spending

House Speaker Mike Johnson Survives GOP Ouster Attempt

Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., can breathe a little easier now that more than 80% of his House colleagues put an end to the latest drama gripping Capitol Hill. Six months after ascending to the speakership, a bipartisan coalition of Democrats and Republicans overwhelmingly voted to table a motion to vacate the chair—the House’s terminology for […]

Chip Roy Chides ‘Week-Kneed’ GOP Peers: Use Power of Purse

For Rep. Chip Roy, it’s a frustrating conversation that happens all too often with fellow lawmakers on his side of the aisle.  “‘Chip, we have a razor-thin majority. We just have to win the White House; we just have to win the Senate,’” the Texas Republican recalled in a speech Tuesday.  When he hears colleagues […]

Congressman Introduces Bill to Ban Earmarks

Rep. Ralph Norman reintroduced a bill Wednesday aimed at stopping a form of federal spending known as earmarks.   “I’ve always said that earmarks are evil,” Norman, R-N.C. told The Daily Signal. “They are sneaky in the way that they get tacked onto big, important spending packages to be automatically passed by the ‘uniparty’ with […]

Fed Budget Increase Correlates to Your Budget Decrease – PJ Media

One economist recently warned of the connection between increased government spending and increased personal debt among American citizens. With a new, bloated federal budget coming from Congress, this is indeed a sobering warning. Heritage Foundation research fellow and public finance economist EJ Antoni highlighted how damaging government spending of […]

Biden’s State of the Union Address Claims

President Joe Biden delivered his 2024 State of the Union address in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol on Thursday night. During the 67-minute speech, frequently interrupted by applause from fellow Democrat senators and members of Congress, Biden spoke on a wide range of issues, from border security and the economy to abortion and […]

San Francisco’s Boondoggles Expose Wasteful Federal Spending

Washington is once again facing a potential shutdown. Funding for the federal government will run out in early March unless the House and Senate can bridge their differences and pass spending legislation. At the same time, the city of San Francisco seems to have few problems doling out huge amounts to well-connected activist groups and […]