After their usual Spring Break, the U.S. House and Senate both return to session this week . . . and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi have ambitious plans to keep the statist agenda moving forward.
***Infrastructure: on the heels of several multi-TRILLION dollar COVID relief
bills, President Joe Biden has proposed an “infrastructure” bill with a price tag somewhere between $2-3 TRILLION. And just like the COVID
bills, much of the spending isn’t related to infrastructure projects, but rather a laundry list of crony capitalism and sweetheart deals for the
well-connected.
***Gun Control: Biden promised he would act unilaterally on
guns, and he did just that last week with an executive order clamping down on homemade guns. While this will surely be challenged in the courts, the
left is once again living up to their maxim of “never let a crisis go to waste.” The Biden administration is also working on
“model” language for “Red Flag” legislation which penalizes law-abiding citizens and denies due process while criminals remain
largely unaffected. Be on the lookout for this bad legislation in the coming months.
***Election Theft: H.R 1/S. 1 has yet to move in the Senate but Chuck Schumer has insisted there will be a vote. I can only assume he
doesn’t have the needed votes right now, but you can be sure there is backroom deal-making going on to help get the votes. The Democrats need
this bill to pass so they can cement their position of power. And you and I must fight it every step of the way to ensure fairness wins.
***Vaccine Passports: Biden and his administration have flip-flopped on vaccine passports
several times – one day they acknowledge they are working on one, and then the next they say otherwise. In the end, it appears as though they
are working behind the scenes with private businesses and big tech to push a vaccine passport. They may even take the backdoor approach of requiring
companies like the airlines to require proof of vaccination to fly and in return the airlines will get billions of taxpayer dollars in the form of a
bailout from Congress.
You can be sure there is a lot of arm twisting going on to change the minds of the two Democrat senators – Joe Manchin (WV) and Kyrsten Sinema (AZ) – who have indicated they favor keeping the filibuster in place. The question remains whether either one will cave and agree to change the Senate rules.
Throughout America’s history, the pendulum has swung to one extreme, but it always comes back. You and I must be vigilant and keep the pendulum from swinging too far away from liberty.
Yes, there will be some defeats along the way, but there will also be victories. One of the things I’m most proud of is the steady stream of reports from Campaign for Liberty state leaders with victory after victory in the state houses from coast to coast.
In the past few months, state Campaign for Liberty groups have pushed back on things like ObamaCare expansion, Red Light “scameras,” various COVID measures, and tax increases, while at the same time we have won offensive battles including advancing sound money bills, constitutional carry, and election integrity.
Patriot, the rest of 2021 promises to have many challenges. I’m thankful to have you by my side in the fight for liberty!
For liberty,
Ron Paul
Chairman
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