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Stop Congress from Making the Protect America Act Permanent

Stop Congress from Making the Protect America Act
Permanent

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Help Pass the OPEN Government Act!

Passing the OPEN Government Act of 2007 would show bipartisan support to restore public faith in government and to advance the ideals of openness

Liberty Coalition speech to White House Civil Liberty and Privacy Board at Georgetown

If I had the ability to change your charter, I would make it more aligned with the Declaration of Independence, which clearly states that government is instituted in order to protect our inalienable rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. It does not say that concerns about life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness will be considered as the government goes about its business. “Protection,” not “consideration” is what is mandated. That is what I consider the major problem we in America face today. It is a government which has forgotten what its true purpose is and that its powers, as limited as they ought to be, is only given to it by the consent of the governed.

Conservatives Launch Effort to Rollback Presidential Abuse of Power

applauds yesterday’s launch of the American Freedom Agenda (AFA). A cooperative effort of deeply respected conservative leaders Bruce Fein, Bob Barr, David Keene and Richard Viguery, AFA’s mission is to enact legislation that restores “the Constitution’s checks and balances” and makes the subject “a staple of political campaigns and of foremost concern to Members of Congress and to voters and educators.”