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Date November 14, 2024 5:49 PM
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Washington Reporter In our latest edition, we have an interview with Rep. Mike
Bost, the launch of an exclusive campaign against Gary Gensler, a Polish
foreign policy faux pas, op-eds from Rep. Trey Gowdy, incoming Rep. Julie
Fedorchak, and much more!

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November 14, 2024

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[1] Interview: Rep. Mike Bost’s case to chair Veterans' Affairs: “The VA was
created for the veterans. Sometimes the bureaucrats in the VA forget about
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[2] Heard on the Hill
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[3] WATCH: Poland’s Prime Minister flips on Trump: “I have never made such
suggestions” that Trump is a Russian asset
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[4] Scoop: Donald Trump Jr. tells Senate GOP to hold line against Democrats’
lame duck push
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[5] Exclusive: “Goodbye Gensler” campaign launches
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[6] "MAGA McClain" moves up the ranks
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[7] Op-Eds: Julie Fedorchak on U.S. energy dominance; Rep. Trey Gowdy on
patents; Jeremy Hunt on honoring veterans; David Cook on President Trump; Matt
Brooks and Bonnie Glick on Jewish support for Trump; Rob Luther on Manchin’s
broken promises
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A strong national defense is essential to protecting our American way of life.

Veterans On Duty continues the fight back at home, advocating for military and
national security policies that will keep America safe, strong, and free.

In our latest edition, we have an interview with Rep. Mike Bost, the launch of
an exclusive campaign against Gary Gensler, a Polish foreign policy faux pas,
op-eds from Rep. Trey Gowdy, incoming Rep. Julie Fedorchak, and much more!







[1] Interview: Rep. Mike Bost’s case to chair Veterans' Affairs: “The VA was
created for the veterans. Sometimes the bureaucrats in the VA forget about
that.”
By: Matthew Foldi

Rep. Mike Bost’s (R., Ill.) family has served in the military for
generations, dating back to his grandfather and ending with his grandson. A
Marine Corps corporal, Bost “never thought” he “would have [the] opportunity]
to serve in Congress,” let alone as the Chairman of the House’s Committee on
Veterans’ Affairs.

As chairman, Bost has made major strides in the creation of a national
anti-fraternization policy in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) following
a lurid sexual harassment scandal he blew the lid off of, and in exposing
sketchy voter registration activities that the VA was doing in areas “where it
just glows blue.”

Now, the lawmaker wants to chair the committee for another two years, and
he’s leaning on his record of success to pitch the House’s Steering Committee
on why he’s the man for the job.

With Republicans poised to have unified control of the government for the
first time in years, Bost is eager to work with a second Donald Trump
administration to get the VA back to its mission: “the VA was not created for
the VA,” he said in an interview with theWashington Reporter. “The VA was
created for the veterans. Sometimes the bureaucrats in the VA forget about that
and they think that it's about their jobs. It's not about their jobs. We want
to have employees that do a good job and that are happy to serve our veterans
in that position, but when it becomes more about your job than it does about
the veterans you're serving, there's a problem, and that's why we have to have
accountability.”

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on Veterans’ Affairs, his legislative plans, and whether he has ever seen
southern Illinois’s big muddy monster!

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Heard on the Hill

What we're hearing from people we trust on and around the Hill – please send
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* The GOP’s $414,242,254 man: Sen. John Cornyn (R., Texas) raked in
$32,965,037 this cycle which he used to elect Senate Republicans, his campaign
announced. Since he was first elected to the Senate in 2002, he has raised a
staggering $414,242,254. Cornyn, who has been in the Senate for 22 years, has
raised an average of $18,829,193.36 every year since he was sworn in. Read our
full story about Cornyn’s fundraising prowesshere
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* Death of Direct File: Hill staff and Trump allies tell us that the IRS’s
controversial “direct file” system is going to be terminated in the new
administration. A Republican Senate aide told theWashington Reporter that “this
was an unconstitutional power grab by the IRS. It’s dead on day one. And anyone
who worked on it should be reassigned to the IRS’s office in Siberia.”
* Troy Downing, team player: Troy Downing, an incoming “pro-Trump, pro-wall,
and pro-America” congressman from Montana, has already donated $235,100 to
elect Republicans across the country. Read our full story about Downing’s
national campaign swinghere
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* Arnold Ventures is reeling: Of the many losers on election night, one of
the biggest is the left-wing billionaire John Arnold, who has pushed ranked
choice voting, anti-Trump policies, and soft-on-crime initiatives. Arnoldlost
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* Bono called out: John Ondrasik, the talent behind Five For Fighting, spoke
with theReporter at this weekend’s Stand Together rally in Washington, D.C.
about his Yellow Ribbon campaign that draws awareness to the hostages who are
still being illegally held in Gaza by Palestinian terrorists. Ondrasik is
urging Americans to tie a yellow ribbon on their property — “that means you
Bruce Springsteen. That means you Barbara Streissand. That means you Bono,” he
said.
* Nice tax exempt status you’ve got there: Rep. Claudia Tenney (R., N.Y.)
suggested revoking Harvard’s tax exempt status following an op-ed written by
the student president of the school’s Institute of Politics, in which he argued
that “we can no longer be nonpartisan.”

