Two American contractors blew the whistle on the U.S government in 2006, and were tortured by the American military while under their supervision in a military prison in Iraq. Donald Rumsfeld is being held personally responsible. A three judge panel of the 7th US Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago has upheld a lower court’s ruling. He now may appeal to the US Supreme Court.
It seems that Rumsfeld didn’t take kindly to the two contractors blowing the whistle on suspected payoffs to Iraqi officials to guarantee government contracts. They were caught complaining about it, and got thrown in isolation and were apparently tortured by not being allowed to sleep, amongst other things. Continue reading “Donald Rumsfeld Told Torture Lawsuit Against Him May Proceed”
We here at From the Trenches are recommending that all 99ers buy gold immediately. Take your money out of stocks and buy gold now. We 99ers have been laboring through the day biting our fingernails in ever increasing anxiety as the US credit rating has been lowered and stocks are plunging………not!
I wonder just how many realize that there are millions of us out here who cannot get excited about this economic news as the economics that are breathing down our backs are keeping a roof over our heads, paying the utility bills, and getting something to eat with no income or prospect of a job. Continue reading “99ers HR 589 Unemployment Extension – The Wolf is at the Door”
Thirty one US military troops were killed on Saturday when the Chinook CH-47 helicopter they were being transported in was shot down over Afghanistan. There are so many things wrong with this incident. Of those killed were 22 Navy Seals, most of which were members of the elite Seal Team 6, which we all remember reportedly accomplished the raid into Pakistan that allegedly procured the death of Osama Bin Laden.
Elite forces like Team 6 consist of highly trained individuals for the purpose of lightening fast operations in extremely diverse situations, such as hostage situations, assassinations, and black op captures of foreign enemies. Reportedly this elite team was on its way to support a detachment of US forces that had fallen under enemy attack. Continue reading “Helicopter Shot Down in Afghanistan – Witnesses to Bin Laden’s Death, or Lack thereof, Killed”
Riots broke out in the streets of London over the weekend in response to police killing Mark Duggan, a 29 year old black man, who was riding in a cab that police pulled over. Details of the shooting are not available. It is reported one of the officers was shot in the incident but was spared serious injury as the bullet struck his walkie-talkie. It is being reported that the shooting occurred in an area known for problems stemming from racial tensions.
What is interesting about this whole situation is the bullet finding itself in the officer’s walkie-talkie. You see guns are banned in England. This being said it would seem that if the man who was killed possessed a firearm that was used to shoot an officer’s walkie-talkie, it would have been the headline as it would have shown justification for the killing. Continue reading “Riots in London – Police are no Better in U.S.”
A week ago the con men were telling us we had to raise the debt ceiling or else there would be a catastrophe. This week we are being told that we must follow the dictates of Standard and Poor’s or else there is going to be a catastrophe. The international elite have become like a spoiled child who can’t get what he or she wants. And what do they want? The Social Security Trust Fund.
There is only so many ways to mealy mouth around a subject and they are employing all of them to the point that they are now saying that the only money that can pay this debt is that in the Social Security Fund. You can’t cut defense spending because that is a different kind of money that cannot be used to pay debts. You can’t cut the budgets of Homeland Security, the FBI, the CIA, the EPA, the TSA, FEMA, or foreign aid because again that is a different kind of money that does not work for paying off debts. Continue reading “99ers HR 589 Unemployment Extension – The International Corporate Mafia is Making its Move”
The international corporate mafia elite continue to wage their war of attrition upon the American poor and middle class. The very definition of a war of attrition is to hurt your opponent in many different ways, and those waging this war upon us are in no way new to this concept.
Grant waged a war of attrition upon the South during the Civil War, cutting off cities one at a time and starving populations into submission by blocking supply lines and tearing up railroad tracks. And indeed the original invasion of this continent to take it away from the native peoples was a protracted war of attrition. Continue reading “99ers HR 589 Unemployment Extension – History is Repeating Itself”
They also rated AAA many more bad derivatives that were insured by AIG, which we had to bail out, in essence pay the claims on, when the loans went bust.
117,000 new jobs were created in the private sector in July, the unemployment rate falls from 9.2% to 9.1%. We are living in a world of pure propaganda wherein the truth has been completely discounted. So how could the unemployment rate possibly have dropped considering the millions of new filings for unemployment this year? Our so called government just did another one of their surveys and determined that 193,000 of us quit looking for work.
