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John:
Good afternoon from Capitol Hill.
The House and Senate are both out for their August recess. The House is scheduled to return on September 12, with the Senate scheduled to return September 5.
The August recess is more than halfway through and the House Freedom Caucus (HFC) has come out with an official position on the spending deadline this Fall: “No Security, No Funding” ([link removed]) . The HFC position has three main points, followed by two other redlines. As Senator Mike Lee put it ([link removed]) , “America can’t afford kicking this can down the road any longer” and as Congressman Andrew Clyde has plainly summed up ([link removed]) their position, “A ‘clean’ CR is completely out of the question.”
Their first point is any spending measure must include the House-passed “Secure the Border Act of 2023”. This bill, widely praised by conservatives, passed the House 219-213 ([link removed]) in early May. It is viewed by many conservatives as the key piece of legislation to begin to turn the tide on the country’s border crisis. As George Fishman at the Center for Immigration Studies put it ([link removed]) , “I have analyzed many of the provisions of ‘H.R. 2, the Secure the Border Act of 2023’, which would provide the Department of Homeland Security with powerful tools to clean up the Biden administration’s mess at the border - and even force the administration to clean up its own mess.” During the bill’s consideration, a coalition of conservative groups wrote ([link removed]) , “...the proposal represents a common-sense response to the chaos unl
eashed by the Biden Administration and would prevent further abuse of immigration laws to usher in even more mass illegal immigration.”
Their second point identifies the growing concern of the woke and weaponized parts of the Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigations. They write that any spending measure must, “Address the unprecedented weaponization of the Justice Department and FBI to focus them on prosecuting real criminals instead of conducting political witch hunts and targeting law-abiding citizens.” The Center for Renewing America (CRA) has detailed specific areas ([link removed]) where the FBI’s wokeness can be cut out. Specifically, CRA points to a case where the FBI spied on private Facebook messages without court authorized subpoenas. “The bureau employed informants and undercover agents to infiltrate an online group called the Wolverine Watchmen. The FBI provided training, equipment, and transportation resources to entrap the group in a conspiracy to kidnap the Michigan governor.”
Their third point brings the social engineering at the Pentagon into focus. The House passed National Defense Authorization Act addresses many of these policies, such as ending the Pentagon’s diversity and inclusion program, banning transgender surgeries in the Armed Forces, and adopting an amendment ([link removed]) offered by Congressman Ronny Jackson, that would end the illegal abortion tourism program. This is the same fight that Senator Tommy Tuberville has been championing for so long.
The last two points of the letter, while not numbered, are critical process points that play out so often in Washington. Many times, the Congress will pass short-term Continuing Resolutions (CR) to “continue working” on appropriations legislation. All too often, passing numerous CRs results in Omnibus legislation on Christmas eve or a couple days before - using the pressure of Christmas to force action. Be on the lookout for increased pressure and messaging on this as the August recess days come to a close.
The Latest From Around The Conservative Movement
* Center for Immigration Studies: CBP Releases Bad Border Numbers in Friday News Dump ([link removed])
* The American Spectator: Report From the Southern Border: Interview with Todd Bensman ([link removed])
* The Federalist: EXCLUSIVE: Leaders of 13 Conservative Groups Demand States Abandon American Library Association ([link removed])
* The Federalist: These 14 US Cities Have a "Target" of Banning Meat by 2030 ([link removed])
* The Daily Signal: Biden Pushes Woke Military Officers as Sen. Tuberville Holds Firm ([link removed])
One More Thing…
Gun Owners of America is rolling out a new show called “One in the Chamber” ([link removed])
Sincerely,
Hugh Fike
Director of Government Relations
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