Senate tensions over a Capitol Police funding bill are nearing a boiling point, with Democrats and Republicans unable to agree on an amount with just weeks before its funding runs dry. The department said last week that its funding could run out as soon as next month, risking furloughs and sparking bipartisan concern. But while…
Sen. Tom Cotton Goes Off On Rep. Rashida Tlaib For Saying We Must Eliminate Funding For CBP, ICE, DHS
July 8, 2021 by
Republican Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton slammed Democratic Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib on Thursday for saying that she would like to eliminate funding for U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and the entire U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Cotton appeared on Fox News and was asked about Tlaib’s comments from…
Hill GOP Presses Agencies Linked to Wuhan Lab Funding, Data on Research for CCP Virus Origins
July 3, 2021 by
An aerial view shows the P4 laboratory at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan, China, on April 17, 2020. (Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images) Congress Congressional Republicans are pressing federal officials for documents and data on the origins of the CCP virus—also known as the novel coronavirus—that has reportedly killed more than 600,000 Americans […]
Governor Vetoes Funding For Texas Legislature After Showdown Over Voting Reform
June 20, 2021 by
Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott vetoed funding for the state’s Legislature Friday after Democrats walked out at the last minute to oppose the GOP’s new voting reform law. ”Funding should not be provided for those who quit their job early, leaving their state with unfinished business and exposing taxpayers to higher costs for an additional…
Exclusive: Joni Ernst Joins Watchdog Group to End U.S. Funding of ‘Cruel and Dangerous Animal Experiments’ in Wuhan Lab
June 19, 2021 by
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Justin Goodman of the White Coat Waste Project joined Thursday’s edition of SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Daily with host Alex Marlow to discuss U.S. taxpayer funding of virology research involving animal experimentation at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. Ernst addressed her partnership with the White Coat Waste Project. “The White Coat…
Connecticut Democrat Provision Would Axe Funding to Schools with Native American Mascots
June 17, 2021 by
A Connecticut Democrat introduced a sudden budget provision Tuesday that would block funding to public schools in the state that continue to use Native American sports team mascots and nicknames unless a tribe in the region gives written consent. State Sen. Cathy Osten (D), co-chair of the General Assembly’s Appropriations Committee, inserted the provision in…
GOP Congressman Says Fauci Needs To Answer For Why His Agency Bypassed Oversight Of Funding To Wuhan Lab
April 7, 2021 by
Republican Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania said it is “very concerning” that the National Institutes of Allergies and Infectious Diseases bypassed oversight of a research grant that involved the transfer of $600,000 to the Wuhan Institute of Virology to modify bat-based coronaviruses. “When it comes to oversight of U.S. tax dollars headed to the Chinese…
Sen. Rand Paul Blocks Democrats from Funding Planned Parenthood Through Paycheck Protection Program
March 7, 2021 by
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) claimed a win Friday after forcing Democrats to remove from their COVID “liberal wish list” bill a provision that would have allowed every Planned Parenthood facility in the country to receive free taxpayer funds through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). “Democrats knew this was never about COVID relief or helping small…
Why Trump Was Right to End Funding for the UN Palestinian Aid Organization.
September 6, 2018 by
Last week, the State Department announced that the Trump administration had concluded an internal review and decided to end all U.S. contributions to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). Part of the administration’s justification for the decision was the disproportionate level of U.S. financial support, but […]
Pentagon withdraws $300M in funding to Pakistan’s military.
September 3, 2018 by
Sept. 2 (UPI) — The U.S. Department of Defense suspended $300 milllion in military funding to Pakistan, citing the country’s failure to suppress militant groups. Pentagon spokesman Koné Faulkner said Saturday that the agency suspend the funding to the Coalition Support Fund, which reimburses Pakistan’s military for fighting against terrorists. “Due to a lack of […]
Brutal: Examining Ocasio-Cortez’s Painful Answer on Funding Her Socialist Utopia.
