Republican lawmakers savage spending bill as Mike Johnson defends it: ‘We gotta get this done’
Rep. Kat Cammack quipped that conservatives should start OnlyFans accounts as conservative lawmakers decry last-minute government spending measures announced to stave off the imminent prospect of a partial government shutdown . In a post on X, the Florida Republican declared, “Conservative Republicans should start an OnlyFans account, considering how much we're going to fail…CR is […]
‘Does It Disturb You?’: Fox News Hosts Press Mike Johnson On GOP Opposition To Massive Year-End Spending Bill
Fox News hosts Brian Kilmeade and Lawrence Jones questioned House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday about Republican opposition to Tuesday's massive spending bill to fund the government. Conservative lawmakers and House Republicans released a 1,574-page continuing resolution (CR) that would extend current government funding levels until mid-March to avoid a partial government shutdown by a […]
Spending Bill Subsidizes State Department’s Conservative Censorship Slush Fund
The government funding bill includes a one-year extension of the State Department's Global Engagement Center (GEC), which funds organizations that censor conservative media such as Breitbart News. Provisions extending funding for the program are included on page 139 of a 1,537-page continuing resolution released Tuesday night, hours before the House votes on the short-term spending […]
Congress Gives Itself a Raise with Last-Minute, 1,547-Page Spending Deal
The 1,547-page spending deal released Tuesday night provides raises for members of Congress. The lame-duck Continuing Resolution (CR), announced just three days before a potential government shutdown, removes a provision that has been in spending bills since 2009 that blocks Congress from giving automatic raises, effectively This allows for salary increases. Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), […]
1,000-Page Spending Bill Breathes New Life Into Gov’t Agency Funding Censorship Of Conservatives
Congress will extend authorizations for agencies accused of censoring conservative speech under language in a short-term spending bill released Tuesday. Lasts over 1,500 pages solution The authorization of the Global Engagement Center (GEC), which was scheduled to end this year, will be extended until 2025. Through the GEC, the State Department facilitated funding for the […]
Lawmakers ‘may slip by a day’ in releasing text on emergency spending bill
Details on the emergency spending bill are expected to be delayed, and “could be delayed by a day” as a deadline approaches to avoid a government shutdown. Lawmakers were expected to release language on Sunday for an emergency spending bill to avert a government shutdown and address disaster relief, but Fox News reported that the […]
St. Louis Public Schools suspends credit cards after spending more than $1.6 million – St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Charges to 21 SLPS-issued credit card accounts from July 2023 to July 2024 totaled approximately $1.6 million, according to records released to the Post-Dispatch on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024. ST. LOUIS — St. Louis Public Schools leaders have suspended all district-issued credit cards after faculty members spent $1.6 million during former Superintendent Keisha Scarlett's one-year […]
Parents Defending Education founder calls Biden admin’s spending spree on DEI in schools a ‘slap in the face’
Nikki Neily, founder of Parents Defending Education, criticized the Biden administration's decision to spend more than $1 billion on diversity, equity and inclusion. [DEI] Programming and training in American schools is “heartbreaking” and a disservice to American students. “At a time when 40% of American students are illiterate, the Biden-Harris administration has chosen to waste […]
Speaker Johnson May Start Trump Healthcare Agenda in End-of-Year Spending Package
The following content is Americans who support limited government. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) said the spending bill to prepare for the incoming Trump administration and keep the U.S. government running is nearly complete. He expects the text of the bill to be released over the weekend. This could include a key part of President-elect […]
Missing American Travis Timmerman found in Syria after spending months locked up in prison
On Thursday, a scruffy bearded man who identified himself as Travis Timmerman, a missing Missouri resident, was found in Syria and said he was jailed after visiting Syria for “spiritual purposes.” Timmerman, 29, said he had spent more than six months in a government prison when he was freed by rebel fighters armed with AK-47s […]