There is apparently some illusion that says that people who once made between $50,000 and $250,000 a year have decided to retire on a welfare check and food stamps. I don’t know how it is where you live but here where I’m at, only illegal aliens get welfare checks. If you can speak English you are automatically disqualified. Continue reading “99ers HR 589 – Unemployment Rate Fell to 9.1% – Anybody Still Need a Job?”
I find myself a little down today as the stock market plunged over 500 points yesterday and gold went down a little too. What am I saying? This shit doesn’t have a thing to do with me. I don’t have any stocks and I sure as hell don’t have any gold. But then again I am stock as my birth certificate is traded on the world market daily. I wonder if I am worth less, I don’t feel worthless, but I guess equity is in the eye of the beholder.
Personally I have to look at this drop in the stock market for what it is and that is another great big chunk of our resources and wealth heading out of our country. See the stock market is nothing more than a big money pump. It sucks our wealth and resources in one side through elimination of our jobs and liquidation of our property, and then blows it out the other side to offshore accounts where the corporate profits are kept. Continue reading “99ers HR 589 Unemployment Extension – Are You Worried About the Stock Market?”
1.H.R.147: Prescription Drug Affordability Act – Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) to repeal provisions restricting the importation of prescription drugs. Allows a person who meets applicable legal requirements to be an importer of prescription drugs upon application to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). Requires the Secretary to approve such an application if the drug meets all FFDCA requirements for admission into the United States, including that the drug has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and is not adulterated or misbranded.
Prohibits the Secretary from taking any action against any of the persons involved with the interstate sale of a prescription drug through an Internet site if: (1) the sale was made in compliance with FFDCA, the Controlled Substances Act, and applicable state laws; and (2) accurate information regarding compliance with such laws is posted on the Internet site.
Makes this Act effective one year after enactment, without regard to whether the Secretary has promulgated regulations. Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 1/5/2011) Cosponsors (None) Committees: House Energy and Commerce Latest Major Action: 2/1/2011 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2.H.R.148: To amend title II of the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide prospectively that wages earned, and self-employment income derived, by individuals who are not citizens or nationals of the United States shall not be credited for coverage under the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program under such title, and to provide the President with authority to enter into agreements with other nations taking into account such limitation on crediting of wages and self-employment income. Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 1/5/2011) Cosponsors (None) Committees: House Ways and Means Latest Major Action: 1/14/2011 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
3.H.R.149: Social Security Beneficiary Tax Reduction Act – Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal, effective January 1, 2011, the 1993 increase in income taxes on Social Security benefits. Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 1/5/2011) Cosponsors (3) Committees: House Ways and Means Latest Major Action: 1/5/2011 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
4.H.R.150: Senior Citizens Tax Elimination Act – Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the inclusion of any social security or tier I railroad retirement benefits in gross income.
Appropriates funds to cover reductions in transfers to the Social Security and Railroad Retirement Trust Funds resulting from the enactment of this Act. Expresses the sense of Congress against using tax increases to provide revenue necessary to carry out this Act.
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 1/5/2011) Cosponsors (3) Committees: House Ways and Means Latest Major Action: 1/5/2011 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
5.H.R.151: Seniors’ Health Care Freedom Act of 2010 – Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to remove the affidavit requirement applicable to the use of private contracts with practitioners under Medicare.
Declares that no persons otherwise eligible for old-age benefits under Social Security shall be denied such benefits because of their voluntary refusal to participate in any part of the Medicare program.
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 1/5/2011) Cosponsors (None) Committees: House Ways and Means; House Energy and Commerce Latest Major Action: 2/1/2011 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
6.H.R.219: Social Security Preservation Act of 2011 – Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to require the Managing Trustee of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund (Social Security Trust Funds) to ensure that the annual surplus of the Social Security Trust Funds is invested in: (1) marketable interest-bearing obligations of the United States or obligations guaranteed by the United States; or (2) certificates of deposit in insured depository institutions. Outlines requirements for determining the annual surplus of the Trust Funds.
