the [...]
• There is Still time to Stop SOPA, Internet Censorship Bills
  CONGRESS STILL PUSHING FOR INTERNET CENSORSHIP IN AMERICA; we must act now to protect a free and open internet. The powerful [...]
• Paul heads back to D.C. for debt ceiling vote
  Rep. Ron Paul of Texas is taking a day off from the campaign trail in South Carolina to return [...]
• Stopping Internet Laws means Staying Vigilant
  On Saturday, the White House released a letter responding to petitioning efforts against recent anti-piracy bills moving through Congress and [...]
• White House letter Defends E-Parasite, Anti-Internet Bills
  For months now Conservative Action Alerts has been warning of the dangers related to certain freedom-killing ‘anti-privacy’ bills making their [...]
• Reid on bipartisanship: Republicans, drop the Tea Party ‘extremism’
  Saying it’s time to rebuild America by working together to create jobs, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Sunday prepared [...]
• Big Government to End Internet Freedom
  Congress will be returning to Washington soon, and one of the things they will be taking up when they get [...]
• Sen. Paul Announces Taxpayer Savings at Louisville Press Conference
  WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Rand Paul today announced that he is returning $500,000 to the United States [...]
• 2012: What Will It Be
  The professional doom peddlers would have us believe that because a certain Mayan calendar ends on December 21, 2012 the [...]
• Boehner demands Senate cancel its vacation
  Racing to meet an end-of-year deadline, House Speaker John A. Boehner said Monday the House will insist on a full-year [...]
• House, Senate Pass Reconciled DoD ‘Indefinite Detainment’ Bill
  Conservative Action Alerts has been sounding the alarm over the recently reconciled and passed National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal [...]
• Sen. Paul Starts Petition to Save the Internet
  Kill SOPA. In light of the recent legislative attacks on internet freedom, Kentucky Senator Rand Paul has launched a website petition [...]
• The Great Firewall of America Coming
  While you are busy with your holiday shopping and family plans, Congress is working to END INTERNET FREEDOM in [...]
• Internet Copyright Protection Bills Threaten ISPs, Web Sites, Users
  Two bills intended to stem digital piracy of movies, software and music are winding their way through both houses [...]
• Caitlin Halligan blocked by Senate GOP
  Senate Republicans on Tuesday blocked confirmation of Caitlin J. Halligan, a prominent New York lawyer, to be a federal [...]
• House Bills to End Congress’ Retirement Plans, Financial Perks
  Americans Are Demanding Congress to CUT THEIR OWN PAY and END THEIR PENSION PLAN: “If We The People make sacrifices, [...]
• S. 1867 ‘Indefinite Detention’ Defense Bill Passes Senate
  It’s official: the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012, S. 1867, passed the Senate yesterday, December 1. The Upper [...]
• Unconstitutional Defense Bill faces final vote Today
  The liberty-destroying Department of Defense Bill S. 1867 is up for final vote today. Earlier this week, Conservative Action Alerts reported [...]
• Update: Unconstitutional Bill declares US a ‘battlefield for the military’
  Habeas Corpus and the right to trial — in other words, the right to fair treatment by government. These constitutionally-protected [...]
• Maxine Waters in line to take over from Frank on Financial Services Committee
  Wall Street executives are bracing for the possibility that Rep. Maxine Waters will take over as the top Democrat [...]
• House rejects balanced budget amendment
  The Republican-controlled House of Representatives on Friday rejected a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution — a setback to [...]
• It’s Official: the Super Congress has ‘Failed’
  The Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction — more commonly known as “the Super Committee” — those special 12 authorized [...]
• Super-Committee Hikes?
  Liberal organizations like MoveOn.org are demanding that members of the super committee force Americans to pay $1 trillion in [...]
• Congress approves minibus spending bill, sends to Obama
  The Senate followed the lead of the House on Thursday, easily passing a 2012 “minibus” spending bill that also [...]
• Leaders Call For House Judiciary Committee To Investigate Justice Kagan’s Past Involvement With ObamaCare
  Washington, DC – Today Judicial Action Group (JAG) delivered a letter co-signed by the leaders of more than 85 citizen [...]
• How Can The American People Ever Trust Congress Again After Learning Of The Rampant Insider Trading That Has Been Going On?
  Will the shocking insider trading revelations that have come to light in recent days finally be enough to motivate [...]
• Pelosi: Gov’t Should Shut Down Plant Where Workers Refuse to Unionize
  Anchor: How important are concessions about the regulatory environment? This is the final question here … on this murky environment [...]
• 28 Republican Congressman: Eric Holder Must Go
  The White House is moving to shore up support for embattled Attorney General Eric Holder as calls for his [...]
• ‘Rogue Websites’ Bill Creates Chinese-Style Ban List
  The newly introduced ‘rogue websites’ bill that has attracted bi-partisan support in the House will force Internet Service [...]
• US Republicans Call for $2 Trillion in Spending Cuts
  Republicans in the U.S. Congress are calling for $2.2 trillion in deficit-reduction cuts, including significant cuts to healthcare programs for [...]
