House Action Falls Short of Blocking DHS Bullet Hoarding
Late Wednesday night, the House of
Representatives passed H.R. 2217, the appropriations bill to fund the
Department of
Homeland Security through 2014. While the amendments to the bill were
many, one amendment was of particular interest to us: the Meadows
Amendment
“to prohibit the use of funds to enter into a new contract for the
purposes of purchasing ammunition …”
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NSA’s Verizon surveillance: how the White House tramples our
constitution
In December 2007, then-Senator Barack Obama
joined
then-Senator Chris Dodd in threatening to filibuster the Foreign
Intelligence Surveillance Act (Fisa). Senator Obama opposed provisions
granting
retroactive immunity to telecommunications companies that shared private
client information with the government. His office released a
statement:
“Granting such immunity undermines the constitutional protections
Americans trust the Congress to protect. Senator Obama supports a
filibuster
of this bill …” Senator Obama was right. Had I been in the Senate, I
would’ve voted with him. I’ve even filibustered myself
over civil liberties issues I believe are important. Read
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The Constitution is not “Unconstitutional”
“The Confederation Congress called the
convention and limited its power to proposing amendments to the Articles
of
Confederation. The Convention disregarded the limit, and drafted an
entirely new document. The Articles provided that they could be changed
only by
unanimous consent among the states. But the convention illegally
disregarded that, and allowed ratification of the Constitution by only
nine
states.” Here are the facts: Read
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What happens in the backroom of a sue-and-settle lawsuit?
Is Big Green running things in President
Obama’s Environmental Protection Agency? Wake up and smell the
corruption. Read More |
The face of Obamacare failure: John Edwards will resume
suing medical providers
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi,
famously said on the eve of the vote for Obamacare: “To find out what’s
in the bill, we’ll have to pass the bill.” Well Ms
Pelosi, we know what is not in the bill: Any real attempt to get the
legal industry’s snouts out of the country’s multi hundred billion
dollar medical care system. Because of this and other failures to reform
skyrocketing costs of healthcare, Americans are starting to reject
Obamacare.
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BHO says NSA not listening to phone calls “When it comes to telephone calls, nobody is listening to your telephone calls. That’s
not what this program is about.” – Barack Obama, June 7. Read
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Cruz says
‘Abolish’ the I.R.S. Read More
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Grassley, Paul, and Amnesty Read More
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Do No Harm: Doctors Killing Disabled People? Read More
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No, We Will Not Let it Go! Who Gave The Order To Stand Down?
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Lindsey Graham ‘glad’ NSA tracking phones Read More
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Rep. Bridenstine Questions President’s Leadership Read More
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