Prohibits disinvestment of Social Security Trust Fund amounts from public debt obligations, any refraining from making such investments, or any delay in making normal deposits in such Trust Funds for public debt limit-related purposes. Authorizes, with certain conditions, the sale of Social Security Trust Fund public debt obligations for the payment of cash benefits and administrative expenses.
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 1/7/2011) Cosponsors (8) Committees: House Ways and Means Latest Major Action: 1/14/2011 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
7.H.R.220: Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2011 – Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit using a Social Security account number except for specified Social Security and tax purposes. Prohibits the Social Security Administration from divulging the Social Security account number of an individual to any federal, state, or local government agency or instrumentality, or to any other individual.
Amends the Privacy Act of 1974 to prohibit any federal, state, or local government agency or instrumentality from requesting an individual to disclose his Social Security account number on either a mandatory or a voluntary basis.
Prohibits any two federal agencies or instrumentalities from implementing the same identifying number with respect to any individual (except as authorized by the Social Security Act).
Prohibits any federal agency from: (1) establishing or mandating a uniform standard for identification of an individual that is required to be used by any other federal or state agency, or by a private person, for any purpose other than that of conducting the authorized activities of the standard-establishing or -mandating federal agency; or (2) conditioning receipt of any federal grant, contract, or other federal funding on the adoption, by a state or local government, or by a state agency, of such a uniform standard.
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 1/7/2011) Cosponsors (None) Committees: House Ways and Means; House Oversight and Government Reform Latest Major Action: 1/17/2011 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
8.H.R.459: Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2011 – Directs the Comptroller General to complete, before the end of 2012, an audit of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and of the federal reserve banks, followed by a detailed report to Congress.
Repeals specified limitations on such an audit.
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 1/26/2011) Cosponsors (167)
Committees: House Oversight and Government Reform Latest Major Action: 1/26/2011 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
9.H.R.953: Make College Affordable Act of 2011- Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers a deduction from gross income for higher education expenses, including tuition and fees and reasonable living expenses while attending an institution of higher education, and for interest on certain education loans paid for the taxpayer, the taxpayer’s spouse, dependent, or grandchild. Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 3/8/2011) Cosponsors (None) Committees: House Ways and Means Latest Major Action: 3/8/2011 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
10.H.R.954: Family Education Freedom Act of 2011 – Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit of up to $5,000 (adjusted for inflation after 2011) per student per year for the cost of attendance at any educational institution (including any private, parochial, religious, or home school) organized to provide elementary or secondary education, or both. Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 3/8/2011) Cosponsors (None) Committees: House Ways and Means Latest Major Action: 3/8/2011 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
11.H.R.955: Professional Educators Tax Relief Act of 2011- Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employees of prekindergarten, elementary, and secondary schools a tax credit of up to $3,000 (adjusted annually for inflation after 2011). Requires such employees to hold positions involving: (1) regular contact with students; and (2) the formulation or implementation of the educational program for the school. Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 3/8/2011) Cosponsors (None) Committees: House Ways and Means Latest Major Action: 3/8/2011 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
12.H.R.956: Education Improvement Tax Cut Act – Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow: (1) a tax credit up to $5,000 per year (adjusted annually for inflation after 2011) for contributions to a school tuition organization which distributes at least 90 percent of its annual gross income for elementary and secondary school scholarships, and (2) a tax credit up to $5,000 per year (adjusted annually for inflation after 2011) for contributions to a school materials organization which distributes at least 90 percent of its annual gross income to elementary and secondary schools for materials and equipment for instruction and for extracurricular activities. Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 3/8/2011) Cosponsors (1) Committees: House Ways and Means Latest Major Action: 3/8/2011 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
13.H.R.957: Teacher Tax Cut Act of 2011- Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide a tax credit of $3,000 for full-time elementary and secondary school teachers. Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 3/8/2011) Cosponsors (None) Committees: House Ways and Means Latest Major Action: 3/8/2011 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
14.H.R.958: We the People Act – Prohibits the Supreme Court and each federal court from adjudicating any claim or relying on judicial decisions involving: (1) state or local laws, regulations, or policies concerning the free exercise or establishment of religion; (2) the right of privacy, including issues of sexual practices, orientation, or reproduction; or (3) the right to marry without regard to sex or sexual orientation where based upon equal protection of the laws.
