‘JBS.org Freedom Campaign’ Archives
Stop Presidential Line-item Veto Proposal
Liberty Alerts, JBS.org Freedom Campaign There was general debate on the floor of the House on a new line-item veto bill sponsored by Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) on Wednesday, Feb. 8, immediately preceding a vote. The Expedited Legislative Line-Item Veto and Rescissions Act of 2011 would give the president the authority to [...]
Help Restore Religious Freedom in America
Liberty Alerts, JBS.org Freedom Campaign The contraception mandate recently dictated by the Obama administration has met with a firestorm of opposition. It requires all employers, regardless of the tenets of their faith to purchase health insurance plans that cover sterilizations, contraceptives and abortifacients. Aside from the attempts by [...]
February 1, 2012: Get the Keystone XL Pipeline Up and Running
Liberty Alerts, JBS.org Freedom Campaign Get the Keystone XL Pipeline Up and Running The Congressional Research Service (CRS), a division of the Library of Congress, has very recently given a bit of a boost to newly introduced legislation that would get the Keystone XL Pipeline project moving. A shovel-ready jobs-creating [...]
January 31, 2012: Oppose Dangerous Global Internet Treaty
Liberty Alerts, JBS.org Freedom Campaign Oppose Dangerous Global Internet Treaty In the annals of President Obama’s short reign, many have learned to expect the unexpected. New and innovative processes combined with unconstitutional initiatives are helping the Obama Administration serve its political agenda. Topping the [...]
January 25, 2012: Help End Eminent Domain Abuses
Liberty Alerts, JBS.org Freedom Campaign Help End Eminent Domain Abuses Eminent domain: A term that can strike fear in the heart of any property owner, as Susette Kelo, lead plaintiff in the infamous 2005 Kelo v. City of New London case knows only too well. Others since that calamitous decision have also felt the [...]
January 23, 2012: Stop Enemy Expatriation Act That Strips Citizenship
Liberty Alerts, JBS.org Freedom Campaign Oppose Enemy Expatriation Act That Strips Citizenship The most egregious legislation negatively affecting our once constitutionally guaranteed liberties lately seems to come via a “national security” rationale. The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and its [...]
Enemy Expatriation Act Strips Citizenship
LIBERTY ALERTS, JBS.ORG The most egregious legislation negatively affecting our once constitutionally guaranteed liberties lately seems to come via a “national security” rationale. The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and its “indefinite detention” clause is a classic example of liberty-robbing legislation that ignores [...]
Support Regulatory Reform with REINS Act
Liberty Alerts, JBS.Org Take Action Now! The House is expected to vote on H.R. 10 on Wednesday, December 7. Article One of the United States Constitution established and enumerated the powers vested in the Legislative Branch. The core tenet is that “all legislative powers” were “herein granted” to Congress. Not to the Judicial [...]
Support Teens Working on Farms; Stop DOL Overregulation
Liberty Alerts, JBS.org Freedom Campaign Like baseball and apple pie, teenagers working on farms is part of the American way of life in rural areas, conjuring up iconic images of sunny afternoons baling hay in a spirit of camaraderie, downing the occasional soda or glass of lemonade together. Teens learn to work responsibly and earn money while [...]
Stop Indefinite Detention of U.S. Citizens Without Due Process
Liberty Alerts, JBS.org Freedom Campaign Immediate action required! Deep inside the National Defense Authorization Act (S. 1867) that the Senate is currently considering is a dangerous and unconstitutional portion that needs to be stripped out. Congress would grant the President the power to use the military in order to detain certain [...]
Bring Back the Incandescent Bulb
Liberty Alerts, JBS.org Freedom Campaign Courtesy of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, a cheap, reliable, and comforting 130-year-old invention will begin to be phased out in 2012 through 2014. The switch is to be thrown on Thomas Edison’s incandescent light bulb, unless H.R. 91 (and its Senate companion bill, S. 395), [...]
Abolish No Child Left Behind
Liberty Alerts, JBS.Org It appears as though the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) rewrite is the political football of this autumnal season. The NCLB bipartisan rewrite was undertaken by Republican Michael Enzi (Wyo.) and Democrat Tom Harkin (Iowa) who presented the Senate’s education committee with a 1000-page bill that they wanted action on [...]
Abolish No Child Left Behind
Liberty Alerts, JBS.org Freedom Campaign Abolish No Child Left Behind It appears as though the No Child Left Behind rewrite is the political football of this autumnal season. The NCLB bipartisan rewrite was undertaken by Republican Michael Enzi (Wy.) and Democrat Tom Harkin (Iowa) who presented the Senate’s education [...]
