Tuesday on CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) warned that looming tax hikes in the Senate were “creating real problems” in the U.S. economy. Brady advised that President Joe Biden “talking about higher taxes nearly every week” was ultimately having an inflationary impact. “What we didn’t see is anything, any incentives, to drive workers … Continued
Moderate Senate Democrats joined Senate Republicans on Thursday in an effort to block President Joe Biden from lifting Title 42, a measure enacted during the pandemic that allows for the quick expulsion of migrants. The bipartisan group of lawmakers proposed legislation that would halt the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from ending the policy, which the agency … Continued
Rep. Tom Rice (R-S.C.) and 94 other Republicans in the House of Representatives on April 8 urged Attorney General Merrick Garland to appoint a special counsel to investigate President Joe Biden’s son. The lawmakers say the probe should be shifted from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Delaware, which has been probing Hunter Biden since at least … Continued
More than 20 members of Congress have signed a letter to both the mayor of Washington, D.C., and the Metropolitan Police Chief, demanding “a thorough investigation,” including “autopsies,” into the deaths of five late-term infants allegedly aborted in Cesare Santangelo’s Washington Surgi-Clinic. Led by Senator James Lankford (R-OK) and Representative Jim Jordan (R-OH), the lawmakers wrote to … Continued
A bipartisan delegation led by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., is headed for Poland and the Ukraine border Thursday. The trip is planned for the two-week Easter recess and will weigh accountability for billions in taxpayer assistance to Poland, Ukraine, and NATO allies — along with U.S. national security interests — amid Russia’s war … Continued
After 18 months The New York Times and Washington Post finally admitted the Hunter Biden laptop was authentic and not Russian propaganda as they originally reported. Prior to the 2020 election, the fake news mainstream media and 51 former intelligence chiefs, including former CIA Chiefs, insisted in an open letter that the Hunter Biden laptop was … Continued
The House of Representatives passed a bill on Friday that would decriminalize possession of marijuana at a federal level, sending it to the Senate. The bill passed by a vote of 220 to 204, with three Republicans—Reps. Tom McClintock (R-Calif.), Brian Mast (R-Mich.), and Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.)—joining Democrats to pass the bill. The bill would make it no longer … Continued
Legislation designed to help media organizations negotiate with major online platforms is gaining Republican support in Congress due to provisions protecting small, local and conservative publications, the Daily Caller News Foundation has learned. The Journalism and Competition Preservation Act (JCPA), a bill led by a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers including Democratic Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Republican Louisiana … Continued
President Joe Biden’s proposed “billionaire tax” may sound good to many voters, but it is fraught with vagaries that could redefine—and expand—the nation’s tax code, according to first-look analyses across a range of publications and sites, from The Wall Street Journal to the Heritage Foundation. The tax proposal was included within Biden’s $5.8 billion Fiscal Year 2023 … Continued
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., declined to support President Joe Biden’s new plan of imposing a 20% minimum tax on billionaires Tuesday, according to The Hill. The centrist senator questioned the legality of Biden’s unprecedented proposal — which was unveiled to Congress on Monday — despite the selling point of potentially raising $360 billion in deficit-reducing revenue. “You can’t … Continued
Representatives Rob Wittman (R-VA-01) and Derek Kilmer (D-WA-06) announced a new caucus focused on the Navy’s four active public shipyards on Friday. Other members of the Public Shipyard Caucus include Representatives Elaine Luria (D-VA-02) and Bobby Scott (D-VA-03). “The Public Shipyard Caucus is the only congressional caucus focused exclusively on the nation’s public shipyards and … Continued
While the Biden administration is warning governors to gear up for a cyberattack from Russian hackers, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., is suggesting President Joe Biden’s warnings should be directed at the enemy instead of Americans. Russian President Vladimir Putin needs to be warned not to attack the U.S., including cyber hacking critical infrastructure, … Continued
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