Allows the Supreme Court and the federal courts to determine the constitutionality of federal statutes, administrative rules, or procedures in considering cases arising under the Constitution. Prohibits the Supreme Court and the federal courts from issuing any ruling that appropriates or expends money, imposes taxes, or otherwise interferes with the legislative functions or administrative discretion of the states.
Authorizes any party or intervener in matters before any federal court, including the Supreme Court, to challenge the jurisdiction of the court under this Act.
Provides that the violation of this Act by any justice or judge is an impeachable offense and a material breach of good behavior subject to removal.
Negates as binding precedent on the state courts any federal court decision that relates to an issue removed from federal jurisdiction by this Act or otherwise interfering with the legislative functions or administrative discretion of the states.
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 3/8/2011) Cosponsors (None) Committees: House Judiciary Latest Major Action: 3/21/2011 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
15.H.R.1094: Federal Reserve Board Abolition Act – Abolishes the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and each federal reserve bank.
Repeals the Federal Reserve Act.
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 3/15/2011) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Financial Services Latest Major Action: 4/4/2011 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology.
16.H.R.1095: Freedom to Bank Act – Terminates any provision of federal law (other than the Internal Revenue Code) that subjects a consumer to a penalty for withdrawing or transferring funds from any transaction account or any savings or time deposit.
Declares that no creditor, depository institution, or credit union shall be required to provide periodic statements of account to a customer unless the customer has notified it of an election to receive such statements.
Requires such entities to establish a procedure for notifying customers of their right to elect to receive statements of account and the method for implementing such election.
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 3/15/2011) Cosponsors (None) Committees: House Financial Services Latest Major Action: 4/4/2011 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
17.H.R.1096: Sanctity of Life Act of 2011 – Deems human life to exist from conception, without regard to race, sex, age, health, defect, or condition of dependency and requires that the term “person” include all such human life. Recognizes that each state has authority to protect the lives of unborn children residing in the jurisdiction of that state.
Amends the federal judicial code to remove Supreme Court and district court jurisdiction to review cases arising out of any statute, ordinance, rule, regulation, or practice, or any act interpreting such a measure, on the grounds that such measure: (1) protects the rights of human persons between conception and birth; or (2) prohibits, limits, or regulates the performance of abortions or the provision of public funds, facilities, personnel, or other assistance for abortions.
Makes this Act and the amendments made by this Act applicable to any case pending on, or commenced on or after, the date of enactment.
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 3/15/2011) Cosponsors (None) Committees: House Judiciary Latest Major Action: 6/1/2011 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
18. H.R.1097: Complete and Permanent Property Tax Deduction Act of 2011 – Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) make the standard tax deduction for real property taxes permanent; and (2) repeal the dollar limitation on such deduction and the exclusion of foreign real property taxes. Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 3/15/2011) Cosponsors (None) Committees: House Ways and Means Latest Major Action: 3/15/2011 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
19.H.R.1098: Free Competition in Currency Act of 2011- Repeals the federal law establishing U.S. coins, currency, and reserve notes as legal tender for all debts, public charges, taxes, and dues.
Prohibits any tax on any coin, medal, token, or gold, silver, platinum, palladium, or rhodium bullion issued by a state, the United States, a foreign government, or any other person. Prohibits states from assessing any tax or fee on any currency or other monetary instrument that is used in interstate or foreign commerce and that has legal tender status under the Constitution.
Repeals provisions of the federal criminal code relating to uttering coins of gold, silver, or other metal for use as current money and making or possessing likenesses of such coins. Abates any current prosecution under such provisions and nullifies any previous convictions.
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 3/15/2011) Cosponsors (None) Committees: House Financial Services; House Ways and Means; House Judiciary Latest Major Action: 6/1/2011 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
20.H.R.1099: Taxpayers’ Freedom of Conscience Act of 2011 – Prohibits a federal official from expending federal funds for any foreign or domestic population control or population planning program or family planning activity (including any abortion procedure). Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 3/15/2011) Cosponsors (None) Committees: House Foreign Affairs; House Energy and Commerce Latest Major Action: 3/29/2011 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights.
