April 2010
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By RonPaul.com on April 28, 2010
Ron Paul and Harry Mitchell have again stopped the increase in pay that Members of Congress automatically get every year unless it is voted down. Their efforts to block the pay raise for 2010 was successful last year, and today their bill to block the pay raise for 2011 passed overwhelmingly (402-15) in the House [...]
Posted in Ron Paul in Congress, Ron Paul's Speeches | Tagged Freeze, HR 5146, Pay Rise |
By RonPaul.com on April 26, 2010
Update: The vote failed by a vote of 57-41. On April 27, the vote failed again by 57-41. The stalemate ended on April 28 after Democrats agreed to revise the section of the bill aimed at preventing future bailouts. Today (April 30) the Senate is debating the bill, and votes on amendments (including Bernie Sanders’ [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve, Ron Paul's Legislation | Tagged Alan Grayson, Audit the Fed, Bernie Sanders, HR 1207, S 604 |
By RonPaul.com on April 25, 2010
Socialism vs Corporatism by Ron Paul Lately many have characterized this administration as socialist, or having strong socialist leanings. I differ with this characterization. This is not to say Mr. Obama believes in free-markets by any means. On the contrary, he has done and said much that demonstrates his fundamental misunderstanding and hostility towards the [...]
Posted in Health Care, President Obama, Ron Paul's Writings, Texas Straight Talk | Tagged Corporatism, Corporatist, Obama, Obamacare, Socialism, Socialist |
By RonPaul.com on April 23, 2010
Ron Paul took to the House floor on Thursday to oppose HR 2194, the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability and Divestment Act, and he warned against war propaganda being spread in the House. Ron Paul’s statement as entered into the record Date: 4/22/2010 Transcript Ron Paul: I thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today the motion to instruct [...]
Posted in Ron Paul in Congress, Ron Paul's Speeches | Tagged Blowback, HR 2194, Iran, Propaganda, Sanctions |
By RonPaul.com on April 22, 2010
Statement of Congressman Ron Paul United States House of Representatives Statement on Motion to Instruct Conferees on HR 2194, Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability and Divestment Act April 22, 2010 Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to this motion to instruct House conferees on HR 2194, the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability and Divestment Act, and I [...]
Posted in Foreign Policy, Ron Paul in Congress | Tagged HR 2194, Iran, Propaganda, Sanctions, War |
By RonPaul.com on April 22, 2010
Ron Paul appeared on MSNBC’s Hardball today to discuss Social Security, Obamacare and the Tea Party movement. Channel: MSNBC Show: Hardball Date: 04/22/2010 Transript Chris Matthews: Welcome back. We saw thousands of Tea Partiers rally in Washington on Tax Day last week. And a recent political poll actually shows the movement is split between social [...]
Posted in Health Care, Ron Paul's Interviews | Tagged Chris Matthews, Hardball, MSNBC, Obamacare, Sarah Palin, Social Security, Tea Party |
By RonPaul.com on April 21, 2010
Ron Paul talks with Don Imus about his son Rand Paul, why so many people are misinterpreting the the Constitution, what motivates the supporters of big government, whether he will run for president in 2012 (he hasn’t decided yet), the U.S. government’s unwavering support for Israel, and what Barack Obama should say to Wall Street [...]
Posted in Ron Paul's Interviews | Tagged Big Government, Constitution, Freedom, Israel, Obama, Rand Paul, Ron Paul 2012, Wall Street |
By RonPaul.com on April 19, 2010
The monetary system, the Federal Reserve and the SEC are the cause of corruption in our economy, and giving them more power will only make things worse. Date: 04/19/2010 Channel: Fox Business Transcript Ron Paul: The SEC is a Total Failure and Part of the Problem Stuart Varney: The passage of a regulation bill, a [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve, Ron Paul's Interviews | Tagged Corruption, End the Fed, Fox Business, Goldman Sachs, Monetary system, SEC, Stuart Varney |
By RonPaul.com on April 19, 2010
Endorsed by Ron Paul Ron Paul’s son Rand Paul is running for the U.S. Senate in Kentucky. His supporters organized a mass donation event (money bomb) for April 19, to help Rand fight back against the lies and smears by his opponent. Thousands of online participants visited Rand’s site at RandPaul2010.com to learn more about [...]
Posted in Elections 2010, Rand Paul | Tagged Kentucky, money bomb, Ran Paul 2010, Rand Paul, Senate |