Tag: Policies & Impacts

Red State Residents Have Lighter Tax Burdens Compared to Americans in Blue States

March 30, 2023
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Red states maintain their lead when it comes to lower tax burdens compared with blue states. Tax-filing day is coming up on April 18, leaving many taxpayers worried about how it will affect their finances, as many are still struggling as a result of the pandemic and higher prices. WalletHub, a credit score site, released a…

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Texas Senators Hear Witness Testimonies on Organ Harvesting in China

March 30, 2023
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The Texas Senate Health and Human Services Committee on Wednesday heard from witnesses who favor proposed legislation that would prohibit health benefit plans from paying for vital organs originating in China, where forced organ harvesting occurs. “Senate Bill 1040 is intended to combat the horrific practice of forced organ harvesting,” said Republican state Sen. Lois Kolkhorst,…

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Texas Senators Hear Witness Testimonies on Forced Organ Harvesting in China

March 30, 2023
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The Texas Senate Health and Human Services Committee on Wednesday heard from witnesses who favor proposed legislation that would prohibit health benefit plans from paying for vital organs originating in China, where forced organ harvesting occurs. “Senate Bill 1040 is intended to combat the horrific practice of forced organ harvesting,” said Republican state Sen. Lois Kolkhorst,…

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Fed Was in Talks With Silicon Valley Bank to Use Discount Window Before Collapse

March 30, 2023
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Federal Reserve officials were reportedly in discussions with Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) to use its discount window, right before its collapse earlier this month. The Fed’s top enforcer testified in front of Congress on March 29, as the elected representatives demanded answers for the California-based lender’s collapse. House lawmakers questioned the regulators’ competency and accused…

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29 Dems Join GOP in House Vote to Block Biden Admin From Limiting Access to Gas Stoves

March 30, 2023
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U.S. House lawmakers voted in support of an energy bill amendment that would prevent the Department of Energy from introducing energy efficiency standards that could outlaw most gas stoves on the market today. More than a dozen Democrats joined Republicans in supporting the measure, part of a Republican-led pro-fossil-fuel legislative package H.R. 1, also referred to as the…

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Mental Health Bill Is ‘State-Sanctioned Kidnapping,’ Parental Rights Advocates Say

March 30, 2023
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A California bill that would allow school mental health counselors to send children as young as 12-years-old to residential mental health facilities without parental consent has outraged parental rights advocates. Erin Friday, an attorney and western U.S. regional co-leader for Our Duty, a parental rights group that opposes transgender ideology, told the Assembly judiciary committee…

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Kentucky Bans Transgender Procedures for Minors After Lawmakers Override Governor’s Veto

March 29, 2023
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Lawmakers in Kentucky’s legislature on Wednesday passed into law S.B. 150—a bill that prevents minors from accessing transgender procedures—having voted to override Gov. Andy Beshear’s veto of the measure. The move means that Kentucky is the 11th state in the country to ban transgender procedures for minors. It becomes the eighth state to do so this…

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House Republicans Say Homeland Security Chief’s $60 Billion Budget Concedes Border Cannot Be Secured

March 29, 2023
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Any federal department head with a $60.4 billion annual spending request is going to see fiscal hawks on Congressional panels flash their budget-cutting knives in appropriations hearings. But when it comes to embattled United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas—literally, the face of President Joe Biden’s much-maligned border and immigration policies—House Republicans…

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Senate Votes to End COVID National Emergency, Sending Bill to Biden’s Desk

March 29, 2023
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The Senate passed a resolution, 68-23, on March 29 to end the COVID-19 national emergency sooner than scheduled. The measure, which was introduced by Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) and passed the House on Feb. 1, now heads to President Joe Biden, who is expected to sign it, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) told Democrats,…

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Supreme Court Suggests IRS Went Too Far in Tax Enforcement Case

March 29, 2023
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The Supreme Court seemed generally sympathetic to the claim of the wife of a delinquent taxpayer that the IRS had gone too far in her case in secretly summonsing third-party bank records. Throughout the hearing on March 29, the justices acknowledged the Internal Revenue Service needs tools to pursue delinquent accounts but suggested that potential…

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