Outrage as GOP Senate candidate claims ‘women DON’T get pregnant from legitimate rape because their bodies SHUT DOWN’

Todd Akin, a nominee for Senate in Missouri, made remarks in TV interview
GOP representative has no-exception rule in his anti-abortion stance
Akin later backtracked after being widely criticized, saying his comments were ‘off-the-cuff’ and he had ‘deep empathy’ for rape victims 

A Republican representative has said that women don’t become pregnant if they are the victim of a   ‘legitimate’ rape while explaining his anti-abortion views on TV.

Todd Akin, a nominee for Senate in Missouri, also [...]

Ron Paul’s Political Legacy Will Be Decided TODAY

Will Paul’s bill to audit “high exalted priesthood” Federal Reserve pass today?

Steve Watson
Infowars.com
July 25, 2012

Wednesday the 25th of July is the day that libertarian Congressman Ron Paul’s political legacy will be written, as the House votes on his bill to audit the Federal Reserve.

In order to pass, the Federal Reserve Transparency Act, H.R. 459, needs two-thirds of the House to vote in favor. That equates to around 292 votes.

Last month, [...]

Internet Bill Of Rights Introduced In Congress To Combat CISPA

Democratic Senator Ron Wyden and Republican Representative Darrell Issa have introduce an Internet Bill of Rights aiming to limit CIPSA and preserve online anonymity.

This year it seems that Congress is attempting to sneak legislation that could alter the Internet forever, but their may be hope for Americans. Democratic Senator Ron Wyden has bridged the political gap with Republican Representative Darrell Issa to come up with an Internet Bill of Rights. [...]

Congressman turns down ‘date’ with Colombian prostitute Dania Suarez after she offers to have face-to-face chat over Secret Service scandal

The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee today said he has declined a meeting with the Colombian woman at the centre of the Secret Service prostitution scandal he is investigating.

Congressman Pete King said in a written statement a lawyer for Dania Londono Suarez asked his staff for a meeting with him in his Washington, DC office.

The Republican Representative from New York said he declined the proposal to avoid the [...]

Ron Paul attacks CISPA in urgent call to oppose ‘Big Brother’ bill (AUDIO)

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Imagine having government-approved employees embedded at Facebook, complete with federal security clearances, serving as conduits for secret information about their American customers.

That’s not a hypothetical — those words are a verbatim excerpt from concerned GOP presidential hopeful, Congressman Ron Paul. The Republican representative from Texas asks Americans to consider that draconian dilemma before it becomes a reality. It will all be possible under a new bill slated for discussion on [...]

Tired of paying for illegal aliens? Demand passage of H.R. 2885: Legal Workforce Act

Now that you have written your check and sent the IRS some of your hard earned money to help feed Barack Obama’s regime here’s a suggestion for what to do to fight back.

Get behind the effort to pass Republican Representative Lamar Smith’s Legal Workforce Act (LWA) HR 2885. This bill would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act and order the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to develop a system for [...]

Barney Frank attacks ‘stupid’ Allen West for claiming 80 House democrats are COMMUNISTS

Barney Frank has slammed fellow congressman Allen West, after the republican representative accused 78-plus House Democrats of being communists. 

Addressing a town-hall meeting in Florida, West said ‘there’s about 78 to 81 members of the Democratic Party that are members of the Communist Party’. He did not provide names.

But Frank, who is retiring this year after 16 terms, lashed out at the freshman lawmaker in a statement today, calling West’s remarks [...]

Resolution Threatens Obama Impeachment

Kurt Nimmo
Infowars.com
March 12, 2012

If Obama works with the United Nations and NATO against Syria and does not seek authorization from Congress for the use of the U.S. military, he may face impeachment, according to a resolution introduced by Republican Representative Walter B. Jones Jr.

“Expressing the sense of congress that the use of offensive military force by a president without prior and clear authorization of an Act of Congress constitutes an [...]

“Worried that the Federal Reserve and the U.S. dollar are on the brink of collapse, lawmakers from 13 states, including Minnesota, Tennessee, Iowa, South Carolina and Georgia, are seeking approval from their state governments to either issue their own alternative currency or explore it as an option”

By Blake Ellis @CNNMoney February 3, 2012: 10:53 AM ET

Worried that the Federal Reserve and the U.S. dollar are on the brink of collapse, more than a dozen states have proposed using their own alternative currencies of silver and gold.

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — A growing number of states are seeking shiny new currencies made of silver and gold.

Worried that the Federal Reserve and the U.S. dollar are on the brink of collapse, lawmakers [...]

Alabama immigration law decried, applauded as some flee state

(Reuters) – A climate of fear and panic has taken hold in Alabama’s immigrant community since a federal judge let stand much of the nation’s toughest state crackdown on illegal immigration, advocates say.

Farm laborers have picked up their checks and headed out of town. Parents have pulled their children out of school or put in place emergency plans for their care should the parents [...]

Still Not Enough?! Members of Congress earn about 3.4 times the salary of the average American worker ($174,000 annual salary + benefits)

(Charles Dharapak/AP)

Everyone complains about their job now and then, and members of Congress are no exception.

A few lawmakers have suggested in recent months that despite a $174,000 annual salary, generous health care and pensions, and perks for things like travel and mail, being one of the elite 435 ain’t always what it’s cracked up to be. And when you calculate the hours they put in, the [...]

Shhh, can you hear that? It’s the sound of our fiat currency breaking…

South Carolina lawmakers are proposing a bill that would give the state another form of legal tender.

Sen. David Thomas, a Republican from Greenville, wants to make gold and silver coins another option in the Palmetto State. Lawmakers are calling it the Sound Money Legislation.

“I’m no financial expert but am I smart enough to know that you can’t keep printing money when it has no backing,” says SC [...]

Ron Paul vows renewed Fed audit push next year

(Reuters) – Republican Representative Ron Paul on Thursday said he will push to examine the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy decisions if he takes control of the congressional subcommittee that oversees the central bank as expected in January.

“I think they’re way too independent. They just shouldn’t have this power,” Paul, a longtime Fed critic, said in an interview with Reuters. “Up until recently it has [...]

Legalizing all non-violent crime that has taken place?

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Ohio’s Cordray Interview About Lawsuit Against Ally (video)

Oct. 6 (Bloomberg) — Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray talks about the state’s lawsuit against Ally Financial Inc. Ohio’s suit alleges that Ally’s GMAC mortgage unit violated state consumer law and committed fraud by filing false affidavits in foreclosure proceedings. He talks with Carol Massar and Matt Miller on Bloomberg Television’s “Street Smart.” (Source: Bloomberg)

Bank foreclosure cover seen in bill at [...]