By: Elias J. Atienza Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) was the only Republican to vote against Senate Continuing Resolution 3, (CR ) which would increase the debt by $9.7 trillion over ten years and does not balance the budget. It would also repeal Obamacare, without a replacement plan. The resolution was passed 51-48 among partisan lines. Paul…
By: Elias J. Atienza Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has been one of the most ardent opponents fighting free trade. However, there is one product where he has become a proponent of trade; prescription drugs. Sanders has brought this issue up many times, often comparing it to importing tomatoes and lettuce from Mexico. He introduced an amendment to the…
By: Elias J. Atienza There is heavy speculation that Austin Petersen might run for Senate in 2018 against incumbent Claire McCaskill (D-MO) in his home state of Missouri. While he has refused to put anything on the table, saying that he will decide on a run in June, it is interesting to see which party…
By: Elias J. Atienza Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) has been one of the leaders in the GOP’s fight to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare. He has rankled Republican Senate leaders by refusing to vote for a budget that would repeal Obamacare but not replace it, along with raising the debt by…
By: Elias J. Atienza President-elect Donald Trump is not exactly a privacy warrior. On several occasions he has proved this. He has supported the Patriot Act, he sided with Marco Rubio over Ted Cruz on the USA Freedom Act, and he has even called for closing down the internet. Senator Jeff Sessions, Trump’s pick for Attorney General,…
By Elias Atienza Senator Rand Paul’s (R-KY) renewed push to balance the budget was foiled yesterday when his amendment to Senate Continuing Resolution 3 was defeated 14-83. The Continuing Resolution was to “set the budget setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2017 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for…
By: Elias J. Atienza Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) reintroduced his “Audit the Fed” bill into the 115th Congress. Representative Thomas Massie (R-KY) reintroduced the bill into the House. The bill, if enacted, would require the Government Accountability Office to conduct a thorough audit of the Federal Reserve. It would require GAO to also report on…
By: Elias J. Atienza U.S Senators Rand Paul (R-KY), Mike Lee (R-UT), Chris Murphy (D-CT), and Al Franken (D-MN) support the recent decision by the Obama administration to halt recent arms sales to Saudi Arabia in a press release, following accusations of war crimes by the Saudi-lead coalition. However, the bipartisan group of Senators want…
By: Elias J. Atienza Judge Andrew Napolitano met with President-elect Donald Trump about the Supreme Court vacancy following the death of Justice Antonin Scalia earlier this year. Napolitano spoke with Fox Business Network’s Stuart Varney on his meeting with Trump. “He was interested in a broad range of ideas and attitudes about the type of…
By Elias J. Atienza The California Department of Motor Vehicles warned Uber to stop giving people rides in self-driven cars; hours after the first ones began picking up customers in San Francisco. The DMV sent a letter to Uber to stop giving the rides because they did not have a permit. “If Uber does not confirm…