Americans for Prosperity Vice President of Government Affairs Akash Chougule issued the following statement urging defeat of the so-called CHIPS Act under consideration in Congress this week: “Poll after poll underscores what we are hearing firsthand at our ‘True Cost of Washington’ tour events across the country – the biggest problem facing Americans right now … Continue reading Americans for Prosperity Opposes CHIPS Act Corporate Welfare
Category: Budget
Today marks the legal deadline, under the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974, for President Biden to submit his Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 budget. Last year, the White House set a record for the latest a Presidential budget request has ever been transmitted to Congress in modern history. House Budget Committee Republicans joined … Continue reading Biden misses legal deadline to submit federal budget
Today, Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), led a group of Republican colleagues in sending a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Inspector General Christin Grimm requesting an audit of the Biden Administration’s $10 billion COVID-19 vaccine public education campaign, which was launched in March … Continue reading Audit Sought of Biden’s $10 Billion COVID-19 Vaccine Public Education Campaign
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) released analysis showing Democrats’ proposal to significantly expand Obamacare tax subsidies would add billions of dollars to the federal deficit to the benefit of wealthy Americans. The analysis was in response to a letter requesting the true cost of an expansion of premium tax credits (PTC) sent … Continue reading Nonpartisan scholars confirm Dems Obamacare subsidy blowout costs billions more than claimed
The U.S. Senate voted Wednesday on Senator Mike Braun’s balanced budget plan. The Braun Budget is a comprehensive federal budget plan to throw the brakes on out-of-control government spending, fight inflation by balancing our federal budget, and unleash American prosperity and energy independence. The final vote was 34 – 65. “Today I forced the Senate … Continue reading Braun forces Senate to vote on balanced budget
Senator Mike Braun is introducing “The Braun Budget” – a balanced federal budget designed to throw the brakes on out-of-control government spending, fight inflation by bringing expenses and revenue into balance over 10 years, and unleash American prosperity by making the Trump tax cuts permanent. Under to Congressional Budget Act, if the Senate Budget Committee fails … Continue reading Senator Braun introduces balanced federal budget to fight inflation, unleash prosperity
House Budget Committee Republican Leader Jason Smith (MO-08) released the following statement after the Consumer Price Index showed inflation at a forty-year high of 9.1 percent and rising 13.8 percent since President Biden took office: “President Biden’s inflation crisis is sending America hurtling towards a recession after turning the American Dream into an unaffordable nightmare … Continue reading As Biden’s Inflation Crisis Pushes America Toward Recession, Democrats Scheme on Higher Taxes & More Spending
Senate Republican leaders have sent a letter to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) requesting more information on the potential budgetary and economic impacts of making the temporary expansion of premium tax credits (PTC), justified as pandemic relief by Democrats, permanent. The letter was sent by Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), Ranking Member of … Continue reading Democrats dump gasoline on inflation inferno with new Obamacare spending spree
This week, Ranking Member Blaine Luetkemeyer penned a letter to U.S. Department of the Treasury Secretary, Janet Yellen, requesting documents and communications material relating to the offers to testify before the House Small Business Committee. Ranking Member Luetkemeyer issued the following statement regarding this oversight letter: “Secretary Yellen continues to dodge offers to perform her … Continue reading Biden White House defies law, refuses to turn over documents on billions in COVID fraud
Call for briefing on proposed rule implementing President Biden’s executive order requiring project labor agreements for large-scale construction projects WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Oversight Committee Republicans today sent a letter to top officials at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) raising concerns about efforts to implement … Continue reading Biden PLA scheme jacks up construction costs to taxpayers while lining union boss pockets
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