Author: The National Center

Government Can’t Take Away Your Rights If You Give Them Up, by Lisa Fritsch

New Visions Commentary /
Just because kids seem to go into heat when they hit puberty doesn't mean our government-run schools should be allowed to treat them like dogs. It used to be that parents were a source of reason and wisdom for whom ...
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New Law of the Sea Treaty Website to Help Close “Information Gap” About Treaty

Press Release /
Washington, D.C. - As the Senate Foreign Relations Committee votes on the controversial Law of the Sea Treaty October 31, The National Center for Public Policy Research is unveiling a new website providing educational resources on the Law of the ...
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U.S. House Approves Race-Based Government in Hawaii

Press Release /
Washington, D.C. - The U.S. House of Representatives today approved a far-reaching bill that would create a race-based government with substantial power over the affairs of the state of Hawaii. The "Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2007" (H.R. 505, ...
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Congress Votes to Line Special Interest Pockets, Threaten Local Rule

Press Release /
Washington, D.C. - Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the "Celebrating America's Heritage Act" (H.R. 1483) which would send over $135 million of federal pork to special interest groups in select members' districts.  The bill would create six new ...
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John Stossel on Global Warming

The Stop The ACLU blog has the video. Hat tip: Brad Wilmouth, writing at Newsbusters (Brad's post inclues a transcript of Stossel's piece). _____ Labels: Climate, Environment, Media ...
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SCHIP-Expansion Backers Oppose Choice; Democratic Leadership SCHIP Bill Blocks Insurance Options for the Frost Family

Press Release /
Washington, D.C. - As the U.S. House of Representatives votes today in what the Democratic leadership hopes will be a successful override of President Bush's veto of its SCHIP expansion bill, The National Center for Public Policy Research wants to ...
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Coalition Letter: Coalition Letter on the Clean Water Restoration Act

Coalition Letter on the Clean Water Restoration Act October 9, 2007 The Honorable Nancy Pelosi Speaker of the U.S. House of Representative H-232, U.S. Capitol Washington, DC 20515 Dear Speaker Pelosi: A bill is now making its way through the ...
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Oberstar and Feingold Bait-and-Switch: Deceptively-Named “Clean Water Restoration Act” Would Expand, Not Restore Federal Powers

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Washington, D.C. - A letter signed by over 100 people representing diverse interests and millions of Americans is being delivered to Congress this morning contending that the Clean Water Restoration Act (CWRA) would achieve the opposite of what its sponsors ...
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Under Law of the Sea Treaty, Burmese Junta Has Purse String Powers

David Ridenour takes another look at the Law of the Sea Treaty, and still doesn’t like what he sees: Brutal assaults on pro-democracy demonstrators, the arrest of 700 Buddhist monks, the complete obliteration of at least 18 villages, the dragging ...
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If You Approve of Dragging Pro-Democracy Demonstrators from their Beds at Night, You’ll Love the Law of the Sea Treaty

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Washington, D.C. - Just as the Bush Administration has stepped up its human rights pressure on the Burmese ruling junta in light of that regime's brutal crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators, it is simultaneously taking a substantial step to increase the ...
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