Legislative Topic: Congress

House Oversight and Reform Committee Republicans sounded the alarm Tuesday about hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars that have been improperly spent on one of the government’s largest and fastest-growing entitlement programs. Rep. James Comer, the top Republican on the committee, sent a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which oversees Medicare and Medicaid, … Continued

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday floated the idea of passing the bipartisan infrastructure bill and Democrats’ $3.5 trillion budget simultaneously in an attempt to balance moderates and progressives’ mutually exclusive demands. Pelosi asked the House Rules Committee to look into the possibility after nine centrist Democrats vowed to block the budget if it came up for … Continued

The Biden administration has approved a significant and permanent increase in the levels of food stamp assistance available to needy families–the largest single increase in the program’s history.  Starting in October, average benefits for food stamps (officially known as the SNAP program) will rise more than 25 percent above pre-pandemic levels. The increased assistance will … Continued

Republican New York Rep. Elise Stefanik said Sunday that the Middle East under President Joe Biden has “Islamic terrorists on the march.” The congresswoman tweeted that under former President Donald Trump, the U.S. “crushed the Islamic Terrorists like Soleimani, protected American citizens & embassies around the world, and delivered historic peace to the Middle East.” … Continued

The Senate voted today to advance the behemoth infrastructure bill debated for weeks by Congress. The proposal is a Trojan horse that will pave the way for a far larger, more radical budget reconciliation plan, and its supporters on the left are not even attempting to hide their agenda in ramming it through. Heritage Policy Analyst David Ditch released the following statement Tuesday on both radical plans: “Make no mistake, final passage of this proposal is a necessary first step for approval of Democrats’ radical … Continued

The recently passed U.S. Senate infrastructure bill includes controversial provisions such as a vehicle per-mile user fee pilot program as the bill faces uncertainty in the U.S. House. The $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill, which includes $550 billion of new spending, passed in the Senate on Tuesday by a 69-30 vote. The bill authorizes spending for … Continued

A leading moderate House Democrat criticized President Biden on Sunday for botching the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, only hours after the Taliban effectively took control of the country. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez of Texas argued in a social media post that the burgeoning crisis in Afghanistan presented “another shame” for the Biden administration. “There’s no way to hide it,” said Mr. Gonzalez, … Continued

Nine Democrats in the House of Representatives on Thursday urged House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to quickly allow a vote on the Senate-passed infrastructure bill before the lower chamber considers the larger, $3.5 trillion budget resolution. The House should “immediately pass” the infrastructure legislation, they wrote to Pelosi. “We urge our House colleagues to follow the same path as the … Continued

The bipartisan group of senators that just passed a $1.1 trillion federal infrastructure bill is attempting to sell it as a reasonable, centrist compromise. Yet it is neither reasonable nor centrist. If approved by the House, the bill would immensely expand the size and power of the federal government, waste hundreds of billions of taxpayer … Continued