August 1, 2018 by
As we flagged on Friday, media sensation and instant lefty icon Alexandria Ocasio Cortez appeared on the Daily Show last week, where she was confronted with a relatively simple question by host Trevor Noah. Ocasio Cortez is campaigning on a laundry list of new government programs and entitlements, including “Medicare for All,” free college, and […]
Alveda King: Starbucks Should Stop Funding Planned Parenthood if Serious about Ending Racism.
May 31, 2018 by
The pro-life niece of Martin Luther King, Jr. said that if Starbucks truly wanted to end racism, it would stop funding Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion provider. Alveda King, who serves as director of Civil Rights for the Unborn at Priests for Life, noted in a column at the Washington Examiner the attempt by Starbucks Tuesday […]
Report: Trump Administration Has Found A Way To Cut Some Planned Parenthood Funding.
May 18, 2018 by
The Trump administration believes they’ve found a way to cut some taxpayer funding that’s being funneled to America’s leading provider of abortion, Planned Parenthood. According to an official who spoke with the Weekly Standard, the administration will propose a rule that would prevent some $260 million annually in Title X funds marked for contraception and […]
Minnesota taxpayers involuntarily funding $100 million in cash to jihadists?
May 15, 2018 by
Our friend John Hinderaker of Powerline and the Center for the American Experiment asks, “Is this the worst scandal in Minnesota history?” KMSP Television, the Fox affiliate in the Twin Cities, has been carrying out a five-month-long investigation of the phenomenon of carry-on luggage stuffed with cash – a million dollars at a time – […]
George Soros Funding Smartphone App to Help Illegal Immigrants Avoid Law Enforcement.
May 5, 2018 by
A George Soros-funded smartphone app is meant to explicitly help the undocumented evade federal authority. In an interview with Fox Business’s Lou Dobbs, Judicial Watch Director of Research Chris Farrell called the smartphone application “pretty outrageous.” In order to escape arrest, Farrell said that the app “provides notice to their friends and family, it alerts […]
Trump in Michigan: If We Don’t Have Funding for the Wall by September “We’ll Close Down the Country” (VIDEO)
April 30, 2018 by
For the second year in a row President Trump held a rally with American workers on the night of the White House Correspondents’ Ball. Trump decided it was a better use of his time to be with the people from Ypsilanti rather than the White House reporters who hate him. Trump held a rally in […]
Omnibus Bill Includes Specific Clause Barring Funding for Donald Trump ‘Wall’
March 22, 2018 by
The 2,232 page Omnibus bill includes a specific clause barring funding for a wall on the southern border that mirrors the new prototypes already there. The bill reads: The amounts designated in subsection (a)(2) through (a)(4) shall only be available for operationally effective designs deployed as of the date of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017, […]
Yes liberals, there is an organization you should call “child killers” – and you’re funding it.
March 13, 2018 by
Y’all know I love to shine a light on progressive socialist hypocrisy. And business is always good, as there are plenty of fine examples. Consider all the hatred, angst, boycotts, and general ugliness focused towards the nation’s oldest civil rights organization, the National Rifle Association (NRA). Some of the recent hyperbolic denigration hurled at the […]
Senate rejects funding bill, partial shutdown begins.
