Tag: GOP

Conservative Leaders To House GOP: Do Your Duty

Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution vests the “power of the purse” in Congress: “No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law . . .” In specifying the activities on which public funds may be spent, Congress defines the contours of federal power. This […]

GOP leaders clash with Secret Service over ‘protest trap’ near Republican National Convention site

Republican leaders are urging the Secret Service to widen a security perimeter around the site of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee to protect delegates and attendees from potentially dangerous clashes with pro-Palestinian demonstrators who plan to swarm the event in July. Republicans say the Secret Service, along with local and state officials in Wisconsin, […]