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For Immediate Release Tuesday, June 30, 2009 President considering backing what he called the ‘biggest middle-class tax increase in history’ WASHINGTON — America’s third largest party Tuesday reminded President Barack Obama that supporting a proposed $246 billion tax on employer-provided health care benefits – a proposal he opposed as ‘the biggest middle-class tax increase in […]

For Immediate Release Friday, June 26, 2009 LGBT Democrats express outrage over Obama administration defense of DOMA WASHINGTON — Representatives from America’s third-largest party greeted Democrats protesting the Obama administration’s legal arguments defending the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) outside a Thursday Democratic National Committee fundraiser aimed at gay and lesbian donors, and shared with […]

For Immediate Release Tuesday, June 23, 2009 Pelosi hopes to rush tax hike to a vote this week WASHINGTON – America’s third largest party urged the U.S. House Tuesday to defeat plans for a $1.9 trillion energy tax hike over eight years. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is attempting to rush H.R. 2454, the Waxman-Markey energy […]

For Immediate Release Tuesday, June 23, 2009 Obama nominee to negotiate treaties says U.S. must adopt “global gun control” WASHINGTON — America’s third largest party Tuesday recommended the Senate defeat the nomination of Harold Koh to be State Department legal adviser, citing a history of opposition to gun rights and national sovereignty. ‘The State Department […]

For Immediate Release Tuesday, June 16, 2009 Proposed government takeover of health care means higher costs, less effective care and rationing WASHINGTON — Libertarian National Committee Chairman William Redpath issued the following statement Tuesday in response to President Obama’s address to the American Medical Association: “There is no question our health care system is broken […]

For Immediate Release Wednesday, June 10, 2009 New polling shows 45% agree with Libertarians that stimulus spending should be canceled WASHINGTON — America’s third largest party Wednesday called on Congress to terminate the remainder of stimulus spending citing new polling data showing a plurality of Americans now believe what Libertarians have said since January – […]

For Immediate Release Monday, June 8, 2009 Jobless rate explodes to over 9%, highest in 26 years as 14.5 million Americans jobless Tax and regulatory relief would create ‘the jobs Americans need’ WASHINGTON — With unemployment exploding to 9.4 percent in May instead of decreasing as Obama promised with passage of his ‘stimulus’ package, America’s […]

For Immediate Release Wednesday, June 3, 2009 Senators urged to question Sotomayor on her Second Amendment views WASHINGTON – America’s third largest party Wednesday urged the Supreme Court to hear an appeal challenging handgun bans in Chicago and the Illinois village of Oak Park, and to rule such gun bans violate the Second Amendment. A […]

For Immediate Release Monday, June 1, 2009 Taxpayers, competing companies at risk WASHINGTON — Libertarian National Committee Chairman William Redpath issued the following statement today: “Today’s bankruptcy filing by General Motors represents yet another failure of the economic policies and George W. Bush and Barack Obama, and another in a series of bodyblows to economic […]

For Immediate Release Tuesday, May 26, 2009 Obama Court nominee ruled government should discriminate based on race WASHINGTON — America’s third largest party Tuesday criticized President Barack Obama’s nomination of federal appeals court judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, citing past rulings that public employers should discriminate in hiring based on race. ‘While Judge […]

For Immediate Release Monday, May 25, 2009 As Americans reflect this week on those who have died in defense of this nation, Libertarians everywhere join our friends, families and neighbors in honoring the men and women who gave their lives so others could be free.

For Immediate Release Wednesday, May 20, 2009 To erase the deficit, the California Legislature must address its addiction to spending PANORAMA CITY, CA — The Libertarian Party of California (LPC) applauds the defeat of ballot propositions 1A through 1E, and notes that to eliminate the perennial budget deficit, the state legislature must confront its addiction […]