UNITED STATES - OCTOBER 16: Sens. Mike Lee, R-Utah, left, and Ted Cruz, R-Texas, make their way to the Senate floor in the Capitol  where the Senate voted to end the government shutdown and raise the nation's debt ceiling. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

How to take lawmaking out of the hands of the federal bureaucracy and presidents

(BigGovernment.news) The U.S. Constitution is very clear when it comes to the passage of laws: “All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.” But over the years, this lawmaking power has been eroded – granted, by Congress itself Read More


UNITED STATES - OCTOBER 16: Sens. Mike Lee, R-Utah, left, and Ted Cruz, R-Texas, make their way to the Senate floor in the Capitol  where the Senate voted to end the government shutdown and raise the nation's debt ceiling. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Sens. Cruz, Lee take aim at Justice Department’s anti-business ‘Operation Chokepoint’

(BigGovernment.news) Efforts to block or even eradicate the Justice Department’s controversial “Operation Choke Point,” which targets businesses the administration doesn’t like, have been numerous and frequent in the House of Representatives, but the issue didn’t seem important to the GOP-led Senate. Until now, that is. As first reported by The Daily Signal, GOP Sens. Ted Cruz Read More