House Republicans saw testimony at a congressional hearing on Thursday as evidence that the federal government has engaged in political censorship. Meanwhile, Democrats at the hearing pushed back on the censorship allegations and focused much of their criticism on one of the four witnesses who testified—Democratic 2024 presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Mr. Kennedy…

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) is leading a Republican effort in the House to abolish a controversial surveillance authority that is due for reauthorization at the end of the year. Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) was enacted by Congress in 2008 as a post-9/11 measure to bulk up U.S. national security. The provision…

Representatives Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) and Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) engaged in a heated debate about gun control in front of a number of onlookers. Bowman exited the House floor on March 29 and urged reporters to continue questioning Republican members about their stances on the topic of weapons and shootings, accusing the GOP of being in…

The House of Representatives on Feb. 8 passed a bill that would end a vaccine mandate on foreign travelers entering the United States. H.R. 185, introduced by Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), is a brief bill. “A BILL [to] terminate the requirement imposed by the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for proof…

The House Rules Committee on Feb. 6 advanced a bill to end the requirement that foreign travelers must be vaccinated to enter the United States. In an Oct. 25, 2021, proclamation, President Joe Biden announced a ban on entry to the United States for foreigners not vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus, a ban which the administration…

The House of Representatives is set to vote next week on a bill that, if passed and signed into law, would remove the requirement for proof of a COVID-19 vaccine for non-U.S. citizens who seek to fly into the United States. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise and Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) separately confirmed Friday of the…

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) recently reintroduced his “Federal Reserve Transparency Act,” which he says was inspired by Ron Paul’s famous “Audit the Fed” measure from 1983. Paul, a former congressman and presidential candidate, created a movement decades ago that pushed for increased oversight of the Fed’s monetary policy decisions. Massie’s bill is a revised iteration…

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) reintroduced on Jan. 10 his Federal Reserve Transparency Act in the House of Representatives, an annual tradition for the congressman. Dubbed the “Audit the Fed” bill, the legislation is an evolved iteration of a bill put forth by former congressman Ron Paul (R-Tex.) back in 1983. “It’s official!” Massi wrote in a tweet …

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) is pushing for a House rules change that would require lawmakers to take at least three days after the introduction of a bill for that bill to be voted on. Now that Republicans are expected to take the majority of the lower chamber, they will have control over the rules that…