By Freedom Works
Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Mike Enzi (R-WY) are expected to introduce a bipartisan bill aimed at increasing your taxes by taxing purchases you make on the internet. The bill’s name is deceitfully titled the Main Street Fairness Act of 2011 – it is neither main street nor fair. It seeks to hurt online retailers and consumers alike, and will suppress internet entrepreneurship and your wallet. read on
By Infowars.com
Republican lawmakers proposed Wednesday to require all US businesses to verify workers’ legal status through a database, saying it would curb illicit immigration and bring jobs to lawful residents.
The bill was criticized by Hispanic and Asian American advocates, who said that the database was costly and error-prone, thus aggravating discrimination against legal workers whose names may sound similar to those of illegal aliens.
Representative Lamar Smith, a Republican of Texas, led legislation that would scrap existing paperwork for job applicants and instead require that employers check their status through the E-Verify database.
The Empowering Parents through Quality Charter Schools Act (H.R. 2218) will modernize an outdated federal law to help facilitate the development and expansion of high-quality charter schools. This is the second in the committee’s planned series of education reform bills; The Setting New Priorities in Education Spending Act (H.R. 1891) was introduced on May 13 and approved in committee on May 25.
“An estimated 420,000 students in the U.S. are on charter school waitlists, desperate to escape underperforming public schools,” Rep. Hunter said. “It’s time we enhance school choice by improving access to charter schools. These innovative institutions empower parents to play a more active role in their children’s education, open doors for teachers to pioneer fresh teaching methods, and promote high academic standards. By facilitating the development and expansion of successful charter schools, H.R. 2218 will provide parents and children more opportunities for a better education.” read on
By Gun Owners of America,
Boogai: Note RINO Sens. Collins and Alexander are all onboard this attempt to circumvent Congress’ powers… go figure. Both need to be shown the door.
Larry Pratt noted Sens. Charles Schumer, Susan Collins, Lamar Alexander and Joe Lieberman have proposed Senate Bill 679, which would exempt appointees and financial officers of government agencies from the Senate confirmation process.
Read more: Obama administration rep ‘cannot be believed’ http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=311553#ixzz1PYHQRcM0
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Dear Floridians, I am pleased with the oral arguments before the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals today in our challenge to the federal health care law. The judges were extremely well prepared and engaged, and our attorney, Paul Clement, did an excellent job.The federal government could not rebut our argument that the individual mandate is an unprecedented intrusion on individual liberty. The federal government could also not articulate any principled limit on Congress’s power. Simply put, the federal government failed to justify Congress’s decision, for the first time in American history, to force citizens to purchase a product. I am encouraged by the judge’s response to our arguments that the health care law’s Medicaid expansion unconstitutionally coerces the states by forcing them to assume billions in uncompensated Medicaid costs. The health care law vastly exceeds Congress’s legitimate authority. I hope for a prompt decision from the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals and look forward to a final resolution by the U.S. Supreme Court as soon as possible. |
Amanda Collins had a permit to carry a concealed firearm on the night she was brutally raped on the University of Nevada’s Reno campus in October of 2007.
She had just left a 10 .p.m class and was headed to her car on the ground floor of a parking garage—not 100 feet from the campus police building. She was careful to check around as she approached her car when she was grabbed by a 6’2” 200-pound man. He held her down and told her not to open her eyes. He held a gun to her temple, and she heard him click off the safety. read on
By Gun Owners of America
Wyoming residents no longer have to seek permission from state officials to exercise their Second Amendment rights now that Governor Matt Mead signed a constitutional carry bill into law this month.
This comes as welcome news to gun rights activists who treasure our constitutional freedoms.
After all, America has come a long way from its 17th century founding. Massachusetts and Virginia used to have laws requiring travelers to be armed. In Massachusetts, congregants had to be armed. read on
By Taxpayers for Common Sense
TAKE ACTION: STOP Wasteful Ethanol Subsidies, Support Sens. Coburn, Feinstein, and McCain Amendments!
Next week the Senate will very likely take a vote on the most wasteful taxpayer subsidy to the corn ethanol industry, the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit (VEETC). Taxpayers for Common Sense calls on you to take action now to stop this wasteful subsidy! Senators Coburn (R-OK), Feinstein (D-CA), and McCain (R-AZ) are offering amendments #436 and #411 to Senate Bill 782, the “The Economic Development Revitalization Act of 2011,” to end the most wasteful subsidy to ethanol and to prohibit funding for ethanol pumps and storage tanks. Urge your Senators today to support these important amendments! read on
By NRA Institute for Legislative Action
This bill was introduced in Congress to americanize D.C.’s Gun Laws and restore Second Amendment rights in the District of Columbia.
In February, Rep. Mike Ross (D-Ark.) introduced H.R. 645 the “Second Amendment Enforcement Act,” to eliminate harsh gun control laws imposed by the District of Columbia after the Supreme Court`s decision in D.C. v. Heller (2008).
The bill will move the city`s gun laws away from their European (and worse) model and closer to the mainstream laws in place in most of America. For example, they will abolish the city`s intentionally difficult and costly firearm registration requirement, its restrictions on carrying a gun for protection on private property, its post-Heller ban on hundreds of types of semi-automatic firearms denigrated as “assault weapons,” its ban on standard defensive magazines that hold more than 10 rounds, and its California-style “microstamping” law and handgun “roster” system.
Anticipating that the D.C. Council will try to suppress gun ownership by preventing dealers from conducting business in the city, the bills provide for D.C. residents to buy handguns from firearm dealers in Maryland and Virginia, and prescribe reasonable conditions for the lawful transportation of firearms within the city.
Because D.C. officials have demonstrated hostility toward the Second Amendment–imposing a “microstamping” law, “assault weapon” ban, ban on magazines holding over 10 rounds, and “unsafe handgun” ban (which the city modified after the ban was challenged in court)–the bills prohibit the city from enacting new laws designed to thwart the exercise of the right to arms.
The NRA supports the bills and its chief lobbyist, Chris W. Cox, said that NRA “remains committed to restoring the right to self-defense for law-abiding citizens in Washington, D.C., by whatever legal or legislative means necessary.”
http://www.nraila.o…d=262&issue=010
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Requires the Government prioritize all debt obligations held by the public in the event the debt limit is reached
As The Heritage Foundation explained, the full faith and credit of the United States is not in jeopardy: “Contrary to the clear implications of [the] letter…refusing to raise the debt limit would not, in and of itself, cause the United States to default on its public debt.”
Heritage also suggests that to eliminate any ambiguity, “Congress could consider legislation providing clear guidance…legislation could clearly indicate that net interest on public debt would receive the first claim on income tax receipts, thus eliminating any remaining shred of substance from the question of default.”
The Full Faith and Credit Act takes the issue of default off the table, and allows Congress to focus on cutting spending, enacting reforms and lowering the deficit without inaccurate hyperbolic rhetoric.
The Full Faith and Credit Act takes the issue of default off the table, and allows Congress to focus on cutting spending, enacting reforms and lowering the deficit without inaccurate hyperbolic rhetoric.
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on POPVOX now: 84% Support | 16% Oppose