• House Bill to build ‘Great Firewall of America’ online
  As was unfortunately expected, the House version of PROTECT IP has been released (embedded below) and it’s ridiculously bad. [...]
• Super-Committee Dems refuse to cut entitlements, want tax increase
  Democrat members of the Super Committee are unwilling to make cuts to entitlement programs unless GOP members of the committee [...]
• Boehner, Obama talk jobs as Senate GOP offers plan
  House Speaker John Boehner and President Barack Obama talked about jobs legislation in a 10-minute phone call Thursday, [...]
• Federal Abortion-fund Block passes House
  The House on Thursday approved a bill that would prohibit federal funds from going toward any health care plan [...]
• Senate Democrats add millionaire tax to jobs bill
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Struggling to deliver the big jobs package proposed by President Barack [...]
• Senate Democrats rewrite Obama’s jobs bill
  WASHINGTON  — Senate Democrats are scrambling to rewrite portions of President Barack Obama’s jobs bill, even as Obama tries [...]
• Tea Party Rand Paul vs. the Senate
  Republican Senator Rand Paul is so opposed to federal regulation that he is now the only lawmaker keeping legislation [...]
• Jim DeMint: Venture Socialism
  A year ago, President Obama jetted off to Solyndra’s California headquarters to sing its praises and tout other green [...]
• GOP added to Nevada House
  Nevada Republican Mark Amodei easily won a special election on Tuesday to fill a vacant House of Representatives seat in [...]
• Unconstitutional ‘Super Congress’ ready themselves to get ‘serious’ about spending
  After two public meetings filled with introductory courtesies and little spark, members of the Joint Committee on Deficit Reduction [...]
• California State Senate Approves Dream Act
  The state Senate on Wednesday approved the second half of contentious legislation that would allow students who are [...]
• House GOP revs up a repeal, reduce and rein-in agenda for the fall
  House Republicans are planning votes for almost every week this fall in an effort to repeal environmental and labor [...]
• Immigration hearing ends without ruling, Alabama law still set to go into effect week from today
  BIRMINGHAM, Alabama — After a full day of legal arguments and often tough questioning of the lawyers involved, U.S. [...]
• Remember ‘No New Taxes’?
  It was interesting to watch Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) talkin’ to the folks in Oakland last week.  I found myself [...]
• Rep. King wants probe of bin Laden film project
  The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee sought an investigation Wednesday into the Obama administration’s cooperation with [...]
• House passes debt-deal, Senate next
  Today the House of Representatives voted on the debt-ceiling measure passing it 269-161: 95 Democrats voted for the deal, [...]
• Deficit ‘deal’ favored in Senate
  WASHINGTON — The White House and congressional leaders worked Monday to align lawmakers from both parties behind their formula [...]
• Boehner, Reid both back at drawing board
  Senate Democratic leaders said Wednesday they, too, will have to go back and rewrite their debt-increase plan, meaning that [...]
• Rep. Wu to Resign Following Accusations Over Sexual Encounter With Young Woman
  Democratic Rep. David Wu, facing eroding support from his party, plans to resign following allegations that he had [...]
• Tea Party Rejects Boehner Debt Deal Proposal
  A coalition of Tea Party chapters and conservative lawmakers on Monday rejected yet another debt solution offering by House Speaker [...]
• Senate rejects House GOP budget-cutting plan
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner searched on Friday [...]
• Huge deficit-cutting bill sails through GOP House
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Defying a veto threat, the Republican-controlled House voted Tuesday night to [...]
• White House message on Cut, Cap, Balance Act: It’s Ryan on steroids
  Amid ongoing debt-limit negotiations, the Obama administration Monday sought to tie the Cut, Cap, Balance Act to the budget proposal [...]
• Bachmann adds Obamacare to spending limit pledge
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann signed a pledge Monday opposing any increase in the U.S. debt limit, [...]
• Dems Blast GOP Bill that Cracks Down on Delayed Deportations for Non-Criminals
  A legislative proposal in Congress backed by Republicans would dramatically limit the circumstances for delaying deportation. The measure, known as [...]
• White House threatens to Veto ‘Cut, Cap, Balance’
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House weighed in with a veto threat Monday against a tea party-backed plan [...]
• Gun Activist Takes Aim at U.S. Regulatory Power
  MISSOULA, Mont.—With a homemade .22-caliber rifle he calls the Montana Buckaroo, Gary Marbut dreams of taking down the federal regulatory [...]
• McConnell: Give Obama new powers on debt limit
  WASHINGTON (AP) — With compromise talks at a vituperative standstill, Senate Republicans unexpectedly offered [...]
• Issa introduces bill to ‘prevent bailout’ of Postal Service
  Rep. Darrell Issa, chairman of the congressional oversight committee, introduced legislation on Thursday to significantly reform [...]
• $814 Billion Stimulus Failed, Democrats Ask For Another
  Democrats in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday called on Vice President Joe Biden to include new economic [...]
• Audit the Fed Reloaded: Ron Paul and Rand Paul Introduce HR 459 and S 202
  RONPAUL.COM Congressman Ron Paul [yesterday] introduced HR 459, The Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2011 (also known as [...]