BLS Chief Deflates Pelosi’s Claims of Stimulus Success
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) claims that the unemployment rate would be 15 percent in the absence of President Barack Obama’s “stimulus”...
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The Farm Subsidy Bait and Switch
Anyone trying to figure out why Americans don’t trust their elected officials need look...
Congress Passes Obama’s “Free Trade” Package
In stealth succession on Wednesday evening, both the House and Senate approved three so-called...
McCain: No Defense Cuts if Supercommittee Deadlocks
Many observers of the political scene suspected that the creation of the congressional deficit-reduction...
Sell the Unprofitable Post Office
Now that Congress has extended the due date for the Postal Service’s $5.5 billion...
Will TRAIN Derail the EPA?
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the TRAIN Act, which calls for establishing...
Ron Paul Would Restore Sound Money by Legalizing Competing Currencies
On September 13, 2011, Ron Paul chaired a hearing before his Domestic Monetary Policy...
McConnell: Obama’s Jobs Bill “Political,” Won’t “Actually Work”
Taking a notably different tack from fellow Republicans in the House of Representatives, Senate...
Competing Currencies Would Expand Freedom While Limiting Government
One of the expert witnesses testifying before Ron Paul’s Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology...
Ron Paul Wants Competing Currencies
On March 15, Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) introduced H.R. 1098, better known as the...
Democrats Propose Toothless Balanced Budget Amendment
One of the terms of the recent debt ceiling deal between Congress and the...
Federal Program Pays Airlines to Fly Empty Planes
Almost everyone is aware that the federal government pays farmers not to grow certain...
House Republicans Break Promise to Post Bills Online Three Days Before Vote
In voting to hike the federal debt limit, Republicans in Congress have violated more...
New “Freedom Index” Rates Congressmen Based on Constitution
The New American has published its first “Freedom Index” for the new (112th) Congress....
“Super-Congress” Proposed to Fast-Track Debt Limit Increases
A "super-Congress" is being proposed by Senate leaders Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell. The...
Obama Administration Disenfranchising the Military
Those raised overseas can testify as to how comforting it is to be able...
U.S. Taxes Bought ATF Guns for Cartels; Holder Lied
As the scandal surrounding the Obama administration’s operation to put high-powered guns in the...
Stopping Abortion Without the Supreme Court
With more and more Americans becoming pro-life and states across the nation enacting new...
House Votes Against Libyan War — and Against Restricting Its Funding
President Barack Obama could not ask for a more helpful “opposition” party in charge...
Congress: Hearings Show Widespread Islamic Radicalization in U.S. Prisons
The House Homeland Security Committee Wednesday conducted its second hearing on Islamic radicalization in...