October 19, 2011: Say ‘No’ to Jobs Package, Part I
Liberty Alerts, JBS.org Freedom Campaign Say ‘No’ to Jobs Package, Part I With President Obama and entourage on the road again pushing his $447 billion jobs bill for Americans in an expensive Canadian-made luxury bus, Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nevada) has decided to quickly bring the jobs bill to the floor of the Senate in bits and [...]
Support Protect Life Act; End Funding for Abortion Coverage
Liberty Alerts, JBS.org Freedom Campaign Support Protect Life Act; End Funding for Abortion Coverage UPDATE, October 13, 2011: The House passed H.R. 358 by 251-172 today. On Thursday, October 13, the House takes up H.R. 358, the Protect Life Act, which has finally been scheduled for debate and a vote after having been reported [...]
Defund the UN Population Fund
Liberty Alerts, JBS.org Freedom Campaign Defund UN Population Fund There’s never been a better opportunity to defund a department of the United Nations than right now. Fresh out of the House Foreign Relations Committee is H.R. 2059, a remarkably short bill that would prohibit funding of the United Nations [...]
Save Taxpayer Money Defund UN Population Fund
Liberty Alerts, JBS.org Freedom Campaign Save Taxpayer Money; Defund UN Population Fund There’s never been a better opportunity to defund a department of the United Nations than right now. Fresh out of the House Foreign Relations Committee is H.R. 2509, that would prohibit funding of the United Nations Population Fund. The proposal has 78 [...]
Support Protect Life Act; End Funding for Abortion Coverage
Liberty Alerts, JBS.org Freedom Campaign Support Protect Life Act; End Funding for Abortion Coverage On Thursday, October 12, the House takes up H.R. 358, the Protect Life Act, which has finally been scheduled for debate and a vote after having been reported out of committee last February. This is an amendment to the Patient Protection [...]
Restore Free Speech for Dietary Supplement Industry
Liberty Alerts, JBS.Org Restore Free Speech for Dietary Supplement Industry Many savvy consumers these days ignore the slick and expensive advertising campaigns that routinely misrepresent or stretch the truth about products or services touted on TV, radio, and the Internet. More often, it’s an anecdote or testimonial from a family member [...]
Reduce Regulatory Burden on Cement Industry
Liberty Alerts, JBS.org Freedom Campaign Reduce Regulatory Burden on Cement Industry Cement is vital to this nation’s infrastructure, the housing industry, and manufacturing and therefore to the economy and jobs, something high profile politicians and federal agency spokesmen continually say they are trying to protect and [...]
Restore Free Speech for Dietary Supplement Industry
Liberty Alerts, JBS.org Freedom Campaign Restore Free Speech for Dietary Supplement Industry Many savvy consumers these days ignore the slick and expensive advertising campaigns produced by even slicker advertising agents that routinely misrepresent or stretch the truth about products or services touted on TV, radio, and the [...]
Reverse EPA Boiler MACT Mandates
Liberty Alerts, JBS.org Freedom Campaign Reverse EPA Boiler MACT Mandates The Environmental Protection Agency’s onerous regulations are the bane of many economically important industries such as lumber, oil, energy, manufacturing, paper, and even agriculture. With the current anti-regulatory political climate, an opportunity [...]
Restore Sound Money by Legalizing Competing Currencies
Liberty Alerts, JBS.org Freedom Campaign Restore Sound Money by Legalizing Competing Currencies On September 13, 2011, Ron Paul chaired a hearing before his Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology subcommittee entitled "Road Map to Sound Money: A Legislative Hearing on H.R. 1098 and Restoring the Dollar." This hearing was held in [...]
Protect Free Enterprise; Limit NLRB’s Power
Liberty Alerts, JBS.org Freedom Campaign Protect Free Enterprise; Limit NLRB’s Power If you were a small or large business owner, could you ever imagine that here in America the government would dictate where you could or could not relocate or expand your production facility or business? Well, the National Labor Relations [...]
Stop the UN’s Agenda 21 and “Sustainable Development”
Liberty Alerts, JBS.Org On June 9, 2011 President Obama signed Executive Order 13575, which established the creation of the White House Rural Council (WHRC). The purpose of the WHRC is to facilitate the federal coordination and implementation of sustainable development at the local community level. President Obama’s EO 13575 reads in [...]
U.S. Congress: Help REIN in the EPA
Liberty Alerts, JBS.org Freedom Campaign Help REIN in the EPA The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) upcoming air pollution regulation revisions are creating a bit of a stir both in the energy industry and in Congress. The emissions that would fall under more stringent limits are ozone, mercury, nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide; [...]
