House Manages to Pass Budget Deal & Voting “Reform” BillAugust 26, 2021 On Monday, the House of Representatives cut short their August recess and returned
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The Ivy League and the federal government might sound like strange bedfellows. However, I know of no other connection that more powerfully illustrates the depth of the swamp in D.C. Recently, our organization at OpenTheBooks.com investigated and found that during a six-year period, the eight colleges of the Ivy League reaped $42 billion in U.S. taxpayer subsidies, special tax breaks, and federal payments on contracts and grants.
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Senate Passes Infrastructure, Budget Resolution, & Advances Corrupt Politicians Act All in One Night August 12, 2021 It was a long day in the Senate
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Republican Senators Spend Like Drunken DemocratsUpdated: Aug. 6, 2021https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9-jWR1N_5MGOP Backing Infrastructure Bill Blunt (MO) Burr (NC) Captio (WV) Cassidy (LA) Collins (ME) Cramer (ND) Crapo
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Senators Hide “Woke” Provisions in Infrastructure Bill August 5, 2021 After weeks of deliberation, ten Republican Senators* came to an agreement with Democrats on a
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July 27, 2021 House Spending Bill Funds Abortion, Wokeness, and Pot This week, the House is advancing a deeply partisan and radically liberal spending bill,
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June 3, 2021President’s Budget Misses the Mark Last Friday afternoon, the Biden Administration released its budget for fiscal year 2022. Traditionally, the President’s budget acts as
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March 25, 2021 In the chess game of Congress, Republicans have decided to take a risky move among a Democrat-controlled House. Recently, House GOP members
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February 18, 2021 Washington, DC Conservatives strongly oppose the confirmation of Neera Tanden to lead the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). It is critical
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February 11, 2021 As President Biden and his Congressional allies push forward their massive $1.9 trillion COVID package, Republicans in both the House and Senate
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February 8, 2021 The Gag Act Seeks to Censure Conservatives We are now about three weeks into the start of the Biden Administration. The President
Continue reading →February 2, 2021 House Democrats Are Fast-Tracking Massive Spending After trillions of dollars have been spent by the federal government on so-called “COVID relief,” President
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December 23, 2020 Trump to Congress: Fix This Bill! This week was supposed to be a quiet one on Capitol Hill. However, it’s been nothing
Continue reading →September 10, 2020 “Slimmed-Down” Relief Bill Costs Nation $500 Billion Below are the first three paragraphs of a recent New York Times article entitled, “Federal
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This past June Louis DeJoy started as the new Postmaster General. He quickly instituted cost-saving reforms and changes to the Nation’s postal system. These included streamlining transportation policies, removing some mail-processing equipment, and reducing overtime. As DeJoy said in a memo outlining the changes, the transportation changes alone could help save the USPS about $200 million.
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It’s mid-August and in Washington, D.C. it’s a month break from the hustle and bustle of Capitol Hill while both Chambers are in August recess. But this year has been different. While the Senate continues to work in passing judicial nominations, the House left under the promise they’d, unfortunately, be back to pass a phase 4 Coronavirus stimulus package.
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July 28, 2020 House to Vote on Second Minibus Prioritizing Democratic Political Wins Last week the House passed along party lines a partisan, $259.5 billion
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July 27, 2020 House Child Care Legislation Exceeds $50 billion In another busy legislative week, the House is set to pass a pair of childcare
Continue reading →At the end of the week, House will consider the first set of appropriations, or rather a “minibus,” to end their first legislative week back in D.C. since early June. The week has been riddled with problematic legislation, and the minibus, H.R. 7608, or The Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2021 is no exception. The legislation sets funding levels for Agriculture, Interior, State, Veterans Affairs, among other items.
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Anne Schlafly Cori, chairman of the Eagle Forum, said, “I’m appalled. I’m appalled at the spending. And I’m appalled that the Republicans have joined in
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June 15, 2020 Ask the President to Stop the Outrageous Federal Spending House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has vowed to pass a fourth Coronavirus spending bill
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June 9, 2020 Senate Scheduled to Pass Bipartisan Bill that Creates Permanent Trust Fund for Federal Lands In 1964 Congress created the Land and Water
Continue reading →April 9, 2020 Congress Eyes Another Economic Stimulus It is about four weeks into the national Coronavirus shut down, and Washington is yet again gearing
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Late last week, the House passed “phase three” of the Coronavirus economic relief package, but not without some turmoil. After House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) came to an agreement, the Senate passed the CARES Act (H.R. 748) unanimously.
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