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Representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL) introduced a bill on Tuesday to abolish the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) over concerns it’s using taxpayer dollars to spread “wokeism” abroad.
Published: Thursday, August 17th, 2023 @ 11:42 pm
By: Daily Wire
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New York Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez showed her solidarity with Biden's move to use poor taxpayers' money to pay off wealthier Americans' student loan debt, donning a "Tax The Poor" dress and posing for pictures.
Published: Tuesday, August 30th, 2022 @ 2:31 am
By: Babylon Bee
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The House of Representatives passed the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) and Science Act on Thursday, despite opposition from Republicans who argued that the bill would funnel billions in taxpayer money toward corporations.
Published: Thursday, August 4th, 2022 @ 11:54 am
By: Daily Wire
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The House of Representatives faced backlash late this week over a plan to use taxpayer money to give staffers in Washington, D.C., and in district offices across the country, free Peloton memberships while the American people feel the pain of soaring inflation rates.
Published: Monday, May 16th, 2022 @ 11:29 pm
By: Daily Wire
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With dozens of veterans looking on in the House Gallery, the North Carolina House of Representatives voted 100-5 on Wednesday to approve bipartisan legislation to eliminate the state income tax on military retirement pay.
Published: Thursday, June 24th, 2021 @ 12:19 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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I applaud the House of Representatives for passing the Paycheck Fairness Act.
Published: Wednesday, April 21st, 2021 @ 12:49 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) joined a group of eight senators and two representatives to introduce a bipartisan, bicameral bill that will use revenues from energy production on federal lands to help pay for the over $11 billion maintenance backlog at our national parks
Published: Thursday, March 8th, 2018 @ 8:14 am
By: Thom Tillis
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I have been writing a regular column on North Carolina politics and public policy since 1986
Published: Wednesday, May 24th, 2017 @ 5:31 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, members of the U.S. House of Representatives Oversight and Government Reform (OGR) Committee successfully agreed to send The Treatment of Certain Payments in Eugenics Compensation Act out of committee and to the House floor for an upcoming vote. The bipartisan legislation, originally...
Published: Wednesday, January 27th, 2016 @ 3:22 am
By: Chris Downey
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The North Carolina House released its budget plan for FY 2014-15, which would spend $21.09 billion. The total would be a 2.3 percent increase over the current fiscal year’s budget.
Published: Saturday, June 21st, 2014 @ 8:29 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Even though the Senate has yet to reject the House’s version of the 2014-15 general fund budget (final House passage came Friday, a day after senators left town), negotiators from both chambers will get to work this week hammering out a compromise of the $21.1 billion spending plan.
Published: Thursday, June 19th, 2014 @ 6:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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This week's Bad Bill of the Week is HB 603. Sponsored by Representatives Deborah Ross (D-Wake), Deb McManus (D-Chatham), Valerie Foushee (D-Orange), and Paul Tine (D-Beaufort), the The Equal Pay Act is a mess.
Published: Thursday, April 18th, 2013 @ 11:13 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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