Press Releases and Party News

Today’s Washington Times editorial takes an eye-opening look into the Obama insinuation that America’s 45 million uninsured are middle-class families who simply can’t get health insurance unless Congress gives in to his proposed government takeover of health care. Click here to read the editorial, or pick up a copy of the Times if you live […]

Writing in his blog for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 2008 Libertarian presidential nominee Congressman Bob Barr lays out the case against Harold Koh, the Obama nominee to be State Department legal adviser.  Koh’s nomination will be voted upon by the Senate today and if confirmed, he would be negotiating treaties for the United States and essentially […]

Health care researcher Dr. Jeffrey H. Anderson, writing in today’s Investor’s Business Daily, reveals the troubling findings of research into government-run health care programs.  Despite Barack Obama’s promises that his proposed government takeover of doctor’s offices will somehow reduce costs, the facts show exactly the opposite is true. You may click here to read the […]

From yesterday’s surprising editorial in The Washington Post, which endorses positions long held by the Libertarian Party.  You may click here to read the full editorial. The Post concludes: Europe’s increasingly privatized mail services offer exciting examples of postal possibilities in the 21st century. They are leaner and greener than the U.S. service because they […]

Health Care Catastrophe By: Daniel Murdock         Even though working Americans would pay trillions more in additional taxes, Washington continues to press forward with plans for health care reform. There are numerous proposals on how to raise the necessary funds, but Senator Max Baucus’ (D-Mont.) plan to “limit allowable tax free health benefits” has garnered […]

A recent CBS/New York Times poll showing a majority of Americans wanted to pay higher taxes to fund a government takeover of the health care system clashed sharply with a multitide of polls showing Americans opposed the plan. The independent, non-partisan Media Research Center reports on why — CBS and the Times radically oversampled the […]

Over at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution website, 2008 Libertarian presidential nominee Congressman Bob Barr draws attention to one of the major hurdles facing our economic recovery — the $1.17 trillion cost of complying with government regulations that must be carried by every American citizen and employer. Removing unneeded and unnecessary regulations would be an important first […]

          The LP National internship program had an exciting week with outreach at several events around town including the National Taxpayers Union Conference, and Capital Pride. Interns have moved from all over the country to intern at the LP and participate in these events. While mostly focused on local events, they are also providing valuable […]

The independent, non-partisan Institute for Justice announced Tuesday it successfully negotiated a settlement with the Village of Port Chester, New York in the wake of a 2008 federal court victory by local businessman William Brody.  Brody, represented by IJ, has been engaged in a nine-year eminent domain battle with the village, which took Brody’s property […]

CNN reports that Obama’s attempt to buy off gay activists with federal benefits, after the White House compared them to pedophiles in a legal brief opposing gay marriage, is "too little, too late." CNN reports in part: President Obama’s decision to grant some benefits to the same-sex partners of federal employees is seen by some […]