January 20, 2018 by
Senators voted late Friday to reject a House-passed bill that would have funded the government until Feb. 16, beginning a partial government shutdown. Most Democrats voted to block the bill as part of a risky strategy to force Republicans to negotiate with them on a legislative fix for “Dreamers,” immigrants who illegally came to the country […]
U.S. Will Direct Humanitarian Programs in the Middle East; No More U.N. Funding
October 29, 2017 by
Funding that vile international body (driven largely by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation) is as good as funding jihad, Jew-hatred, creed apartheid, gender apartheid and sharia worldwide. The OIC is made up of 56 Muslim countries and the terrorist Palestinian Authority. The OIC, Bat Ye’or explains, is nothing less than a “would-be, universal caliphate.” It […]
YES: Trump admin pushes to CUT OFF funding to despicable organization once and for all
September 18, 2017 by
The Trump administration has announced that it will help end one of the most odious practices in American foreign policy. As reported by The Times of Israel:The Trump administration declared its firm support Thursday for a bill that would suspend US financial assistance to the Palestinian Authority until it ends what critics have described as […]
Sessions Defends Withholding Funding: No Tolerance for Loss of ‘Innocent Lives’ in Sanctuary Cities
August 17, 2017 by
Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Wednesday that a sanctuary city is a “trafficker, smuggler, or predator’s best friend,” specifically taking a whack at Chicago, the first sanctuary city to sue the Justice Department for withholding federal grants. “If voters in Chicago are concerned about losing federal grant money: Call your mayor,” @USAGSessions says. Sessions heralded […]
ABOUT TIME: Republicans Give States The Right To Withdraw Funding From Planned Parenthood
April 2, 2017 by
On Thursday, Senate Republicans, determined to end the power grab by the federal government and return power to the states, held together (with two exceptions) and voted to eliminate an Obama administration rule that banned states from blocking funding for family planning clinics that also provide abortions. The vote was highly dramatic, and reminiscent in […]
Congress OKs Planned Parenthood funding crackdown, as Pence breaks tie
March 31, 2017 by
WASHINGTON – Republican legislation letting states deny federal family planning money to Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers squeezed narrowly through the Senate Thursday, rescued by an ailing GOP senator who returned to the Capitol after back surgery and a tie-breaking vote by Vice President Mike Pence. In Congress’ latest clash mixing the politics of […]
Trump Administration Strips Funding For Illegal Aliens, Reallocates Money to Victims of Their Crimes
February 21, 2017 by
Speaking from the White House briefing room Tuesday, Press Secretary Sean Spicer announced the development of a new Immigration and Customs Enforcement office focused on helping victims of crimes committed by illegal aliens. The office will also assist family members of victims and is part of President Trump’s recent executive action to bolster enforcement […]
Republicans make first move targeting Planned Parenthood funding
February 14, 2017 by
Republicans are taking their first shot of 2017 at Planned Parenthood. The House is expected this week to vote on a resolution that would rescind an Obama-era regulation barring states from defunding the organization for political reasons. Because the measure is being moved through a law that allows Congress to rescind recently finalized rules, the […]
Funding Leftist Frenzy
December 2, 2016 by
In anticipation of a Trump loss, Hillary Clinton and her cohorts professed that anything other than graceful acceptance of the loss would “threaten democracy.” But now that Trump has won, the left has hypocritically become unhinged. After violent protests, petitions to eradicate the electoral college, and coddling college age students to miss class, delay exams […]
BREAKING: McCain and Graham Seek to Gut 9/11 Bill to Immunize Foreign Governments Funding Terrorists
December 1, 2016 by
WASHINGTON, DC – DECEMBER 06: U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) (L) speaks as Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) (R) listens during a news conference about the conflict in Syria December 6, 2012 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The senators held a news conference to announce their supports on taking actions on Syria. (Photo by Alex […]
Leaked Documents Reveal Expansive Soros Funding to Manipulate Federal Elections
November 8, 2016 by
Leaked funding documents reveal an effort by George Soros and his foundations to manipulate election laws and process rules ahead of the federal election far more expansively than has been previously reported. The billionaire and convicted felon moved hundreds of millions of dollars into often-secret efforts to change election laws, fuel litigation to attack election […]
Smart Power: Cash-Flush Iran Steps Up Funding to Radical Group Attacking US Ships
October 22, 2016 by
Behold, the latest machinations of our newly-enriched “peace partners” or whatever, who — as President Obama himself anticipated — have been putting their sanctions relief windfall from the nuclear agreement to prompt use, stepping up support to terrorists and anti-American militias. Their world-leading state sponsorship of terrorism is “undiminished” since the Obama administration bypassed Congress and struck an […]