If the statement issued Wednesday by US House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) is an indication of how the US House and Senate — both now under Republican leadership — will respond legislatively to the killings in Paris last week, expect expanded authorization...
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Speaker Vote Highlights US House’s Unchecked Procedural Corruption
by Adam Dick | Jan 6, 2015 | Congress Alert
It seems unlikely that the current members of the United States House of Representatives will effectively rise up against their Democrat and Republican leaders to require that the House be run in a fair and honest manner. Yet, the potential of more Republican members...
US House to Vote on Imposing National ID Cards Worldwide ‘For the Children’
by Adam Dick | Nov 18, 2014 | Congress Alert
The US House of Representatives is scheduled to vote this week on HR 3398, legislation stating that it is the policy of the United States government to encourage other nations to require all citizens to have national identity cards. HR 3398 also directs the US...
Rep. Walter Jones Challenges Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on ISIS War
by Adam Dick | Nov 14, 2014 | Congress Alert
Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC), at a Thursday hearing of the United States House of Representatives Armed Services Committee, challenged Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel regarding the ongoing US war on ISIS. In particular, Jones complains that the US is engaged in the war...
Defense Secretary Hagel to Congress: ‘Give the Military More Money’!
by Adam Dick | Oct 16, 2014 | Congress Alert
While you might expect there would be a “peace dividend” with the winding down of the United States military occupations in Afghanistan and Iraq, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel is making the rounds over the congressional recess to project the message that the United...
Speaker John Boehner Says House Should Vote on ISIS War but Refuses to Allow Vote
by Adam Dick | Sep 30, 2014 | Congress Alert
While the United States Constitution says authority over declaring and funding war resides in the Congress, US House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner refuses to allow a House vote regarding congressional authorization of the war on ISIS. Boehner says he...
Dennis Kucinich Drops In On Hemp Activists at US Capitol
by Adam Dick | Sep 25, 2014 | Congress Alert
Industrial hemp activists from around the country visited United States Representatives’ and Senators’ offices in Washington, DC this week to make the case for repealing decades-old US government restrictions related to the plant. When the activists were meeting...
Rep. Walter Jones: Don’t Arm ‘Moderates’ in Syria!
by rep. walter b. jones jr | Sep 17, 2014 | Congress Alert
Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC) has just released a statement strongly opposing the McKeon Amendment to the Continuing Resolution (HJ Res 124) scheduled for a vote today. The amendment would grant Congressional approval for the president's plan to arm and train "moderate"...
Prof. Peter Kraska’s Police Militarization Testimony for the US Senate Homeland Security Committee
by Adam Dick | Sep 10, 2014 | Congress Alert
The following is the informative and thought-provoking written testimony of Eastern Kentucky University Professor Peter B. Kraska for the United States Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee’s Tuesday hearing “Oversight of Federal Programs for...
Here Comes Increased Deficit Spending to Fight IS
by Adam Dick | Aug 27, 2014 | Congress Alert
You might think that, with the US government debt increasing year after year and bloated US military spending nearly equal to the combined military spending of the rest of the world, the US government would try to find a way to fight the Islamic State without...
Rep. Walter Jones and Ron Paul on the Saudi Arabia-Bush Administration 9/11 Cover-Up
by Adam Dick | Aug 18, 2014 | Congress Alert
“The American People have the right to know the truth and to know the relationship with the Saudis at the time of the Bush administration,” declared Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC) in a Monday discussion with Ron Paul on the Ron Paul Channel. Jones made the comment in...
House and Senate Leaders Line Up Behind Obama on Bombing Iraq
by Adam Dick | Aug 12, 2014 | Congress Alert
President Barack Obama is encountering no opposition from the top four Democrat and Republican leaders in the House and Senate as he escalates US military action in Iraq with new bombings. US Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has chosen not to comment...
No Dissent Heard as House and Senate Quickly Approve $225 million for Israel War
by Adam Dick | Aug 4, 2014 | Congress Alert
On Friday, the last day before the annual congressional August recess, new legislation (H.J.Res. 76) was introduced on the US Senate floor and rushed to passage in both the Senate and US House. The legislation gives the Israel government another $225 million dollars...
Eric Cantor Leaving US House for Wall Street Millions?
by Adam Dick | Aug 3, 2014 | Congress Alert
Did former US House of Representatives Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) announce his resignation from the House so he can speed up private negotiations to make the big bucks in the financial industry? That is the suggestion of a new Politico article. The Politico...
Former Commission Heads Endorse Rep. Walter Jones’ 9/11 Declassification Bill
by Adam Dick | Jul 31, 2014 | Congress Alert
Answering an audience member’s question at a July 22 Washington, DC event, Thomas H. Kean and Lee H. Hamilton — who were, respectively, the chair and vice-chair of the 9/11 Commission that published its report ten years ago this month—spoke in favor of making public...
Congress to Vote to Give Obama Control of Economy During ‘National Emergencies’
by Norman Singleton | Jul 28, 2014 | Congress Alert
Tomorrow, the House will consider HR 4809, legislation reauthorizing the Defense Production Act. The Defense Production Act is a cold-war era law that gives the President dictatorial control over the economy in times of war or “national emergencies.” Specifically, the...
Senate Approves Transfer Of Additional $351 Million To Israel To Fund Its Iron Dome Missile Defense System
by Jonathan Turley | Jul 18, 2014 | Congress Alert
The US Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee just approved the transfer of $351 million to Israel for the Iron Dome missile defense system — that will bring the appropriations this week for Israel to $621 million. There has been virtually no debate about such...
House Procedure in Action: Pro-Drug War Amendment OK, Pro-Gun Rights Amendment Prohibited
by Adam Dick | Jul 17, 2014 | Congress Alert
US House of Representatives rules were strictly enforced Tuesday to prevent a full House vote on a pro-gun rights amendment offered by Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) despite the earlier incorporation into the bill of a pro-drug war amendment that would also appear to be...
Resolution Requiring US Military Withdrawal from Iraq on the Fast Track to US House Vote
by Adam Dick | Jul 14, 2014 | Congress Alert
A resolution requiring the removal from Iraq of all US military troops who are not protecting diplomatic facilities and personnel that was introduced Friday in the US House of Representatives by Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) is on the fast track to a debate and vote in the...
House to Vote on ‘Expedited and Dignified’ TSA Screenings for Some People, Sometimes
by Adam Dick | Jul 7, 2014 | Congress Alert
The US House of Representatives is scheduled to consider on Tuesday the Honor Flight Act (HR 4812) that would require the Transportation Security Administration to work with a non-profit organization to establish a process for providing “expedited and dignified...
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