21.H.R.1101: End the Mandate Act of 2011 – Repeals provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 that require individuals to maintain minimum essential health care coverage and require large employers to offer their full-time employees the opportunity to enroll in minimum essential coverage. Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 3/15/2011) Cosponsors (None) Committees: House Ways and Means; House Education and the Workforce Latest Major Action: 4/4/2011 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
22.H.R.1102: Affordable Gas Price Act – Declares without force or effect all provisions of existing federal law that prohibit spending appropriated funds to conduct oil or natural gas leasing and preleasing activities for any area of the Outer Continental Shelf.
Revokes all existing withdrawals by the President under the authority of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act.
Amends the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act to repeal: (1) the withdrawal of public lands within the Coastal Plain from entry or appropriation under federal mining or mineral leasing laws; and (2) the prohibition against the production, leasing, and development of oil and gas from the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR).
Amends the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to shield from judicial review mandatory statements by certain federal officials regarding the environmental impact of federal actions upon the quality of the human environment.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) set forth additional incentives for investment in oil refineries; (2) suspend the tax on highway motor fuels when retail gasoline exceeds a certain benchmark; and (3) increase mileage reimbursement rates.
Authorizes the President to extend normal trade relations treatment to the products of the Russian Federation and Kazakhstan.
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 3/15/2011) Cosponsors (None) Committees: House Ways and Means; House Natural Resources Latest Major Action: 3/17/2011 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
23.H.R.1139: Tax Free Tips Act of 2011- Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt tips from the income tax, social security and railroad retirement taxes, unemployment taxes, and tax withholding. Defines “tips” as any gratuity provided to a salaried employee by a customer or client of the employer’s business. Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 3/16/2011) Cosponsors (None) Committees: House Ways and Means Latest Major Action: 3/16/2011 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
24.H.R.1146: American Sovereignty Restoration Act of 2009 [sic]- Repeals the United Nations Participation Act of 1945 and other specified related laws. Directs the President to terminate U.S. participation in the United Nations (U.N.), including any organ, specialized agency, commission, or other affiliated body. Requires closure of the U.S. Mission to the United Nations.
Prohibits: (1) the authorization of funds for the U.S. assessed or voluntary contribution to the United Nations, (2) the authorization of funds for any U.S. contribution to any U.N. military operation, and (3) the expenditure of funds to support the participation of U.S. Armed Forces as part of any U.N. military or peacekeeping operation. Bars U.S. Armed Forces from serving under U.N. command.
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 3/17/2011) Cosponsors (1) Committees: House Foreign Affairs Latest Major Action: 3/17/2011 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
25.H.R.1201: Thrift Savings Fund Improvement Act – Requires the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board to: (1) study the operation of existing precious metal funds to determine the best practices of such funds, (2) establish the Precious Metals Investment Fund incorporating the best practices of existing funds, and (3) make such Fund available to individuals participating in the Thrift Savings Plan. Requires that contributions to such Fund be invested in physical gold, silver, or platinum bullion. Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 3/17/2011) Cosponsors (None) Committees: House Oversight and Government Reform Latest Major Action: 3/17/2011 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
26. H.R.1271: Agriculture Education Freedom Act – Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the gross income of an individual any gain from the sale of any animal raised and sold by such individual as part of his or her participation in the 4-H program under the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service of the Department of Agriculture, the Future Farmers of America, any tax-exempt similar organization, or any program of a tax-exempt educational organization. Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 3/30/2011) Cosponsors (None) Committees: House Ways and Means Latest Major Action: 3/30/2011 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
27.H.R.1495: Gold Reserve Transparency Act of 2011 – Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to conduct a full assay, inventory, and audit of federal gold reserves, including an analysis of the sufficiency of the measures taken for their security.
Directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to review the results of the assay, inventory, audit, and analysis.
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 4/12/2011) Cosponsors (None) Committees: House Financial Services Latest Major Action: 5/2/2011 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology.
28.H.R.1496: Federal Reserve Transparency Act – Directs the Comptroller General to complete, within 12 months after enactment of this Act, an audit of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and of the federal reserve banks, followed by a detailed report to Congress. Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 4/12/2011) Cosponsors (None) Committees: House Oversight and Government Reform Latest Major Action: 4/27/2011 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Organization, Efficiency, and Financial Management.
