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In Landslide Vote, House Overwhelmingly Passes USA Freedom Act without Amendments

Posted on May 14, 2015 Written by

Is this the year Con­gress pass­es a bill to lim­it NSA spy­ing? The House of Rep­re­sen­ta­tives cer­tain­ly hopes so. But just how strong that reform will be remains to be seen. Min­utes ago, the House of Rep­re­sen­ta­tives passed the USA Free­dom Act over­whelm­ing­ly with 338 yes votes and 88 no votes. EFF is neu­tral on the […]

Filed Under: Corporatism/Fascism, Family Autonomy, New World Order, Police State, Property Rights, Surveillance

Background on S.1067

Posted on May 14, 2015 Written by

FA Note:  Even if you don’t live in Ida­ho, all the objec­tions Vicky has list­ed will apply to the cor­re­spond­ing bill in your state.  Inte­grat­ing The Hague Con­ven­tion on the Inter­na­tion­al Recov­ery of Child Sup­port and Oth­er Forms of Fam­i­ly Main­te­nance into State Law On 4 May 2015, Gov­er­nor Butch Otter announced he would call a spe­cial session […]

Filed Under: Federalism/State Sovereignty, New World Order, United Nations

Chairman Conaway Supports Bill to Stop “Waters of the United States” Proposed Rule

Posted on May 14, 2015 Written by

Today, House Agri­cul­ture Com­mit­tee Chair­man K. Michael Conaway (R‑TX) spoke in sup­port of H.R. 1732, the Reg­u­la­to­ry Integri­ty Act of 2015. The bill, which would force the Envi­ron­men­tal Pro­tec­tion Agency (EPA) and the Army Corps of Engi­neers to stop mov­ing for­ward with the pro­posed “Waters of the Unit­ed States” rule, passed the House by a […]

Filed Under: Agriculture, Federalism/State Sovereignty, Natural Resources, Property Rights, Water Rights