U.S. House: Help Bring Canadian Oil to American Refineries
Liberty Alerts, JBS.Org The situation in the Middle East -- highly volatile, complex, dangerous, and on-going for centuries -- should be impetus enough for Americans to want to completely extricate themselves from any Middle East oil dependency, not to mention Mexican and Venezuelan oil. There is a private Canadian company, TransCanada [...]
August 23, 2011: Help Bring Canadian Oil to American Refineries
Liberty Alerts, JBS.org Freedom Campaign Help Bring Canadian Oil to American Refineries The situation in the Middle East -- highly volatile, complex, dangerous, and on-going for centuries -- should be impetus enough for Americans to want to completely extricate themselves from any Middle East oil dependency, not to mention Mexican [...]
Fight Back Against Airport Scanners and Gropers
Liberty Alerts, JBS.Org If you traveled by air this summer vacation season, you probably experienced more than just the usual pre-flying jitters. Sheer anxiety afflicted many as they approached the security lines at airports, shoes in one hand, belts removed and their other hand clutching their clothes as they awaited their fate -- metal [...]
Repeal Dangerous ‘Gun-free Zones’; Help Protect All Citizens
Liberty Alerts, JBS.Org There probably isn’t a person on the planet with a reasonable amount of mental capacity who doesn’t know that murder is wrong and, except when somehow sanctioned and excused by government officials, also illegal. Logically then, gun-free zone signs are useless for providing any amount of safety whatsoever; all the [...]
US Senate 1310: Dietary Supplement ‘Labeling’ Legislation
Liberty Alerts, JBS.Org On Friday, July 1, when most were focusing on a congressional break and a holiday celebration, Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) officially introduced a bill that would have an impact on dietary supplements for both manufacturers and users. The Dietary Supplement Labeling Act of 2011, S. [...]
Support American Traveler Dignity Act of 2011
Liberty Alerts, JBS.org Freedom Campaign Support American Traveler Dignity Act of 2011 If you traveled by air this summer vacation season, you probably experienced more than just the usual pre-flying jitters. Sheer anxiety afflicted many as they approached the security lines at airports, shoes in one hand, belts removed and other hand [...]
Aust 9, 2011: Help Protect All Citizens; Repeal Dangerous ‘Gun-free Zones’
Liberty Alerts, JBS.org Freedom Campaign Help Protect All Citizens; Repeal Dangerous ‘Gun-free Zones’ There probably isn’t a person on the planet with a reasonable amount of mental capacity who doesn’t know that murder is wrong and, except when somehow sanctioned and excused by government officials, also [...]
Help Protect All Citizens; Repeal Dangerous ‘Gun-free Zones’
Liberty Alerts, JBS.org Freedom Campaign Help Protect All Citizens; Repeal Dangerous ‘Gun-free Zones’ There probably isn’t a person on the planet with a reasonable amount of mental capacity who doesn’t know that murder is wrong and, except when somehow sanctioned and excused by government officials, also [...]
Support Traditional Marriage; Oppose ‘Respect Marriage Act’
Liberty Alerts, JBS.org Freedom Campaign Support Traditional Marriage; Oppose 'Respect Marriage Act' The “Respect for Marriage Act,” S. 598, was introduced in March by Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-Calif.). By mid-July it had already received a hearing in the Senate Judiciary committee, and seems to be moving smoothly toward a full vote in [...]
Governors: Stop Partnering With Communist China’s State-Owned Corporations
Liberty Alerts, JBS.Org Many U.S. governors are actively seeking to attract investment money from China’s state-owned corporations. In some cases they are using taxpayer-paid incentives to sweeten the deal. In order to expedite such investments, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton signed a Memorandum of Understanding with her counterpart from [...]
Support Traditional Marriage; Oppose ‘Respect Marriage Act’
Liberty Alerts, JBS.org Freedom Campaign Support Traditional Marriage; Oppose 'Respect Marriage Act' The “Respect for Marriage Act,” S. 598, was introduced in March by Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-Calif.). By mid-July it had already received a hearing in the Senate Judiciary committee, and seems to be moving smoothly toward a full vote in [...]
HALT Obama’s ‘Backdoor Amnesty’
Liberty Alerts, JBS.org Freedom Campaign HALT Obama’s ‘Backdoor Amnesty’ As most Americans already know, our nation’s immigration laws have been poorly enforced for decades now. This has led to the current situation where the Obama administration, following suit with previous administrations, is so lenient with illegal [...]
