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Every paper dollar you own carries the words "Federal Reserve Note" (FRN). This means they were issued by the Federal Reserve System (Fed), a

In fact, it is the inflationary policies of the federal government and the central bank (the Fed) that have brought us to the brink of a recession in the first place, if we are not already in one. The present problem revolves around the fact that creating money out of nothing distorts price signals in the economy,

Stop Congress from Making the Protect America Act Permanent

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Americans fought a revolution in 1776 to end the government's blanket power to invade individuals' privacy. We must return to our roots and restore the Constitution immediately: No surveillance of Americans' communications without a warrant.

The DEA is blocking medical marijuana research -- while citing a lack of research to justify its continuing campaigns against medical marijuana users and state medical marijuana laws.

Right now is a unique window of opportunity to end the federal government's decades-long stranglehold on research into marijuana's potential as an FDA-approved prescription medicine. On May 15, 2007, DEA Law Judge Mary Ellen Bittner issued an Opinion and Recommended Ruling to DEA in favor of Prof. Craker's application to grow research-grade marijuana at the University of Massachusetts--Amherst. Prof. Craker's facility would end NIDA's decades-long monopoly on the supply of marijuana that can be used in FDA-approved research, and is the focal point of the struggle to bring medical marijuana before the FDA to evaluate whether it meets federal standards for safety and efficacy as a prescription medicine.

It's time to put the Senate on notice that we think a national ID scheme is un-American, dangerous and wrong. Our Senators will be voting on amendments to the immigration bill that will remove REAL ID provisions from the bill either today or tomorrow (June 26th or 27th): we need to get these amendments passed.

Ask Senate leadership to bring the OPEN Government Act to the floor! The Senate Judiciary passed the OPEN Government Act (S. 849) in April and it now awaits floor time to pass the Senate. The OPEN Government Act would increase public access to government information by strengthening the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).

Last week, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs voted to approve S.274 and send it to the Senate floor for debate. S.274 is the Senate equivalent to the House bill H.R. 985. This legislation, if passed, would constitute an important and hard fought victory for Federal employees.

The Senate immigration bill (S. 1348) contains a provision that would require all Americans to present a REAL ID card before they can get a job. The bill could be brought up before the full Senate soon, perhaps as early as the week of June 18.