As the United States faces the possibility of a default on the national debt, House Republican leaders have yet to release any specific demands for expenditures they want to cut in exchange for averting what could be an economic catastrophe. But some GOP lawmakers are supporting the elimination of what they call “woke” government programs, those aimed at reducing systemic racism and...
Former President Donald Trump and other Republican politicians are blaming President Joe Biden’s administration for ongoing public health challenges facing East Palestine, Ohio, following the Feb. 3 derailment of a Norfolk Southern train that was transporting toxic chemicals. But their own party platforms have called for broad deregulation of health, climate, and safety standards across the...
A couple of weeks after President Joe Biden noted in his State of the Union address that some congressional Republicans want to cut safety net programs, the National Republican Senatorial Committee is running false ads accusing Senate Democrats of wanting to put Medicare and Social Security “at risk.” The campaign arm of the Senate Republican conference released a series of six nearly...
In September 2022, House Republicans released their Commitment to America plan, promising to “preserve our constitutional freedoms” and proclaiming, “It’s time we remember that all men and women are created equal and endowed with God-given rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” But in the first few weeks of the Congress that began in January, they...
Voters in Virginia’s 4th Congressional District elected Democratic state Sen. Jennifer McClellan in a special election on Tuesday to finish the term of the late Democratic Rep. Donald McEachin. McClellan’s margin of victory over Republican Leon Benjamin appears to be about 10 points better than McEachin’s margin over the same opponent in the 2022 midterm election. McClellan, who...
Democratic Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers ran for reelection on a promise to invest millions more in local government in general and in public safety in particular. His latest budget proposal keeps that promise. In his State of the State address on Jan. 24, according to prepared remarks posted online by his office, Evers told the Republican-controlled Legislature that he hopes that public safety...
Fox News on Thursday published a column written by Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-IA) that falsely claims that it is President Joe Biden, not Republicans in Congress, who are pushing for cuts to Medicare. “During his recent State of the Union address, President Joe Biden shamelessly lied to the American people about the priorities of the House Republican Conference in the 118th Congress. His sorry...
The Bureau of Labor Statistics released on Tuesday released January data indicating that inflation has slowed compared to a year ago and to December, but prices paid by consumers are still going up. House Republicans, who have yet to take any action to make goods more affordable, marked the day by tweeting about inflation and blaming President Joe Biden and Democratic policies. Some blasted the...
Congressional Republicans want to force the federal government to spend billions of taxpayer dollars to restart former President Donald Trump’s failed border wall project. First-term Republican Sen. Ted Budd of North Carolina told Fox News Tuesday that he is introducing the Build the Wall Now Act, which would require President Joe Biden’s administration to resume construction of a...
Sen. Mike Rounds of South Dakota on Sunday became the latest Republican lawmaker to propose making major changes to Social Security. Rounds’ comments come as others in his party are trying to convince the American public that the GOP does not want to upend or slash Medicare and Social Security. On CNN, Rounds was asked whether he backs a proposal by Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) to make every...