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[3] WATCH: Poland’s Prime Minister flips on Trump: “I have never made such
suggestions” that Trump is a Russian asset
By: Matthew Foldi

President Donald Trump’s reelection is already prompting global forces to
reassess the United States. In Poland, Prime Minister Donald Tusk was
confronted about saying as recently as last year that “it is no longer
debatable” that “Trump [has] dependence on Russian intelligence” and that
“Trump was actually recruited by Russian intelligence thirty years ago.”

Following Trump’s win, Tusk was asked about his claims that Trump is tied to
Russia. Tusk responded that, “no, I have never made such suggestions.”


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Polish sources told the Washington Reporter that the journalist who asked
Tusk about his Trump criticisms, who works at the weekly magazine of the
Solidarity labor union, “was informed that she will be banned from the Prime
Minister’s press conferences.”

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to read more about how Donald Trump’s win is already scrambling European
foreign policy.

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[4]
Scoop: Donald Trump Jr. tells Senate GOP to hold line against Democrats’ lame
duck push
By: Matthew Foldi

Donald Trump Jr. is giving Senate Republicans backup amidst the lame duck
session, telling them to “hold the line and not allow Schumer to push Biden’s
radical judges and legislation.”

Trump told the Washington Reporter that “my father is about to take office
with a Senate majority; the American people expect Republicans to stop the
Democrats and enact the MAGA agenda.”

That message is resonating with Republican Senators, who tell the Reporter
that Biden’s “bad faith” efforts to ram through partisan activists aren’t
succeeding. Sen. Thom Tillis (R., N.C.) blasted the “last-ditch effort by
Senate Democrats and the Biden administration to install an activist judge,”
Ryan Park <[link removed]>, in the lame duck. “The
Biden administration has constantly worked in bad faith to fill this vacancy
and even originally tried to nominate a partisan Democrat who ran against Sen.
Ted Budd,” he said. “Americans spoke loud and clear last week: no more activist
judges. No partisan lame duck confirmations.”

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to read more about Trumpworld’s push to have the Senate punt on all of
President Joe Biden’s radical nominees and priorities.

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[5]
Exclusive: “Goodbye Gensler” campaign launches: “restore integrity to the SEC”
By: Matthew Foldi

Although President-elect Donald Trump has not yet chosen who will head the
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), he’s all but certain to replace its
current chair, Gary Gensler — a new campaign, shared exclusively with the
Washington Reporter, is eager to help.

Consumer Action for a Strong Economy (CASE) rolled out an anti-Gensler
campaign, called “Goodbye Gary,” this month, which includes a series of ads and
information about his failures. “Chairman Gary Gensler has turned the SEC into
a laughingstock,” one of CASE’s ads says. “A judge says Gensler committed a
‘gross abuse of power,’” it adds. The campaign also includes amicrosite
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“goodbye Gary” card to “help Gary out the door.”


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“Under Chairman Gensler, the SEC has become weaker, less effective, and less
trusted by the American people,” Matthew Kandrach, CASE’s president, said.
“He’s wasted millions of taxpayer dollars on failed lawsuits against lawful
American companies, actively undermining the U.S.’s role as a global innovation
leader.”

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to read more about the campaign launched to “help Gary [Gensler] out the
door,” which was first shared with the Washington Reporter.

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[6] "MAGA McClain" moves up the ranks
By: Matthew Foldi

Rep. Lisa McClain (R., Mich.), is the House GOP’s chair-elect. A top House
Republican staffer described her as “MAGA McClain” to theWashington Reporter;
she had a busy 2024 campaign schedule that went well beyond her home state of
Michigan, which flipped back to President Donald Trump in last week’s elections.

The Michigan Republican donated over $1 million directly to the National
Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), as well as to dozens of House
Republican incumbents and challengers across the country, including to
returning Reps. Ken Calvert (R., Calif.), Tom Cole (R., Okla.), and Mike Ezell
(R., Miss.).

In addition to routing massive sums to Republican candidates, McClain also
built her own small dollar fundraising program that has thousands of recurring
donors, her team told theReporter.

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read more about the ascent of “MAGA McClain” in the House GOP ranks.

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A strong national defense is essential to protecting our American way of life.

Veterans On Duty continues the fight back at home, advocating for military and
national security policies that will keep America safe, strong, and free.





[7] Op-Ed: Julie Fedorchak: A new era of U.S. energy dominance begins
By: Rep. Julie Fedorchak

Few people in America understand how vulnerable our power grid is today.
Two-thirds of America is at risk of not having enough power to meet demand.
They could be sitting in a dark room wondering what to do next, at the mercy of
a long line of leaders who didn’t do their jobs.

