Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) announced Monday she was writing legislation to defund the special counsel investigation against former President Donald Trump. âThis morning, Iâm writing an appropriations rider to DEFUND Special Counsel Jack Smithâs office and entire investigation,â she tweeted. She also pledged to vote against any appropriations bill that funded the âweaponization of
Republican Bill Would Defund Planned Parenthood
March 12, 2023 by
Congresswoman Lauren Boebert (R-CO) introduced a bill that would defund Planned Parenthood and redirect funding to community health centers that do not perform abortions. Boebert introduced the Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2023 on Friday with the support of 29 House Republican co-sponsors, Fox News reported. The legislation would place a one-year moratorium on federal
GOP readies political heartburn for an FBI it won’t defund
November 7, 2022 by
The entire affair is likely to spotlight divisions between more traditional national security hawks and House Republicans who skew more libertarian-minded or Trump-centric. âI think the FBI has gotten heavily, severely off track since 9/11. And we ought to do a deep dive into ensuring that the FBI is focused on organized crime, combating crime
âDefund The Policeâ Is So Unpopular That Democrats Are Now Claiming Republicans Did It
June 29, 2021 by
In one of the most liberal places in the U.S. â New York City â a Democratic primary for mayorship shows a microcosm of how the majority of the public takes to âdefunding the policeâ campaigns and attitudes. Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, a former NYPD officer, currently leads Maya Wiley, who is endorsed by…
Ocasio-Cortez Warns Against âHysteriaâ Over Rising Violence, Reiterates Her Proposal To Defund Police
June 28, 2021 by
Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called publicâs concerns over an ongoing increase in violent crimes âhysteriaâ and repeated her proposal to defund the police during a Saturday Zoom call. âWe are seeing these headlines about percentage increases. Now, I want to say that any amount of harm is unacceptable and too much, but I…
Alyssa Milano: My ‘Defund the Police’ Support Is a Call for a ‘Radical Reconstruction of Society’
November 23, 2020 by
Actress Alyssa Milano said her support for the so-called Defund the Police movement was a call for a âradical reconstruction of society,â on Tuesdayâs broadcast of ABCâs âThe View.â Co-host Sunny Hostin said, âOne of the other crises weâre going through is this sort of national debate on policing. You were in the news a…
Trumpâs Last-Minute Play To Defund Sanctuary Cities.
March 20, 2018 by
President Donald Trump is hosting a roundtable at the White House Tuesday for federal officials, members of Congress and state attorneys general to ramp up pressure on cities that donât comply with federal immigration laws. Conservatives in Congress, along with the president and administration officials, spent the entirety of last week lobbying leadership to stop […]
Time to Defund the United Nations.
December 27, 2017 by
Last week, Democrats and many in the mainstream media became highly perturbed by the Trump administration’s suggestion that the United States might tie continued foreign aid to support for its agenda abroad. Foreign dictators agreed. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who spent the last year arresting dissidents, announced, “Mr. Trump, you cannot buy Turkey’s democratic […]
National Sheriffsâ Association Backs Sessions in Push to Defund Sanctuary Cities.
December 11, 2017 by
The National Sheriffsâ Association came out in favor of the Department of Justice Thursday in Attorney General Jeff Sessionsâ push to withhold funds from Chicago and other sanctuary cities. The sheriffsâ associationâwhich represents more than 3,000 sheriffs nationwideâwill file an amicus brief in support of the DOJ in ongoing litigation between Sessions and the city […]
Congress Planning To Defund UN As Critics Seek Full Withdrawal
December 28, 2016 by
U.S. lawmakers and pro-Israel activists are calling for an end to American taxpayer funding of the United Nations after a controversial UN Security Council vote declared some Israeli settlements to be illegal. Congress is already planning to cut the UN’s funding in response to the UN scheme. The growing outrage also came from President-elect Donald […]
Obama’s Israel Vendetta Opens the Door for Trump to Defund the UN
December 27, 2016 by
We live in a world of unintended consequences and Barack Obama, in his overwhelming zeal to exact last-minute personal vengeance on Bibi Netanyahu in particular and Israel in general with Friday’s Security Council vote, opened the door to the defunding and serious diminution of the United Nations itself. Donald Trump — who is seeking to spend a ton of taxpayer […]
Democrats Block Senate’s Attempt to Defund Planned Parenthood, GOP Has Backup Plan to Avoid Shutdown
September 24, 2015 by
The Defund Planned Parenthood effort has hit another brick wall in Congress. After the House of Representatives successfully voted to strip the organization of taxpayer money for one year, Republicans just didn’t have enough support in the Senate to reach the 60-vote threshold on Thursday. The legislation was blocked in a vote of 47-52. If […]
3 States Defund and 13 States Investigate Planned Parenthood
August 13, 2015 by
The three states that recently denied taxpayersâ money to Planned Parenthood affiliates likely will be followed by others as public pressure mounts on governors and other state officials, regardless of whether Congress votes to defund the nationâs leading abortion provider. Defunding on the state levelâas in Alabama, Louisiana, and New Hampshireâmay not be as sharp […]
Planned Parenthood Defund Bill Fails in Senate; Democrats Claim Baby Parts Harvesting Group Aids Women’s Health
August 4, 2015 by
The U.S. Senate has rejected a bill to defund Planned Parenthood and transfer its estimated $500 million in federal funds to other women’s health sources. Senate Bill 1881 failed to get the 60 votes required to have debate closed and a vote on the proposed legislation granted, with the results largely falling along party lines. […]
Pro-Abortion Minority Blocks Senate Bill to Defund Planned Parenthood Despite Bipartisan Majorityâs Vote to Cut Tax Dollars
August 3, 2015 by
A pro-abortion extremist minority in the U.S. Senate has filibustered a vote to defund Planned Parenthood. A bipartisan majority of the Senate voted to close debate and vote to cut off the abortion giantâs taxpayer funding, falling short of the 60-vote threshold to avoid a filibuster. This means that a minority of the Senate â […]
Senate Will Attempt to Defund Planned Parenthood Before Recess
July 29, 2015 by
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday the Senate will vote on a bill to defund Planned Parenthood before lawmakers leave Capitol Hill next week for August recess. Republican legislators have pushed heavily to strip federal funding from the group following the release of three undercover videos showing top Planned Parenthood officials discussing the sale […]
Time to Defund Planned Parenthood’s Body Shop
July 18, 2015 by
If Kermit Gosnell and Margaret Sanger had a love child, it might be Dr. Deborah Nucatola, Planned Parenthoodâs Senior Director of Medical Services, who, in an undercover video released Tuesday, appears to be calmly brokering the sale of body parts as if she were negotiating over lawn furniture at a garage sale. In one disturbing […]