Support Traditional Marriage; Oppose ‘Respect Marriage Act’
Liberty Alerts, JBS.org Freedom Campaign Support Traditional Marriage; Oppose 'Respect Marriage Act' The “Respect for Marriage Act,” S. 598, was introduced in March by Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-Calif.). By mid-July it had already received a hearing in the Senate Judiciary committee, and seems to be moving smoothly toward a [...]
HALT Obama’s ‘Backdoor Amnesty’
Liberty Alerts, JBS.org Freedom Campaign HALT Obama’s ‘Backdoor Amnesty’ As most Americans already know, our nation’s immigration laws have been poorly enforced for decades now. This has led to the current situation where the Obama administration, following suit with previous administrations, is so lenient with illegal [...]
U.S. Congress: HALT Obama’s ‘Backdoor Amnesty’
Liberty Alerts, JBS.org Freedom Campaign HALT Obama’s ‘Backdoor Amnesty’ As most Americans already know, our nation’s immigration laws have been poorly enforced for decades now. This has led to the current situation where the Obama administration, following suit with previous administrations, is so lenient with illegal immigrants that [...]
July 20, 2011: Oppose UN Arms Trade Treaty
Liberty Alerts, JBS.org Freedom Campaign Oppose UN Arms Trade Treaty The United Nations is planning on its Arms Trade Treaty being finalized in 2012, after this mid-July saw another session of talks of the Third Preparatory Committee on the ATT. The UN’s ATT final agreement negotiations set for four weeks next summer will be under [...]
[U.S. Senate] Oppose UN Arms Trade Treaty
Liberty Alerts, JBS.org Freedom Campaign Oppose UN Arms Trade Treaty The United Nations is planning on its Arms Trade Treaty being finalized in 2012, after this mid-July saw another session of talks of the Third Preparatory Committee on the ATT. The UN’s ATT final agreement negotiations set for four weeks next summer [...]
Congress: Say No to Amnesty and Yes to Enforcing Our Immigration Laws
Liberty Alerts, JBS.org Freedom Campaign American voters are more concerned than ever over illegal immigration. The Gallup poll has asked Americans about the “Importance of Controlling U.S. Borders to Halt the Flow of Illegal Immigrants Into the U.S.” twice in 2006, once in 2010, and again in June 2011. The results for the first three polls [...]
Say No to Amnesty and Yes to Enforcing Our Immigration Laws
Liberty Alerts, JBS.org Freedom Campaign Say No to Amnesty and Yes to Enforcing Our Immigration Laws American voters are more concerned than ever over illegal immigration. The Gallup poll has asked Americans about the “Importance of Controlling U.S. Borders to Halt the Flow of Illegal Immigrants Into the U.S.” twice in 2006, once [...]
Governors: No Partnership with Communist China!
Liberty Alerts, JBS.Org Freedom Campaign It doesn't make sense. Our economy is a shambles because our industry has been driven to China by high taxes and myriad regulations. As a result China has accumulated hundreds and hundreds of billions of dollars by selling us products that we formerly made. Now Communist-Chinese-run corporations are [...]
[US House and Senate] Oppose Government ‘Protection’ of the Internet
Liberty Alerts, JBS.org Freedom Campaign Oppose Government ‘Protection’ of the Internet Another cybersecurity bill has made its way out of committee and is ready to be brought to the floor for a vote in the Senate. This one is fraught with the typical bureaucratic mumbo-jumbo and broadly written legislativese that is [...]
[US House and Senate] Oppose Federal Policing of Internet Copyright Issues
Liberty Alerts, JBS.org Freedom Campaign Oppose Federal Policing of Internet Copyright Issues New legislation, Senate Bill 978, to “amend the criminal penalty provision for criminal infringement of a copyright, and for other purposes,” is causing quite a stir on the Internet. This is in the realm of intellectual [...]
[U.S. House and Senate] Oppose New Dietary Supplement ‘Labeling’ Legislation
Liberty Alerts, JBS.org Freedom Campaign Oppose New Dietary Supplement ‘Labeling’ Legislation On Friday, July 1, when most were focusing on a congressional break and a holiday celebration, Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) officially introduced a bill that would have an impact on dietary [...]
[U.S. House and Senate] Oppose New Dietary Supplement ‘Labeling’ Legislation
Liberty Alerts, JBS.org Freedom Campaign Oppose New Dietary Supplement ‘Labeling’ Legislation On Friday, July 1, when most were focusing on a congressional break and a holiday celebration, Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) officially introduced a bill that would have an impact on dietary [...]
