Pearce Anti-Immigrant Amendment Attacks You!
Brock LorberMesa Senator, Russell Pearce, slipped an amendment into an appropriations bill declaring you and your property his to play with.
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Legislative Mischief
U.S. war funding bill brims with PORK
• ReutersA $100 billion bill to fund U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is
rapidly accumulating extra items such as money for military aircraft
the Pentagon doesn't want and possibly a scheme to jump-start sagging
auto sales.
The cars and planes are not directly linked to the U.S. war effort. But they are typical of Congress' penchant for loading bills with unrelated spending in hopes the funds will sail through on the strength of the main legislation.
Arizona Lawmakers Above the Law!
• http://PhotoRadarScam.comThey make the laws, but do they have to follow them? In the case of photo enforcement while they are in session, the answer is no!
Pelosi-CIA Contretemps May Spark Wider Probe
• AntiwarCongressional Democrats and many Washington journalists are predicting that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s current dispute with the Central Intelligence Agency may ultimately hasten the push toward the last thing Republicans want – a comprehensive inve
Torture Pelosi until she confesses<br>by Jim Duensing
• The Libertarian EnterpriseBoth Nancy Pelosi and Porter Goss be strapped to a gurney and drowned until their stories officially match about what was said at the briefing just prior to the one year anniversary of 9/11.
Congress to Monitor Canada, Spain for Copyright Violations
• PC WorldA group of U.S. lawmakers plan to keep a close eye on five countries, including Canada and Spain, for what they see as a lack of protections for copyright. [Because dealing with the economy doesn't pay like lobbyists do!]
With strings attached, banks can return taxpayer money
• McClatchy NewsFederal regulators are preparing to release new rules governing how banks can return billions in taxpayer bailout money, but the guidelines may actually make it harder for financial institutions to shed the government as their business partner.
Senators want to expel junk food from U.S. schools
• ReutersU.S. schools with vending machines that sell candy and soda to students could soon find the government requiring healthier options to combat childhood obesity under a bill introduced on Thursday by two senators.
Online Gambling Law Coming: Rep. Franks
• ReutersU.S. Rep. Barney Frank, chairman of the House of Representatives Financial Services Committee, said he would introduce a bill next week to overturn a 3 -year-old U.S. ban on Internet gambling. The legislation, likely to be opposed by anti-gambling Re
H.R. 1913, the "Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009" Legislative Disc
• e-mail from WNDI've been listening all morning. And these people represent us?
Ron Paul on Marque and Reprisal 4/12/09
• youtubeDr. Paul discusses a constitutional approach to dealing with the Somali pirates.
Ron Paul's plan to fend off pirates
• PoliticoRep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) and a growing number of national security experts are calling on Congress to consider using letters of marque and reprisal, a power written into the Constitution that allows the US to hire private citizens to keep internationa
Lawmakers post earmarks online, but good luck finding them
• McClatchy NewsWant to learn about the earmarks, the federally funded local projects that your member of Congress wants to stick in the federal budget? It may not be easy. In fact, it could be like looking "under an electronic rock," as one budget watc
Harvard Student Takes On Barney Frank Over Economy
• RealClearPoliticsRep. Barney Frank (D-MA) and a conservative Harvard law student debated over how Frank should have handled his role as the House Chairman of the Financial Services Committee. Frank was at Harvard University for a speech at the Kennedy School of Gover
The 5 Most Popular Safety Laws (that don't work)
• Cracked.comReally, is it ever possible to be too safe? Actually, yes. Especially when the rule or law intended to make us safe is so poorly thought-out that it either does nothing but suck up public money, or creates a ripple effect of unintended side effects.
LegiStorm Makes Hill Salaries Easy To Search
• Washington PostFriedly became the scourge of Capitol Hill by creating LegiStorm.com, a Web site that makes it super-easy to look up the annual salaries and financial disclosures of congressional staffers. All this stuff is public information, mind you. But it used
Tejada gets probation for misleading Congress
• APWith an apology to Congress, baseball and the kids who looked up to him, All-Star shortstop Miguel Tejada received a sentence of one year of probation for misleading Congress about the use of performance-enhancing drugs.
NY Senator alleged girlfriend butcher
• APA grand jury in Queens has indicted New York State Senator Hiram Monseratte on assaulting his girlfriend at his apartment. She received 25 stitches to the area around her left eye. Monseratte and Giraldo said the incident was an accident.
4409 -- Illegal to feed the homeless. Man is Arrested
• newworldordertvOrlando Florida Eyewitness News 9 Video of man arrested for feeding the homeless....They even had undercover police. We are officially in the twilite zone.
In New Dilemma, Banks Cite Two Paths to Disaster
• Washington PostSome bank executives warned the government is forcing them toward a disastrous choice between accepting restrictions on compensation to compete with rivals, or returning billions in federal aid, which could damage the economy.
Ron Paul Addresses the House Before the Vote to Tax AIG Bonuses
• YoutubeToday, in 90 seconds Congressman Paul lays the blame squarely where it belongs: On his inattentive, profligate spending colleagues.
House passes 90 percent tax for AIG bonuses
• APThe House voted to levy a 90 percent tax on bonuses paid to employees with family incomes above $250,000 at companies that have received at least $5 billion in government bailout money.
Open Letter to Ed Pastor
Mike ShipleyYour practice of shielding yourself from accountability by hiding behind low-level staffers is unacceptable. By what authority do you refuse to speak with constituents, and deliberately avoid all direct communications?
Earmarks Don't Add Up<br>by U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, M.D. (R-TX)
Powell GammillEarmarks seem to be the hot topic this week, and as a fiscal conservative I am dismayed so many people deliberately distort the earmarking process and grandstand to make political points. It is an easy thing to do with earmarks.
Well, Your Husband Married a Dodo
• Popehat[Vice-chair of the Agriculture Committee] Larcenia Bullard became agitated during a legislative debate when someone used the term “animal husbandry”. "People are taking these animals as their husbands? What’s husbandry?"
The Fatal Conceit<br>by John Stossel
• TownhallWe've been rolled again. Sure, the economy is in bad shape -- though the late '70s and early '80s were worse in many ways, but is it true that every economist agrees that massive "stimulus" is the solution? "A failure to ac
Senate Sends $410 Billion Bill to Obama
• Washington PostThe Senate gave final approval last night to a $410 billion spending bill to fund most of the federal government for the remainder of the year after overcoming a resilient Republican opposition and several Democratic defections
Pelosi Made Repeated Requests for Military Aircraft, Documents Show
• FOX NewsPelosi has abused the system in place to accommodate congressional leaders and treated the Air Force as her "personal airline."
Congress Approves Bill to Prevent Government Shutdown
• BloombergThe U.S. Congress approved a stopgap funding measure to keep the government from shutting down as lawmakers work to resolve last-minute disputes over a $410 billion “omnibus” spending package.
Demand Senate Keep E-Verify Out of Appropriations Bill!
• American Policy CenterThe truth is E-Verify is another part of the REAL ID international identity card scam. First, you will have to ask the federal government for the right to work by using E-Verify to get a job, then you carry REAL ID as your key to society
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