29.H.R.1830: To authorize the interstate traffic of unpasteurized milk and milk products that are packaged for direct human consumption. – Prohibits any federal department, agency, or court from taking any action that would prohibit, interfere with, regulate, or otherwise restrict the interstate traffic of milk, or a milk product, that is unpasteurized and packaged for direct human consumption based on the determination that solely because the milk or milk product is unpasteurized, it is adulterated, misbranded, or otherwise in violation of federal law. Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 5/11/2011) Cosponsors (None) Committees: House Energy and Commerce Latest Major Action: 5/13/2011 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
30. H.R.1831: Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2011 – Amends the Controlled Substances Act to exclude industrial hemp from the definition of “marihuana.” Defines “industrial hemp” to mean the plant Cannabis sativa L. and any part of such plant, whether growing or not, with a delta-nine tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of not more than 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis. Deems Cannabis sativa L. to meet that concentration limit if a person grows or processes it for purposes of making industrial hemp in accordance with state law. Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 5/11/2011) Cosponsors (26) Committees: House Energy and Commerce; House Judiciary Latest Major Action: 6/1/2011 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
31.H.R.2044: Health Freedom Act – Prohibits the federal government from preventing the use of a claim describing any nutrient in a food or dietary supplement as mitigating, treating, or preventing any disease, disease symptom, or health-related condition unless, in a final order following a trial on the merits, a federal court finds clear and convincing evidence, based on qualified expert opinion and published peer-reviewed scientific research, that: (1) the claim is false and misleading in a material respect; and (2) there is no less speech-restrictive alternative to claim suppression that can render the claim non-misleading. Defines the term “material” to mean that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has identified a competent consumer survey demonstrating that consumers decided to purchase the food or dietary supplement based on the portion of the claim alleged to be false or misleading.
Revokes all FDA rules prohibiting nutrient-disease relationship claims.
Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) to deem a food to be misbranded only when its label includes a claim adjudicated to be false and misleading under this Act. Removes limits on health claims on food provided for in the FFDCA.
Prohibits the government from preventing distribution of a publication concerning the sale of a food or dietary supplement unless: (1) it establishes that a claim contained in the publication names the specific food or supplement sold and represents that the food or supplement mitigates, treats, or prevents a disease; and (2) the claim is proven to be false and misleading in accordance with this Act.
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 5/26/2011) Cosponsors (1) Committees: House Energy and Commerce Latest Major Action: 6/3/2011 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
32.H.R.2045: Freedom of Health Speech Act Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 5/26/2011) Cosponsors (1) Committees: House Energy and Commerce Latest Major Action: 6/3/2011 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
33.H.R.2080: Evacuees Tax Relief Act of 2011 – Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers to elect either a tax credit or tax deduction for up to $5,000 of their voluntary or mandatory evacuation expenses due to a disaster. Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 6/1/2011) Cosponsors (None) Committees: House Ways and Means Latest Major Action: 6/1/2011 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
34.H.R.2262: Unemployment Assistance Act of 2011 – Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income amounts distributed from tax-exempt retirement plans, health savings accounts, Roth individual retirement accounts (IRAs), and qualified tuition programs to pay for certain living, health care and education or job training expenses of a taxpayer during a period of unemployment not exceeding two years. Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 6/21/2011) Cosponsors (None) Committees: House Ways and Means Latest Major Action: 6/21/2011 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
35.H.R.2263: Unemployed Tax Relief Act of 2011 – Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the gross income of an employee who is separated from employment due to a reduction in force the last regular payment of wages prior to such separation and any severance pay received in connection with such separation. Exempts such wages and severance pay from employment-related taxation.
Requires transfers from the Treasury to employment-related trust funds to compensate for revenues lost by such trust funds due to this Act.
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 6/21/2011) Cosponsors (None) Committees: House Ways and Means Latest Major Action: 6/21/2011 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
36.H.R.2438: American Traveller Dignity Act of 2011 Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 7/7/2011) Cosponsors (None) Committees: House Judiciary Latest Major Action: 7/7/2011 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
37.H.R.2613: Citizens Protection Act of 2011 – Repeals provisions of the federal criminal code that prohibit the possession of a firearm in a school zone. Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 7/21/2011) Cosponsors (None) Committees: House Judiciary Latest Major Action: 7/21/2011 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
38.H.R.2614: The Entrepreneurship Tax Cut Act of 2011 Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 7/21/2011) Cosponsors (None) Committees: House Ways and Means Latest Major Action: 7/21/2011 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
39.H.R.2615: Second Amendment Protection Act of 2011 – Repeals the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act and the Federal Firearms License Reform Act of 1993. Restores and revives any provisions amended or repealed by such Acts as if such Acts had not been enacted.
