Paris Hilton-backed bill aimed at stopping abuse at child treatment facilities heads to Biden’s desk
A bill backed by celebrity and entrepreneur Paris Hilton will now head to President Biden's desk after the House passed it Wednesday, a week after it passed unanimously in the Senate. of “Stop the institutional child abuse law” Hilton has spent years lobbying for the regulation after testifying that she was sexually abused at a […]
Stop-Gap Spending Bill Carveout Allows Lawmakers to Opt out of Obamacare
The lame-duck spending bill includes a carve-out that allows lawmakers to opt out of Obamacare. parliamentary leadership I slipped The Continuing Resolution (CR), a stopgap spending bill that allows lawmakers to no longer have access to health insurance plans like Obamacare or the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and instead use the Federal Employees Health Benefits […]
Republicans Bristle at Speaker Johnson over Spending Bill ‘Full of Handouts from the Uniparty to the Swamp’
Republicans are furious and frustrated with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) over a 1,547-page spending deal released just days before the deadline. The Continuing Resolution (CR) announced on Tuesday night, negotiated by Mr Johnson on the Republican side, contains tens of billions of dollars in wasted spending and includes controversial measures such as pay increases […]
Spending Bill Full of ‘Giveaways,’ ‘Pork Barrel Politics’
The spending bill negotiated by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) is full of “overspending, special interest giveaways, and pork belly politics,” said Vivek, one of the leaders of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Ramaswamy said after the announcement. of controversial measures. “I wanted to read the entire 1,500-page bill and speak with key leaders […]
Speaker Mike Johnson Is ‘Trying to Jam’ Spending Bill ‘Down Our Throats’
Josh calls the 1,547-page continuing resolution (CR) spending bill negotiated by Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and released just days before Friday's deadline “an embarrassment.”・Senator Hawley said. said During an appearance on “The Alex Marlowe Show” on Wednesday. “And the fact that the Republican Speaker of the House is trying to personally negotiate this […]
Speaker Johnson’s Spending Bill Is ‘Hugely Harmful to President Trump’
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Missouri) told Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlowe that House Speaker Mike Johnson's (R-Louisiana) spending bill, if passed by Congress, would be a big deal for President-elect Donald Trump. He said it would be “very harmful.” Appearing on “The Alex Marlowe Show” on Wednesday, Hawley said the continuing resolution (CR) spending bill led by […]
Paris Hilton eyes potential run for political office riding success of at-risk youth bill
Reality TV legend turned policy advocate Paris Hilton is considering running for office. The heiress to the Hilton hotel fortune was a key promoter of the youth welfare bill passed by Congress, but it appears she has been bitten by the political bug. “I've been here many times over the last few years and I've […]
Vance meets with Johnson after Trump torpedoes spending bill
Vice President-elect J.D. Vance spoke with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) on Wednesday night, hours after President-elect Trump scrapped the Republican leadership's spending deal. Mr. Vance remained in Mr. Johnson's office for nearly an hour as several Republican senators crowded around to discuss government funding and Friday's looming government shutdown deadline. Coming out of that […]
Federal funding bill scrapped after Trump-boosted revolt, Rep. Scalise confirms
The pressure campaign won. A bloated Congressional funding bill that faced a massive Republican revolt backed by President-elect Donald Trump has died, House Minority Leader Steve Scalise acknowledged Wednesday night. Scalise told reporters that a spending package that was supposed to fund the government through mid-March has become dysfunctional, leaving Congress busy crafting a new […]
I’ll ‘Never’ Support Spending Bill with Debt Limit Increase, Need Disaster, Ag. Spending with Pay-Fors
On Wednesday's broadcast of Bloomberg's “Balance of Power,” Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) said the spending bill must include disaster relief funding and money for farmers, but that spending It said it must be fully offset by other spending cuts to government programs. The Biden administration said it would support it, but not if disaster relief […]