Tag: spending bills

President Biden Acknowledges US Low on Ammo Amid Sending Military Aid to Ukraine

President Joe Biden is meeting with the UK prime minister and King Charles ahead of a high-stakes NATO summit. How is Russia responding to the latest calls by Ukraine to join NATO, and how does China come into play? Retired General Robert Spalding joins us to assess Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s visit to China. What…


Capitol Report (Aug. 1): Federal Government to Issue IDs to Illegal Immigrants; Pelosi Heads to Taiwan?

China is ramping up threats as reports say House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is visiting Taiwan Tuesday. The White House revealed what Beijing could do and how the United States would respond. Senators this week are taking up two massive spending bills. One is to help veterans, while the other will change how businesses and Americans…


House to Vote Friday on Revised Social Spending Package, Infrastructure Bill

Lawmakers in the House of Representatives are expected to vote on Friday on a revised reconciliation bill devoted to climate change and social programs, and the bipartisan infrastructure bill already passed in the Senate in August, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said late Thursday. The House Rules Committee met late Thursday to advance the final text of the spending bill….


Trick Spending Bills Are Voodoo Economics II

Commentary The annual “trick-or-treat” ritual is over. Not so the “tricks” perpetuated by congressional Democrats about their tax-and-spend ritual, and their phony numbers. Consider the latest spending measure cobbled together by the House Democratic leadership, or more accurately their staffs. It is 2,400 pages long, much longer than the longest book I ever read. I…


Pelosi: ‘Self-Evident’ Dem’s $3.5 Trillion Spending Bill Will Be Scaled Back

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said on Sunday that President Joe Biden’s $3.5 trillion spending bill, dubbed the “Build Back Better Act,” which is scheduled for a vote on Thursday, will likely be scaled back. It “seems self-evident” that the reconciliation bill price tag will be smaller than the original proposal of $3.5 trillion, the California Democrat…


Congress Is Back to Serving Pork

Commentary Pork is being served in Washington again. Big juicy slices to the lobbyists with the deepest wallets and the campaign contributors who write the biggest campaign reelection checks. It is the way of the swamp. It is the currency of the Washington Beltway. It explains how people get so rich in politics. The two…


Congress Didn’t Read $900 Billion CCP Virus Relief Bill

When President Donald Trump signed into law the $900 billion CCP Virus relief bill Congress approved late Monday, it became illegal to make money by saying “Give a Hoot, Don’t Pollute.” That’s because, as Freedom Works researchers found during the rush to passage of the measure, Section 711A makes it a federal crime to use…


UPDATED: Congress Didn’t Read $900 Billion CCP Virus Relief Bill

News Analysis President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday night that he will not sign the $900 billion CCP virus relief bill that Congress approved late on Dec. 21. In a video he tweeted out, Trump asked Congress to increase the stimulus payments to individuals from $600 to $2,000, or $4,000 for a couple, and to…