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
House Republicans Try Flipping Script from Funding Futility to Border Security
September 26, 2023 by
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
Lawmakers fret over another holiday punt on government funding
November 24, 2022 by
Republican Rep. Mike Simpson of Idaho, a top appropriator, laughed when asked about meeting the mid-December deadline: âI just donât think thatâs going to happen,â he said. âThereâs just too much confusion going on.â The muddle carries serious stakes for a multitude of government programs, not to mention the future of congressional spending debates. Lawmakers
Court Filing: Brett Favre Pursued Facility Funding Despite Knowing It Was Possibly Illegal
November 12, 2022 by
A recent court filing states that NFL legend and Hall of Famer Brett Favre, consistently sought funding for a new volleyball stadium at Southern Miss even after he was told it could be illegal. A text sent to Favre on July 28, 2019, by former Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant, said that the founder of a
Cheney slams âpro-Putinâ McCarthy over Ukraine funding threat
November 3, 2022 by
âSuch as the aid to Ukraine, the idea that the party is now no longer going to support the Ukrainian people. For somebody who has the picture of Ronald Reagan on his wall in his office in the Capitol, the notion that now Kevin McCarthy is going to make himself the leader of the pro-Putin
Senate advances funding bill after Manchin punts his energy plan
October 6, 2022 by
Before the vote, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on the floor that he and Manchin would âcontinue to have conversations about the best wayâ to move forward on the permitting effort before the end of the year. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell had encouraged Senate Republicans to take down Manchinâs effort in a floor…
House passes government funding, averting shutdown threat
October 5, 2022 by
âThis legislation ensures no American loses access to vital services while we finish negotiationsâ on the broader funding discussions, said House Rules Chair Jim McGovern (D-Mass.). Before the vote, McGovern excoriated Republicans for opposing the stopgap as Hurricane Ian tears across Florida. While the bill doesnât specifically include funding for that stormâs recovery, it contains…
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 Tlaibâs 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 virusâalso known as the novel coronavirusâthat 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 stateâs Legislature Friday after Democrats walked out at the last minute to oppose the GOPâs new voting reform law. âFunding 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 Thursdayâs edition of SiriusXMâs 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. âThe White Coat…