Legislative News- H.R. 3745, Putting All of a Credit Union’s Eggs in the Collection Basket
- Have You Forgotten Obama’s Broken Promise On Corporate Immunity From Prosecution?
- Jill Stein and Rocky Anderson Take Different Approaches To Opposing SOPA
- Barack Obama Approves Law Subjecting Americans To Imprisonment Without Criminal Trial
- Americans Organizing Recalls Of Senators Who Voted For Imprisonment Without Criminal Trial
- Which of 3 Caucuses (Tea Party, Constitution, Progressive) Most Opposes Indefinite Detention in the USA?
Richard Grayson Campaigns For Senate With Unorthodox Approach Of Not Caring
Arizona Green Party activist Richard Grayson has announced that he will run for U.S. Senate this year. What's not immediately apparent is why anyone would want to vote for Grayson.
Grayson himself has said that he doesn't really care if he gets anyone's votes or not - because many people in Arizona are idiots.
During the ...
Gary Swing For Congress From Colorado
Peace and Justice - those are the main themes of the congressional campaign of Gary Swing. When Swing speaks of peace, he means it. Swing supports the legal prohibition of war. He seeks the abolition of weapons of mass destruction - including the massive arsenal of nuclear weapons held by the United ...
Obama Nominates Civil Liberty Board After 3 Year Delay; Responsibility Falls to Patrick Leahy
Ten reports have gone missing.
Under a federal law passed in 2008, President Barack Obama is required to nominate members of a Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB), an independent office in the executive branch of the U.S. Government. Fusion Center administrators and information sharing specialists are required by law to take civil liberties ...
Rob Andrews Targeted By Opponents Of Indefinite Imprisonment
Last month, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the already infamous National Defense Authorization Act. The law, signed into law by Barack Obama on New Year's Eve, allows the federal government to arrest people in the United States without criminal charge, and hold the captives as prisoners for very long periods of time without ...
Debbie Wasserman Schultz Refuses To Meet With Iowa Occupy Protesters
Debbie Wasserman Schultz is the U.S. Representative for the 20th congressional district in Florida. She is also, however, the chair of the Democratic National Committee, second in power within the Democratic Party only to Barack Obama.
Debbie Wasserman Schultz is in Iowa right now because of the presidential campaign caucuses that will take place there ...
Which Congressional Caucus Most Strongly Supported Constitutional War Standards in 2011?
According to Article I Section 8 of United States Constitution, the Congress and only the Congress is given the authority to declare war. No other person or body in government — not the Supreme Court, not the President — is the authority to do so anywhere in the Constitution. The first war in Iraq, ...
Obama Approves Law To Throw Americans In Prison Without Criminal Charge Or Trial
When a President of the United States waits to sign a bill into law on New Year's Eve, it's a sign that the President doesn't want anyone to notice what he's doing. The President knows that most Americans don't pay attention to news on New Year's Eve or New Year's Day, and is hoping ...
Constitutional Amendment On Voting And Campaign Finance Proposed
On the last full day of work for the U.S. House of Representatives this year, John Yarmuth and Walter Jones introduced H.J. Res. 97, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America.
If the proposed constitutional amendment were enacted, there would be three major impacts:
1. Campaign spending and donations would no ...
The 5 Busiest Members of the House of Representatives in 2011 (and the 5 Slowest)
These five members of the House of Representatives were the most active in 2011, each introducing dozens of bills:
Rep. Bob Filner (D-CA): sponsor of 61 bills in 2011
Rep. Don Young (R-AK): sponsor of 50 bills in 2011
Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX): sponsor of 47 bills in 2011
Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA): sponsor of 42 bills in 2011
Rep. ...
Progressive Caucus Supports 5th and 6th Amendment Rights by Margin of 60-10
On December 14 2011, the House of Representatives voted to pass H.R. 1540, a bill that violates the 5th Amendment and 6th Amendment rights of people under the Constitution. These Amendments, part of the Constitution's Bill of Rights, prohibits the government from detaining people without charge forever, without a trial, without being informed of their ...