Repeals provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and the federal criminal code distinguishing firearms used or suitable for sporting, recreational, or cultural purposes from firearms used generally.
Repeals the Child Safety Lock Act of 2005 and other provisions of the federal criminal code relating to gun storage and gun safety devices.
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 7/21/2011) Cosponsors (None) Committees: House Judiciary; House Ways and Means Latest Major Action: 7/21/2011 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
40.H.R.2616: Anti-Terrorism Act of 2011 Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 7/21/2011) Cosponsors (None) Committees: House Transportation and Infrastructure; House Homeland Security Latest Major Action: 7/25/2011 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation Security.
41.H.R.2768: To cancel public debt held by the Federal Reserve System and to lower the public debt limit by an equal amount. Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 8/1/2011) Cosponsors (None) Committees: House Ways and Means Latest Major Action: 8/1/2011 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
42.H.R.2769: Parental Consent Act of 2011 Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 8/1/2011) Cosponsors (2) Committees: House Energy and Commerce; House Ways and Means; House Education and the Workforce Latest Major Action: 8/1/2011 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
43.H.J.RES.50: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to abolishing personal income, estate, and gift taxes and prohibiting the United States Government from engaging in business in competition with its citizens.
Constitutional Amendment – Prohibits the U.S. government from engaging in any business, professional, commercial, financial, or industrial enterprise except as specified in the Constitution.
Prohibits the constitution or laws of any state, or the laws of the United States, from being subject to the terms of any foreign or domestic agreement which would abrogate this amendment.
Requires any activities of the U.S. government which violate the intent and purposes of this amendment to be liquidated and the properties and facilities affected to be sold within three years from the date of ratification of this amendment.
Repeals the Sixteenth Amendment to the Constitution three years after ratification of this amendment and thereafter prohibits Congress from levying taxes on personal incomes, estates, and gifts. Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 3/15/2011) Cosponsors (None) Committees: House Judiciary Latest Major Action: 3/15/2011 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
44.H.CON.RES.31: Expressing the sense of Congress that the President is required to obtain in advance specific statutory authorization for the use of United States Armed Forces in response to civil unrest in Libya. Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 3/15/2011) Cosponsors (10) Committees: House Foreign Affairs Latest Major Action: 3/15/2011 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
“It’s all about jobs.” “We’ve got to address the issue of jobs.” “The economy isn’t going to get any better until we get jobs.” How long are we going to let them get away with playing this same loop over and over again as they are wiping us out? You know what this “Jobs, Jobs” crap is going to turn into next week? “We need to further cut taxes for the rich…..for jobs.” “We need to send billions more in stimulus to the local road construction businesses owned by the Masons……for jobs”
Have you ever seen any of these people out of work? I haven’t. Do you realize that a twenty mile stretch of road now represents a life-long career to those receiving the government contracts, to do the repairs on the roads, that we already pay the states to take care of through gas taxes? A hundred thousand of us could retire on the money spent on those million signs that say, “Your tax dollars at work.” The people who orchestrated this little scam should be rounded up and put in a federal prison. Continue reading “99ers HR 589 Unemployment Extension – Finally We are Going to Talk about Jobs”
The traitors in DC have finished with their works of treason and will now head to their home districts and resorts around the world for some well deserved rest and relaxation. Never in the history of the world has such treason for reward existed in a society that was armed. People of the United States give new meaning to the word tolerance and we are going to be punished for our lack of diligence in allowing a soviet coup d’état in our Congress.
Rep. Ron Paul on Monday introduced legislation that would lower the federal government’s debt by canceling the roughly $1.6 trillion in debt held by the Federal Reserve.
Two American contractors blew the whistle on the U.S government in 2006, and were tortured by the American military while under their supervision in a military prison in Iraq. Donald Rumsfeld is being held personally responsible. A three judge panel of the 7th US Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago has upheld a lower court’s ruling. He now may appeal to the US Supreme Court.
