Mar 1, 2014 | Op-Eds and Blogs
More than 140,000 Americans commented on the IRS’ proposed rules that would allow it to go on targeting political groups based on their views. I was one of them. If my comments sound stern, it is because the IRS’ encroachment on the First Amendment is...
Feb 28, 2014 | Op-Eds and Blogs
The Federal Communications Commission is pulling the plug on its plans to probe journalists’ news judgment, the agency announced Friday, according to Politico:”The study was to start this spring with a pilot test in Columbia, S.C., and it included...
Feb 28, 2014 | Op-Eds and Blogs
The IRS, which did not seem to find any lessons in its political targeting scandal last spring, is proposing new regulations to restrict political speech. I submitted comments, as did well over 100,000 other Americans before last night’s deadline. This is what I...
Feb 28, 2014 | Budget, Debt and Deficit, Press Releases
Washington, D.C. – Senator Johnson made the following remarks after learning that once again, Senate Democrats will disregard their duty to produce a budget.”It’s not surprising that Harry Reid’s dysfunctional Democrat-controlled Senate would...
Feb 28, 2014 | Press Releases, Regulations and Oversight, Taxes
Washington, D.C. – On Thursday, Senator Johnson urged the IRS to abandon a cynical, unconstitutional attempt to limit free speech by joining 140,000 Americans in submitting a comment to the IRS on a rule that insults our founders and every American...
