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Jasmine Crockett Defends Stacey Abrams Over $2B EPA Grant
Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, said House Republican scrutiny of a Biden administration $2 billion grant to a Stacey Abrams-aligned nonprofit was aimed to “keep a strong black woman down.” The House Oversight Subcommittee on…
Belgium, Step Up Your Defense Spending
With June’s NATO summit likely to call for substantial increases in member defense spending, increased scrutiny awaits those NATO members that still haven’t reached even the 2% spending minimum—a minimum that’s been required…
‘Big, Beautiful’ Budget Bill Sinks/Swims
The House of Representatives passed a budget reconciliation bill that, if signed into law, would secure a number of President Donald Trump’s campaign promises, such as extending his first-term 2017 tax cuts and funding border…
CBO Halves Savings From Medicaid Ban on Child Sex Changes
A new preliminary estimate from the Congressional Budget Office that measured the impact of blocking Medicaid dollars from funding child sex-change procedures is causing Republicans to cast doubt on the CBO score. A…
Too Much SALT Could Ruin the ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’
President Donald Trump’s “one big, beautiful bill” could be in jeopardy over a major SALT disagreement. Not the kind of salt that you keep in a shaker on the dinner table, but the cap on the state and local tax (SALT)…
The ‘N’ in SNAP Means Nutrition
SNAP, or the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as food stamps, is one of the nation’s largest welfare programs. And, like all welfare programs, it is massive, it has grown prodigiously over the years and…
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