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How Can We Live Like This?
I’m sure in their neighborhood it’s always been this way, but that just makes it that much worse. How would you feel if they did this to your little boy? How could you care about them any less?
Conservative Study Estimates the Green New Deal to Cost $93 Trillion
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Ron Paul and Norm Singleton Praise Civil Asset Reform Legislation
Campaign for Liberty Chairman Ron Paul and President Norman Singleton made the following statements on the reintroduction of the “Fifth Amendment Integrity Restoration Act” (FAIR):
The FAIR Act limits incentives for federal, state, and local law enforcement to use civil asset forfeiture (more accurately called civil asset theft) by forbidding the use of equitable sharing, which allows state and local police departments to share proceeds from civil asset theft. Equitable sharing also allows state and local police to evade restrictions on the use of civil asset theft. The FAIR Act also requires all proceeds from civil asset forfeiture go to the Treasury Department’s general fund and not to the Justice Department.
The bill also requires the presumption of innocence in civil asset theft cases, and raises the standard of proof in civil asset forfeiture cases to “clear and convincing evidence.”
The bill is cosponsored by Democrats Bobby Rush (IL-01), Jamie Raskin (MD-08), and Tony Cardenas (CA-29) and Republicans Thomas Massie (KY-04), Tim Walberg (MI-07), and Tom McClintock (CA-04).
Here are Dr. Paul’s and Mr. Singleton’s statements:
Ron Paul—Civil asset theft is one of the, if not the, worst violations of due process and individual liberty to emerge from the unconstitutional war on drugs. Congress could achieve a rare bipartisan victory for liberty by sending this bill to President Trump’s desk as soon as possible.
Norm Singleton—The bipartisan group of representatives who introduced the FAIR Act reflects the broad support among all Americans for ending abuses of civil asset theft by restoring due process and taking the profit motive out of law enforcement. Campaign for Liberty is ready to mobilize our supporters to ensure Congress passes, and President Trump signs, the FAIR Act.
This Week in Congress
The House is in session Monday through Thursday. The main legislation on the agenda this week is H.R. 7, which strengthens remedies available to “victims” of gender-based pay discrimination.
For a good analysis of the flaws in this legislation, see here.
The House will also vote on H.Res 124, legislation expressing disapproval of the administration’s recent reinstatement of the ban on transgender individuals serving in the military.
Finally, the House will vote to override President Trump’s veto of H.J.Res 46, legislation revoking President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency at the border.
The House will also consider several bills under suspension including
- H.R. 920—Places an embargo on arms shipments to any part of the Venezuelan military under control of a government not recognized as legitimate by the US government.
- H.R. 854—Authorizes $150,000,000 for 2020 and 2021 to be spent on “humanitarian aid” for the people of Venezuela.
- H.R. 1477- Our last Venezuela bill (and boy is it a doozy). Requires the Secretary of State to prepare an assumption of the threat of Russian -Venezuelan cooperation and the dangers of foreign acquisition of CITGO (the Venezuelan-owned oil company).
- H.R. 1616—Makes it a priority of US policy to help eastern and central Europe obtain energy independence.
- H.R. 1839—Expands protection from bankruptcy for certain medical patients and allows states to offer coordinated care for children under Medicaid. This program could costs an additional $20 million per year and will likely be permanent spending.
The Senate will vote on the Green New Deal. For more on the Green New Deal, see Dr. Paul’s column.
The Senate will also vote on a $13.5 billion disaster relief bill, which is smaller than the $14.2 billion version the House passed in January. However there is a bipartisan effort to increase the bill’s cost by providing more for Puerto Rico. And there will be an effort to provide aid to farmers affected by flooding.
Since this is emergency spending, Congress does not even have to try to provide offsets for the spending (but hey, it’s not like the federal debt is reaching unsustainable levels.)
Will the Trade War End in a Rural Bloodbath?
Check out this great article at the Mises Institute about the real consequences of Trump’s trade war for American farmers that are already coming due.
Netanyahu Says Golan Heights Move ‘Proves You Can’ Keep Occupied Territory
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