We all can agree that in a nation blessed with energy resources of all types
that we should never be without power. Fortunately, my state of North Dakota is
well positioned to cover our needs thanks to our diverse and innovative energy
industry and leaders who have fought hard to advance and protect it. But
America as a whole is on the edge. Truly, our nation is committing energy
suicide.

The problem is that much of our energy policy is driven by advocates — not by
scientists or by engineers. This is threatening our economy, our families, and
our national security.

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to read more from incoming Rep. Julie Fedorchak about the energy revolution
that’s about to be unleashed.

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[8] Op-Ed: Rep. Trey Gowdy: Patent proposals would be an early misstep for
the new administration
By: Rep. Trey Gowdy

Our country is coming out of an election cycle where each candidate offered
differing proposals for how to spur the American economy. While former
President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris have different views on
taxes, regulation, trade, and health care — among other important issues —
there are some issues which rise above the partisan din.

For example, when it comes to our intellectual property system, certain
principles — like maintaining high quality standards for issued patents which
promote innovation and competition — have helped deliver decades of American
prosperity. Regrettably, a trio of patent proposals, recently introduced in
Congress, would set back our intellectual property system and deliver a blow to
our innovation economy.

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to read more from Rep. Trey Gowdy about the dangers to American innovation
that are being posed by a series of bills right now.

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[9] Op-Ed: Jeremy Hunt: Honor our heroes by delivering peace through strength
By: Jeremy Hunt

It’s no secret that the state of the world has changed dramatically in the
last four years under President Joe Biden. We are facing threats greater and
more complex than at any time since the Cold War. The last four years have
proven that weakness and appeasement are dangerous. The American people have
chosen Donald Trump and U.S. Marine Corps veteran JD Vance to lead the United
States, and the world, through these tumultuous times.

The significance of this shift cannot be understated. The American people
have delivered a clear mandate to rebuke the policies of the Biden-Harris
administration that have resulted in a weakened economy, an insecure border,
and foreign policy failures that have greatly diminished America’s standing on
the world stage.

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to read more from Jeremy Hunt about his message to veterans everywhere this
week.

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[10] Op-Ed: David Cook: Donald Trump dodged bullets so we won’t have to
By: David Cook

This Veterans Day is not about politics, but we cannot ignore the coming
reversal in policy affecting the military and veteran communities. The
immediate shift in international posturing from our enemies and allies
following Donald Trump’s decisive victory reveals an anticipation towards new
approaches in national defense and national security.

This, after four years of the Biden administration, is a vindication for the
military that overwhelming strength is the only way for a world leader to keep
peace. Deterrence only works when policymakers and a Commander-in-Chief have
the will to wield the tools at their disposals.

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week.

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[11] Op-Ed: Matt Brooks and Bonnie Glick: Jewish canaries in coal mines voted
for Donald Trump. Why?
By: Matt Brooks and Bonnie Glick

Over 40 percent of New York, Florida, Pennsylvania, and Nevada Jews voted for
President Donald Trump last week. Nationally, President-elect Trump received 32
percent of the Jewish vote — more than any other Republican President since
Ronald Reagan in 1980.

How did Trump do it? How did he secure the Jewish vote in such high numbers?
And how will he continue to increase Jewish votes for Republicans into the
future? Breaking a glass ceiling is tough work, and now that it’s broken, it is
time for a rocket booster through that hole.

A lot of the Trump wave among Jews, of course, was related to October 7 and
the pro-Hamas wing of the Democratic Party’s efforts to steer today’s
progressives in an increasingly anti-Semitic direction. But there was something
additional, something that convinced American Jews, even so-called progressive
Jews, that there was something about the Republican special sauce that was on
offer.

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to read more from Matt Brooks and Bonnie Glick about why American Jews voted
at historic numbers for Donald Trump and for Republicans down ballot.

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[12] Op-Ed: Robert Luther: Joe Manchin’s broken promise on judicial nominations
By: Robert Luther

Sen. Joe Manchin (I., W.Va.) presents himself as a man who keeps his word. We
will soon find out whether that is true. For now, there is cause for doubt.

As Associate Counsel to the President in the Trump White House, my job was to
help select judicial nominees who were committed constitutionalists. During
that period, Manchin had a reputation as a pragmatist who would break party
lines and vote to confirm solid judges who would uphold the Constitution.

Earlier this year, Manchin’s pragmatism returned. After voting for nearly all
of Biden’s judicial nominees, Manchin expressed frustration with their highly
partisan backgrounds and vowed to ensure the Democrat-controlled Senate didn’t
become a rubber stamp. So Manchin drew a sensible line in the sand and promised
not to vote for any judicial nominee lacking bipartisan support.

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to read more from Professor Robert Luther about Sen. Joe Manchin’s promise on
judges that hangs in the balance.

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