WASHINGTON â House Speaker Mike Johnson is heeding the demands of the more conservative wing of his Republican conference and has teed up a vote this week on a bill that would keep the federal government funded for six more months and require states to obtain proof of citizenship, such as a birth certificate or passport, when […]
House Republicans push bill that links federal funding to a citizenship check for new voters
September 8, 2024 by
House Oversight Committee Chairman Comer: Ukraine Funding with No Strings Attached is Unacceptable
April 3, 2024 by
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) told Breitbart News that âsending taxpayer funds to Ukraine with no strings attached is unacceptable,â after an Embassy spokesperson claimed U.S. money doesnât even go to Ukraine, when asked if any funds went to a city that is currently building a new condo on a Jewish mass grave.
Johnson confronts biggest test yet: Whether to walk away from his own funding deal
February 27, 2024 by
Mike Johnson (center), flanked by Reps. Steve Scalise (left) and Tom Emmer (right), departs a press conference. Johnson and his team are offering private reassurances to rattled rank-and-file Republicans that he didnât concede anything to conservatives. | Francis Chung/POLITICO Speaker Mike Johnsonâs grip on his fractious conference slipped this week after he struck a government
Johnson strikes his first bipartisan deal â a $1.7T funding accord
February 19, 2024 by
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) at the Capitol in December. | Francis Chung/POLITICO Congressional leaders have clinched a deal on overall budget totals that could pave the way for a broader government funding compromise in the coming weeks â further enraging Speaker Mike Johnsonâs right flank. The long-stalled
JD Vance: Zelensky Demands for U.S. Taxpayer Funding ‘Disgraceful,’ ‘Grotesque’
February 12, 2024 by
Monday on FNCâs âThe Ingraham Angle,â Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) criticized Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for what he deemed to be an âundignified processâ involving a Capitol Hill visit and pressing Congress for aid for his war-torn nation. Partial transcript as follows: VANCE: Laura, itâs utterly disgraceful. Weâre about to go through the United States Senate
Whereâs the funding coming from to remove Trump from state ballots?
January 4, 2024 by
Finally, we still havenât answered the initial query â who is funding John Anthony Castroâs legal challenges to the candidacy of Donald J. Trump? Got any ideas? John Anthony Castro, of whom almost nobody has previously heard, has made it his mission to challenge Trumpâs name appearing on the ballot in 17 states. According to […]
Exclusive: DeSantis Campaign Now Says He Would Block Funding for UNRWA Gaza Cash Despite Voting Against Measures That Did So
November 10, 2023 by
The campaign of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis now says that, as president, he would not support the U.S. funding the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) despite previously voting against congressional measures that would have done that, providing an explanation to Breitbart News for his previous votes against the measures and
GOP senators introduce stand-alone bill to aid Israel without more funding to Ukraine
October 30, 2023 by
GOP Sens. Roger Marshall, Ted Cruz, JD Vance and Mike Lee introduced a stand-alone bill to funnel aid to Israel without tying it to Ukraine aid on Thursday. The bill, called the Israel Supplemental Appropriations Act, is an alternative to President Bidenâs $106 billion emergency supplemental bill he requested from Congress last week. The Israel […]
McCarthy reverses on Ukraine aid as GOP scrambles on funding bills
October 18, 2023 by
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said the bill will move forward with the Ukraine aid included, arguing it would be too complicated to remove. | Francis Chung/POLITICO Speaker Kevin McCarthy is backtracking on his plan to remove Ukraine aid from a massive military spending bill as Republicans scramble to find a way forward on funding the
House Republicans Try Flipping Script from Funding Futility to Border Security
September 26, 2023 by
AP Photo/Nathan Howard House Republicans are hammering out their differences over spending plans for 2024 while Democrats and the media blame them for the looming shutdown caused by the establishmentâs unpopular demands for more migration and the war in Ukraine. The House is preparing to vote as soon as Tuesday on individual spending bills for
