U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) along with 31 Republican Senators introduced a joint resolution under the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to overturn the Biden Administration’s 2021 Final Rule on the Title X Family Planning Program, which reversed the Trump Administration’s 2019 ban on federal funding to entities that provide abortion referrals to pregnant … Continue reading Senators Move to Block Biden Scheme to Funnel Tax Dollars to Abortionists
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Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) urged Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to provide the public with clear details as to how nearly $200 billion in emergency COVID-19 relief for K-12 education is being disbursed. As of the start of this year, 86 percent of these emergency funds still had yet to be spent. “Some states like Iowa have focused … Continue reading Senate demands explanation $172 billion in ’emergency’ COVID funds did not go to emergencies
Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) this week led a group of Senators in defense of Americans targeted by President Biden’s vaccine mandates, making clear in a letter to colleagues they will not consent to expedited passage of a funding bill that allows the vaccine mandates to continue. At minimum, the Senators demanded a roll call vote on an amendment … Continue reading Lee Leads Letter to Defund Federal Vaccine Mandates
U.S. Sens. John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis, both R-Wyo., joined U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT), and 33 Republican colleagues, in a letter to President Biden requesting an accounting of how the federal government has allocated trillions in taxpayer funds to combat COVID-19. “Recent news reports indicate the Administration is poised to request an additional $30 … Continue reading GOP Senators Seek to Hold White House Accountable for Trillions in COVID-19 Spending
House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-Mo.) sent a letter to White House Infrastructure Coordinator Mitch Landrieu requesting all documents and communications related to the $1.2 trillion in taxpayer dollars authorized in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). … Continue reading Comer, Graves probe waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement in Biden infrastructure spending
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) responded to a request from Republican Members of the Senate Finance Committee for information about budgetary effects of the high and rising inflation that continues to hammer American households. According to the CBO, inflation and accompanying higher interest rates stemming from inflation further erode the fiscal position of the United States, including adding to … Continue reading Nonpartisan CBO: Inflation Jeopardizes Americans’ Fiscal Position
After Pres. Joe Biden reiterated plans to ask Congress for additional COVID-19 funding in his State of the Union address, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) and 34 of his Republican colleagues in requesting a detailed breakdown of how the federal government has allocated trillions in taxpayer funds to combat the pandemic. In their … Continue reading Senators Press White House For Detailed Breakdown Of Trillions In COVID-19 Spending
Ranking Member Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO) issued the following statement after sending a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on her continued and open violation of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021: “President Biden’s Treasury Secretary, Janet Yellen, is in a continued and open violation of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021,” said Ranking Member Luetkemeyer. “Per federal … Continue reading Biden White House violates federal law by refusing to testify on billions in stolen COVID funds
While the White House estimates an alarming 19 percent of total COVID unemployment insurance payments were improperly paid--over $80 billion in taxpayer funds--new measures by the Biden Administration may worsen the problem. In a letter to the U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Martin Walsh, top Senate and House Republicans are urging the Department of Labor (DOL) to hold off … Continue reading As criminals make $80 billion in COVID payment fraud, Biden moves to make problem worse
Sens. Mike Lee (R-Utah), Ted Cruz (R-Texas) Rand Paul (R-Tenn.), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), and Mike Braun (R-Ind.) have announced they will not consent to a time agreement that eases passage of the Continuing Resolution (“CR”) without an agreement to allow for a roll call vote on an amendment to defund Biden’s unconstitutional … Continue reading ALG urges senators to ‘oppose tyranny’ & defund vaccine mandates
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