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 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 Juliegrace Brufke Congressional Republicans are gearing up to pass two budget resolutions next year, but GOP Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky is concerned the first measure is less than fiscally responsible as it doesn’t meet the requirements put in place under the balanced budget amendment. The upper chamber is expected to move quickly 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 Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky), a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, spoke to Chris Matthews of MSNBC’s “Hardball” about President-Elect Trump’s nominee for Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, promising to keep an “open mind.” He also continued to offer opposition to Trump’s possible pick for deputy Secretary of State John Bolton, a…
by Elias J. Atienza Senator Rand Paul continues to show why libertarians and libertarian-leaning conservatives can continue to depend on him. The libertarian icon has been on the offensive in the past month against neo-conservatives vying for positions in the Trump administration, especially John Bolton. With the election of the Donald Trump, Paul has been…
by Elias J. Atienza John Bolton, the former US Ambassador to the United Nations, will be nominated by the Trump administration for Deputy Secretary of State according to NBC News. Bolton is known for being a neoconservative hawk who still believes that the Iraq War was the right decision, saying in 2015: “I still think the…
by Amber Loveshe People Magazine just released their newest Sexiest Man Alive list with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson topping the list. However, they neglected the hottest portion of the male population: libertarians. Nothing says “sexy” like small government and liberty. Luckily, The Libertarian Republic has got this covered: 1. Matt Bellamy Frontman of the English rock band Muse…
by Kody Fairfield During his campaign, President-elect Donald Trump has repeatedly talked with a more dovish tone about the United States’ seemingly constant involvement in world affairs, and more specifically intervention in foreign nation’s governments, such as in Iraq in 2004 or Libya in 2011. This is a stance which has been one of his strongest…