In hurricane-torn Florida, Biden urges Congress to shore up emergency funding
September 3, 2023 by
âEvery American rightly expects FEMA to show up when they are needed to help in a disaster,â President Biden said Saturday in Live Oak, Fla. | Julio Cortez/AP Photo Speaking from one of Floridaâs regions hardest hit by Hurricane Idalia, President Joe Biden called on Congress to quickly boost FEMAâs disaster fund budget that a
Rand Paul rips Bill Gates’ alleged tie to gain-of-function research: ‘Funding the biggest danger to mankind’
August 23, 2023 by
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, R., called for accountability on both the U.S. and China’s parts in wreaking havoc on the world by allegedly fostering an environment for the COVID-19 virus to jump species and spread across the world. During an exclusive “Sunday Morning Futures’ interview with Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo, Paul called for slashing gain-of-function […]
Capitol Hill reckons with a government funding fight that just got tougher
August 18, 2023 by
House conservatives accused Speaker Kevin McCarthy (left) of backtracking on secret promises and cutting a bum deal with President Joe Biden (right). | Alex Brandon/AP Photo President Joe Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthyâs debt deal should have made this fallâs incoming funding fight easier. Instead, the opposite has happened. Congressional spending leaders who â in
Banks, Rubio introducing blanket ban on Pentagon funding for schools hosting CCP-tied Confucius Institutes
August 12, 2023 by
EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., and Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., are introducing legislation that would close what they describe as loopholes in the Biden administrationâs guidance that still allows Department of Defense (DOD) funding to go to universities with Chinese Communist Party (CCP)-linked Confucius Institutes. The No Federal Funding for CCP Spying and Persuasion in […]
House Republicans start their funding rumble with shutdown looming
August 11, 2023 by
Speaker Kevin McCarthy wonât necessarily need to reach a grand accord with his conservatives to win enough votes to pass one or two of the funding bills that he wants on the floor next week. | Francis Chung/POLITICO Both parties have long anticipated a September showdown over keeping the government funded. This week, House Republicans
Republicans Rip Joe Biden for Tying U.S. Disaster Relief to Ukraine Funding
August 11, 2023 by
Republicans are ripping President Joe Biden for attempting to tie U.S. disaster relief to Ukraine funding, asserting that the president is holding Americans âhostage.â Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) is leading the charge, urging Congress to separate disaster relief in the U.S. from billions more in aid to Ukraine. Biden this week was originally expected to
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt Defends Vetoing PBS Funding, Calls LGBTQ Child Programming ‘Indoctrination’
July 12, 2023 by
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) has defended his recent decision to veto funding for the stateâs PBS station, calling the stationâs LGBTQ programing directed at kids a form of âindoctrination.â Among the stationâs shows was an educational segment featuring a drag queen named âLil Miss Hot Messâ reading a book titled The Hips on the Drag
Catholic Parents Sue State Officials For Dismissing Supreme Court Decision Granting Religious Schools Tuition Funding
June 15, 2023 by
A Catholic high school and two parents filed a lawsuit against Maine Department of Education Commissioner Pender Makin on Wednesday, arguing that the state is discriminating against religious families trying to apply for the state tuition program. St. Dominic Academy is unable to access the state funding for the 2023-2024 school year due to the
Report: Joe Manchin Lobbied Biden Administration to Grant Funding to Organization with Ties to His Campaign
April 25, 2023 by
Report: Joe Manchin Lobbied Biden Administration to Grant Funding to Organization with Ties to His Campaign AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) lobbied President Joe Bidenâs administration to secure a multimillion-dollar grant on behalf of a coalition of groups that included an organization with ties to his campaign, according to Fox News.
