Democrats whipping against GOP’s short-term spending bill: ‘A waste of time’
House Democratic leaders have been aggressively opposing the Republican short-term spending bill, denouncing the plan as a threat to military readiness and warning that GOP leaders are on the cusp of a government shutdown. Leaving a closed-door meeting of Democratic caucus members in the basement of the Capitol, party leaders said the Republican six-month budget […]
Government could shut down before election as Democrats balk at citizen voting rule in spending bill
WASHINGTON — The U.S. government could shut down nonessential functions just weeks before the Nov. 5 presidential election as congressional Democrats signal their opposition to a House Republican spending bill that would establish stricter rules for proof of citizenship to vote. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) included language from the Protecting American Voter Eligibility Act […]
Massachusetts Welfare Recipients Are Spending EBT on Tropical Vacations
A Massachusetts investigation found that welfare recipients in the state were using their EBT cards while traveling to tropical destinations, including Hawaii, the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, thousands of miles from home. Boston Herald Revealed. Public records obtained by the outlet show dozens of EBT card spending in several popular vacation destinations, including California, […]
Energy groups pan Biden-Harris $7.3B ‘clean energy’ spending ahead of battleground visit
First appeared on FOX: Energy groups slammed the $7.3 billion in “rural electrification” funds the Biden-Harris Administration is drawing from the Inflation Control Act (IRA) ahead of President Biden's announcement in the battleground state of Wisconsin on Thursday. “This is all about politics and nothing to do with science. What he's promoting is not a […]
Biden pledges $7.3B in ‘clean energy’ spending with national debt at $35T
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Schumer sounds off on GOP plan to tie citizenship voting requirement to spending bill
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York appears unwilling to budge on recent demands from conservative Republicans to include a voting measure backed by President Trump in a stopgap spending bill that must be passed later this month. Asked if the bill was impossible for Democrats to pass, Schumer said in a statement to […]
Mike Johnson May Attach Proof-of-Citizenship Voting Law to Stop-Gap Spending Bill
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) and House Republican leadership are reportedly discussing attaching a bill to require proof of citizenship to vote to a stopgap spending bill. If Congress cannot pass a spending bill, the federal government will shut down on Sept. 30. Congressional leaders are looking at a short-term spending bill that would fund […]
Deficit spending, not 'price-gouging,' is driving inflation
In a recent speech, Vice President Kamala Harris announced a plan to ban what her campaign calls “food price gouging.” Americans are certainly concerned about rising costs, with the rising price of eggs being a prime example. 19 percent We've learned over the past year that inflation isn't caused by price gouging. But it can […]
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Inflation Climbed At Moderate Pace In July as Consumer Spending Picked Up
Consumer prices rose at a slightly faster pace last month than the month before, Commerce Department data released Friday showed. The personal consumption expenditures price index rose 0.2% in July from June, accelerating from June's 0.1% increase from May, the acceleration was in line with economists' expectations. Over the past year, the personal consumption expenditures […]