ACLU says Reid’s gun legislation could threaten privacy rights, civil liberties

“As we’ve seen with many large government databases, if you build it, they will come.”

 

Vince Coglianese The Daily Caller 4/4/2013

As Senate Democrats struggle to build support for new gun control legislation, the American Civil Liberties Union now says it’s among those who have “serious concerns” about the bill.

Those concerns […]

Biden 2008: If Obama ‘tries to fool with my Beretta, he’s got a problem’

Charlie Spiering The Washington Examiner 12/19/2012

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Vice President Joe Biden is expected to lead the White House task force to examine more gun control legislation, but back in 2008 he did everything he could to convince voters that his running mate supported the Second Amendment.

“I guarantee you Barack Obama ain’t taking my […]

The War on Children

Mark Steyn National Review Online 8/25/2012

…If you think Barbara Boxer’s right about General Romney’s war on woman, feel free to waste your vote. But what else is likely to happen between now and the next time you cast a presidential ballot? We’ve rehearsed the fiscal stuff in this space before: China becoming the world’s […]

Here it comes! Dems to Propose Carbon Tax Bill

McDermott pushes carbon tax Erica Martinson Politico 8/2/2012

[via Matt Dempsey U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Senate.gov]

These days in Congress, climate change is a question. Rep. Jim McDermott says a carbon tax is the answer.

McDermott (D-Wash.) will introduce a bill Thursday to create a carbon tax that he says will […]

Democratic senators offer gun control amendment for cybersecurity bill

Ramsey Cox The Hill 7/26/2012

Democratic senators have offered an amendment to the cybersecurity bill that would limit the purchase of high capacity gun magazines for some consumers.

Shortly after the Cybersecurity Act gained Senate approval to proceed to filing proposed amendments and a vote next week, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), a sponsor of the […]

Congress is About to Pass a Bill That Restricts Traveling, Driving and International Banking

Simon Black Business Insider 4/18/2012

The U.S. Passport Act of 1926 is an obscure piece of legislation that was enacted decades ago when the idea of passports started catching fire around the world.

Subsequently absorbed into U.S. Code Title 22, the law was originally intended to authorize and issue passports for citizens to travel abroad.

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