Over four thousand Americans have signed a petition to boycott Chase bank over a company survey that probed employees about their personal beliefs. Launched by The National Organization for Marriage (NOM), the campaign “Void Chase,” urges customers across the globe to take their banking business elsewhere until JP Morgan Chase apologizes and promises “never again […]
A well-funded, politically influential environmental group based in Fauquier County, Va., stands accused of colluding with government officials and real estate moguls to force a local farmer into selling a highly coveted parcel of land. The Piedmont Environmental Council, a 501(c)(3) tax exempt group, and the husband-wife real estate team of Phillip and Patricia Thomas, […]
(CNSNews.com) – At a public session to announce its findings on government data collection through the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) that some claim targets U.S. citizens, members of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board expressed support for the program and its usefulness in fighting terrorism. “We found nothing but hardworking men and women […]
Leaders of top conservative organizations joined forces to deliver a clear message to Republican lawmakers: Allowing the charter of the Export-Import Bank to expire is the only principled option. The Conservative Action Project, a coalition of leaders of groups ranging from Heritage Action for America and Americans for Prosperity to Tea Party Patriots and the […]
(CNSNews.com) – Placing free birth control above religious freedom, Democrats in both the Senate and the House on Wednesday announced legislation to “right” the alleged “wrong” done to women by the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent Hobby Lobby ruling. “Women across the country and men are outraged by a decision by five Supreme Court justices that […]
(CNSNews.com) – While the House and the Senate this week issued measures intended to temporarily replenish the Highway Trust Fund before it runs out of money next month, Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) ended the week by proposing to hike – then abolish – the federal fuel tax and replace it with a per-mile “fee.” “The […]
[youtube -2Bq6VUeqfs nolink] On Sunday, the press pushed back. In an interview with the new White House press secretary Josh Earnest, CNN’s Brian Stelter questioned how an administration that prosecutes whistleblowers and curtails press access could still claim the self-awarded title of “most transparent in history.” Philip Wegmann is a member of the Young Leaders […]
President Obama’s request for emergency funding to respond to the crisis along the southwest border drew more heat today from two prominent Texans — Gov. Rick Perry and Rep. Mike McCaul, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee. “It is a very large amount of money and as you analyze it, very little of it is […]
The IRS has less than 30 days to detail under oath and in writing the circumstances surrounding the disappearance of former official Lois Lerner’s emails and to summarize options to recover the messages, a federal judge ruled. Judicial Watch, a non-partisan watchdog group, has sought the documents from the Internal Revenue Service since last year […]
Following the revelation that the Environmental Protection Agency plans to garnish wages without a court order to collect non-tax debts (i.e. misused grant funds, unrepaid loans or “fines, penalties or fees assessed by federal agencies”), the EPA has sought to defend its proposed rules. The agency cites The Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 (DCIA) […]
