EXCLUSIVE: Conservative Group Circulates Memo To Congress Outlining Biden’s ‘Crushing’ Inflation
Former Vice President Mike Pence’s advocacy group Advancing American Freedom (AAF) is sending out a memo to all congressional offices on Wednesday detailing the high inflation under President Joe Biden’s administration, the Daily Caller News Foundation first learned. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased 3.4% in April on a yearly basis, as well as 0.3% […]
Panel Passes Resolution to Hold Merrick Garland in Contempt of Congress
The House Judiciary Committee on Thursday passed a resolution charging Attorney General Merrick Garland with contempt of Congress for failing to release the audio recording of a meeting between President Joe Biden and Special Counsel Robert Hur. The full House must approve a resolution to formally hold Mr. Garland in contempt, which is largely symbolic. […]
Michael Cohen’s ex-lawyer tells Congress Trump ‘fixer’ lied about ‘hush money’ — and that former prez knew nothing
A lawyer who represented Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen told members of Congress on Wednesday that Cohen lied about paying “hush money” to porn star Stormy Daniels. , previously claiming that the 45th president was not involved in the deal. Former Manhattan federal prosecutor Robert Costello told the House Select Subcommittee on Federal […]
Joe Biden Asserts Executive Privilege to Keep Recordings of His Special Counsel Interview from Congress
President Joe Biden on Thursday invoked executive privilege to block Congress from obtaining audio recordings of his meeting with special counsel Robert Hur. The House Oversight Committee scheduled a raise Thursday to begin proceedings to charge Attorney General Merrick Garland with contempt of Congress for refusing to hand over the recordings. Garland ignored a final […]
Here are the big lobbying battles in Congress
One of the few remaining targets for lobbyists flew out the window when the Senate sent the giant aviation bill to the House on Thursday. Lobbyists are eyeing the passage of essential legislation to advance customer priorities, with passage of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization bill expected to reduce the number of vehicles between […]
How TikTok’s slick, ‘tone-deaf’ lobbyist in Washington miscalculated as Congress passed sale-or-ban bill
TikTok’s aggressive push to stop Congress from forcing a sale or ban of Chinese-owned apps has turned into a disaster. And insiders blame the company’s sophisticated and experienced Washington lobbyists, who they say miscalculated with outdated and tone-deaf tactics. As a bipartisan bill moves toward passage late last month as part of the Ukraine-Israel aid […]
Congress should reject the Democrats’ workplace micromanagement bill
Union leaders are important financial supporters of the Democratic Party; billions of dollars Union dues paid to Democratic Party candidates each election period. To keep the gravy train moving into the 2024 election cycle, Senate Democrats have introduced a new bill that would give bureaucrats and union leaders sweeping new powers over workplaces. Republicans should […]
Federal Court Denies Steve Bannon’s Appeal On Contempt Of Congress Charges
A federal appeals court upheld on Friday the contempt of Congress conviction against Steve Bannon, The New York Times reported. Bannon, a former President Donald Trump advisor, was convicted in 2022 after ignoring a subpoena from the Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. The three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for […]
Congress is working on a federal privacy law. Here’s why we need one
Don’t look now, but Congress is preparing to pass a federal privacy law. American Privacy Rights Act A collection of state-level laws in the United States, single federal law It provides new protections ranging from regulating “dark patterns” that manipulate consumers to prohibiting unauthorized sharing of sensitive information. That’s a big deal.The average American’s online […]
Congress Overspends, but the Fed Inflates
Writing in The American Conservative, Rep. Josh Brecheen (R-OK) recently blamed inflation on irresponsible fiscal policy. He cites a barrage of statistics on the magnitude of the national debt, the looming insolvency of Social Security and Medicare, and the burdens high prices create for American households. Rep. Brecheen is partly right: perpetual deficits are bad for the economy, […]