Letter from Boehner to Rep. Justin Amash
• http://www.dailypaul.com, by Ed ThinkingLetter from Boehner to Rep. Justin Amash
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Obdurate Washington
• Lewrockwell.comWith its power declining, Washington was not able any longer to keep Russia out of the World Trade Organization.
Jim DeMint resigns from Senate
• thehill.comSen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), a leading Senate conservative and founding member of the Senate Tea Party Caucus, will resign from office in January to become president of The Heritage Foundation.
When a Pervert Calls the Sociopaths’ Bluff
• Lewrockwell.comHold onto your hat: this is gonna be a wild ride.
Headed Toward the 11th Hour Compromise
• Lewrockwell.comAs the year draws to an end, America faces yet another Congressionally-manufactured crisis which will likely end in yet another 11th hour compromise, resulting in more government growth touted as “saving” the economy.
David Schweikert booted from financial panel
• www.politico.com“This morning Congressman Schweikert learned there was a price to be paid for voting based on principle. That price was the removal from the House Financial Services Committee,” said Rachel Semmel, Schweikert’s spokesman in a statement to POLITICO.
Headed Toward the 11th Hour Compromise - by U.S. Rep. Ron Paul
Powell GammillThis rhetoric is based on the belief that government spending sustains the economy, when in fact the opposite is true. Every dollar the government spends is a dollar taken from consumers, businessmen, or investors.
Drone Makers Push Congress to Move Up Domestic Deployment Date
• thenewamerican.comThe day of deployment is drawing nearer. Soon, thousands of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) unmanned aerial vehicle license holders will launch their drones into the skies over the United States.
The Chart That Keeps Ben Bernanke Up At Night
• zerohedge.comWhat changed in the last 30 days?
John Duncan Pays Tribute to Ron Paul
• youtube (h/t Lew Rockwell blog)Congressman John J. Duncan, Jr. hailed his friend Ron Paul as a defender of the Constitution and freedom in a retirement tribute on the floor of the House on Thursday, November 29, 2012.
TSA Claims It Is Above Congressional Oversight
• prisonplanet.comThe TSA has refused to attend a House Transportation hearing this week, with agency head John Pistole personally refusing to appear and declaring that the Congressional Committee has “no jurisdiction over the TSA”.
Marijuana's Top Lobbyist Told Us Why There Will Be Several Viable Legalization Bills Next Year..
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Walter HickeyOn election day Colorado and Washington legalized marijuana, becoming the first states in the entire world to do so.
Top Republican senator ditching Norquist anti-tax pledge
• http://www.nypost.com, From FOXNEWSA top Republican senator is casting aside an anti-tax pledge he signed, saying that solving the country’s looming fiscal crisis is more important than honoring the decades-old pact.
Fewest Vets in Congress Since 1940s
• http://www.dailypaul.com, by P.Au.LNovember 20. 2012 - WASHINGTON — A decade of wars abroad has not reversed the decline in military veterans serving in the U.S. Congress.
They Are Going To Make It Nearly Impossible To Pass On A Farm Or A Business To Your Children
• http://www.prisonplanet.com, Michael SnyderIf you have a farm or a small business, would you like to pass it on to your children when you die?
Geithner as Buzz Lightyear on National Debt: To Infinity, and Beyond
• http://www.prisonplanet.com, Thomas R. EddlemPresident Obama’s Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has embraced the “Buzz Lightyear” strategy to overcome the fiscal and debt crisis known as the “fiscal cliff”: to infinity and beyond.
Government Sets Its Sights on Private Retirement Accounts:
• http://www.prisonplanet.com, Mac SlavoA new effort by the Obama administration, Congress, the Treasury Department and labor unions aims to fundamentally alter how Americans plan and save for retirement.
Confronting the Fed, Alan Grayson Returns
• http://www.thedailybell.com, by Staff ReportAlan Grayson Returns To Congress ...
Congressional Briefing on Drones (full video 1 hr 14 min)
• http://www.dailypaul.com, ProudAmericanFirstCongress Hears Expert Testimony About Combat Drone Program Opening statement
Breaking Down The Religious Makeup Of The 113th Congress
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Joshua BerlingerThe Pew Forum on Religion released its latest report this morning, Faith on the Hill: The Religious Composition of the 113th Congress.
Dennis Kucinich to Speak On Targeted Killing, Drones and 4th Amendment
• http://www.dailypaul.com, ProudAmericanFirstDennis Kucinich will host a briefing Friday November 16, 2012 to discuss targeted killing, the implication of drone policy at home and abroad and the 4th Amendment.
We're ALL in this mess together
Donna HancockServing in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, so ours should serve their term(s), then go home and back to work.
CEOs make the case for a grand bargain
• Washington PostA group of high-profile business leaders sounded the alarm about the deficit. Top executives from Honeywell, JPMorgan and Express Scripts as part of a campaign to enact major deficit reduction through the negotiations over the “fiscal cliff.”
Arizona ballot measure contests ownership of the Grand Canyon
• ReutersProposition 120 would amend the state's constitution to declare Arizona's sovereignty and jurisdiction over the "air, water, public lands, minerals, wildlife and other natural resources within the state's boundaries."
George McGovern was another political scumbag until he bought an Inn
• Free RepublicName a tax hike, spending bill or new regulation, and very likely McGovern supported it. But after he left the Senate in 1981, something happened that profoundly changed several of his most deeply held views. McGovern went into business
Justice Department seeks dismissal of Fast and Furious lawsuit
• Fox NewsThe Justice Department on Monday night sought dismissal of a lawsuit by a Republican-led House of Representatives committee.
CHART OF THE DAY: Fiscal 'Brinksmanship' Will Send Stocks Right Off The Cliff
• Business InsiderGoldman Sachs's equity strategy team led by David Kostin are convinced that the S&P 500 will sink to 1,250 by the end of the year. This is down around 13 percent from current levels.
Longtime GOP Senate moderate Arlen Specter dies
• APFormer U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter, the outspoken Pennsylvania centrist whose switch from Republican to Democrat ended a 30-year career in which he played a pivotal role in several Supreme Court nominations, died Sunday. He was 82.
Congress members back legislation that could benefit themselves, relatives
• Washington PostA California congressman helped secure tax breaks for racehorse owners — then purchased seven horses for himself when the new rules kicked in. A Wyoming congresswoman co-sponsored legislation to double the life span of federal grazing permits that
Pennsylvania Lawmaker Babette Josephs Refuses To Say Pledge Of Allegiance
• http://govtslaves.info, Tara DodrillA Pennsylvania lawmaker’s refusal to lead the Pledge of Allegiance sparked an onslaught of controversy.
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