Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a comment letter to the Department of Education expressing concern over its proposed rule regarding the charter school programs (CSP) grants, which sends a hostile message to charter schools and supporters of educational freedom. In the letter, Republican Leader Foxx writes that the proposed rule would: “…prevent the … Continue reading Foxx: Biden’s Anti-Charter School Stance is Very Concerning
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Nearly 10 months later, the Biden Administration still does not know what taxpayer data was stolen and leaked to ProPublica last summer. In a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, top Republicans on the Senate and House tax panels are requesting an update on the investigation. The letter, sent by Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee Senator … Continue reading Congressional leaders demand answers on theft of private taxpayer info by liberal activists
U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and U.S. Senate Banking Committee Ranking Member Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) wrote to Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Acting Chairman Martin Gruenberg regarding troubling allegations of racial discrimination and fears of retaliation at the FDIC under his previous leadership of the agency. On September 17, 2018, a group of African American employees wrote … Continue reading Scott, Toomey Seek Information About Allegations of Racial Discrimination at FDIC Under Acting Chairman Gruenberg
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, wrote to President Joe Biden to urge that the administration turn away from partisan, anti-gun rhetoric toward policies and nominees that will actually address the rise in violent crime. Grassley also raised serious concerns with the recently announced nomination of Steven Dettelbach to serve … Continue reading Grassley To Biden: Stop Blaming Lawful Gun Owners For Democrat-Caused Crime Wave
Judicial Watch announced it obtained 34 pages of new records revealing that the Associate Senior Vice Chancellor for Science Strategy and Planning in the Health Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh, Dr. Jeremy Berg, contacted then-Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Francis Collins requesting help to combat, “efforts to undermine important science using fetal tissue.” … Continue reading University of Pittsburgh Contacted Director of NIH for Help with Push Back on Criticism of Fetal Organ Experiments
This week, Club for Growth Foundation filed comments with the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) opposing their proposed plan to undermine a long-standing bipartisan charter school grant program. This program has provided high-quality educational opportunities to countless underserved students from hundreds of charter schools across the country. The proposed rules from the DOE thwart and … Continue reading New Biden scheme shuts down charter schools
The White House released its final rule updating the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the law governing permitting and environmental review for new federal projects. CEI Senior Fellow Mario Loyola said: “America’s infrastructure modernization is drowning in red tape. Policymakers of both parties know that reforms to the National Environmental Policy Act are urgently needed. Under President … Continue reading Final NEPA Rule Will Encourage Anti-Development Lawsuits Against Fossil Fuel Projects
Hispanic voters care about real issues like the economy, school choice, and safe communities while Democrats care more about their radical agenda that’s leaving working-class families behind. Republicans continue to show up for Hispanic communities across the country and the results are speaking for themselves. Operación ¡Vamos! is focusing on sharing the GOP’s opportunity agenda … Continue reading Washington Examiner: Democrats lose Hispanic and blue-collar voters at same time
U.S. Senate Banking Committee Ranking Member Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) called on Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (Minneapolis Fed) President Neel Kashkari to stop his political lobbying and advocacy efforts because they violate the Fed’s mandate and staff code of conduct. In January 2020, the Minneapolis Fed launched an official webpage devoted to advocating for an amendment to the Minnesota … Continue reading Toomey Calls on Minneapolis Fed President to Stop Lobbying on Taxpayer’s Dime
Repeated power grabs by the Environmental Protection Agency have seriously imperiled the rights of property owners and must be dialed back, argued Americans for Prosperity Foundation in a Supreme Court brief today. The EPA’s strong-arm tactics have less to do with safeguarding the environment than with the agency’s desire for raw power over private land use, said … Continue reading Americans for Prosperity Foundation Files Supreme Court Brief in EPA Land Grab Case
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