Jewish group takes on NYC teachers union in special education funding spat
April 17, 2023 by
The Orthodox Union is fighting back against the teachersâ union with a six-figure ad buy urging the City Council to approve offering religious and other private schools up to two-year, interest-free loans â over the objection of the powerful UFT. The ads will post on Facebook and YouTube and micro-target other websites in the districts […]
LinkedIn Founder Is Secretly Funding E. Jean Carrollâs Lawsuit Against Trump
April 14, 2023 by
Reid Hoffman, the billionaire behind LinkedIn whoâs now a megadonor to Democrats, has been quietly bankrolling E. Jean Carrollâs rape case against former President Donald Trump, according to court records filed Thursday.The surprising last-minute disclosures came out in contentious correspondence between lawyers for the aggrieved journalist and the pissed off former president, who are battling
McCarthy on Omnibus: We’re Not ‘Blindly’ Funding FBI after Twitter Files, Funding Doesn’t Increase until It’s Reformed
February 14, 2023 by
On Tuesdayâs broadcast of the Fox News Channelâs âIngraham Angle,â House Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) stated that the FBI shouldnât be blindly funded given the behavior revealed in the Twitter files and the agencyâs budget shouldnât increase until the agency is reformed. McCarthy said, âThink about everything weâre learning now that the FBI
Dems plot their own government funding plan as talks stall
January 13, 2023 by
The Democratic funding plan from Senate Appropriations Chair Patrick Leahy and House Appropriations Chair Rosa DeLauro will come just days before federal cash expires Dec. 16. | Drew Angerer/Getty Images As bipartisan negotiations on a sprawling year-end package to fund the government remain mired in gridlock, Democrats have a new negotiation plan: publicly releasing their
House GOPâs help-wanted sign: One border funding chief
January 13, 2023 by
Rep. Chuck Fleischmann has made clear to GOP leaders he wants to head either the Energy and Water or the Labor and Health and Human Services panel instead of the homeland security spending panel. | Andrew Harnik/AP Photo Border funding will be one of House Republicansâ biggest causes next year. Thereâs just one hiccup: Theyâre
House OKs stopgap funding fix with broader deal still under wraps
January 11, 2023 by
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said the Senate could pass the measure as soon as Thursday, as long as there isn’t âunwelcome brouhaha.â | Jemal Countess/Getty Images for SEIU The House passed a stopgap spending bill Wednesday night that gives negotiators an extra week to finish a $1.7 trillion year-end spending package, setting up an
Senate clears one-week funding patch, averting government shutdown
January 11, 2023 by
The Senate passed a one-week government funding patch on Thursday night, thwarting a government shutdown on Friday and extending federal cash until Dec. 23. The measure, which passed in a 71-19 vote, gives top appropriators more time to flesh out a $1.7 trillion year-end spending package that Congress is racing to clear before the holidays.
Government funding deal hits 11th-hour snag: The FBI headquarters
January 8, 2023 by
Leading lawmakers unveiled a $1.7 trillion year-end spending bill early Tuesday as they raced to pass the sprawling package by weekâs end, with federal cash expiring at midnight on Friday. The so-called omnibus would provide the military with $858 billion this fiscal year, a nearly 1src percent increase over current levels. It would fund domestic
Senate clears $1.7T government funding bill
January 7, 2023 by
Congress now appears to be on a glide path to pass the spending package, which gives the Pentagon a 1src percent budget boost, includes about $45 billion in emergency aid to Ukraine and provides nearly $4src billion for disaster aid. The legislation is the final item on lawmakersâ to-do list before they leave for the
House sends $1.7T government funding bill to Biden
January 6, 2023 by
House Appropriations Chair Rosa Delauro and ranking member Rep. Kay Granger testify during a House Rules Committee hearing on the Senate Amendment to the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2src23 at the U.S. Capitol Building on Dec. 22, 2src22 in Washington, D.C. | Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images The House on Friday approved a mammoth $1.7 trillion funding
Senate kicks government funding drama closer to shutdown deadline
January 4, 2023 by
Senate Appropriations ranking member Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), left, and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell at the Capitol on Tuesday. | Francis Chung/POLITICO Senators left the Capitol on Wednesday night without a critical deal allowing for votes on a $1.7 trillion government funding package, kicking the bill into Thursday and closer to a shutdown deadline. Lawmakers are