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Porker of the Month: Reps. Tim Ryan and Ro Khanna
Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) has named Reps. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) and Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) May Porkers of the Month for trying to trick Americans into thinking they could receive free money. On April 14, Reps. Ryan and Khanna introduced H.R. 6496, the Emergency Money for People Act. The bill would hand out $2,000 each month to Americans for at least the next six months, regardless of the state of the economy. Congress has already allocated $3 trillion to fight coronavirus, including tens of billions in wasteful spending unrelated to the pandemic. Rep. Ryan himself admitted that the new proposal would cost the government “in the trillions” more each month. Since there is no incentive in the bill to get Americans back to work, the bill would make it much harder to restart the economy. This additional spending is on top of America’s already $24 trillion debt. Ultimately this money would have to be paid back with higher taxes from future taxpayers. For proposing an outrageous new entitlement program that will accomplish nothing except the creation of more debt, Reps. Ryan and Khanna are the May Porkers of the Month. Read more about the Porker of the Month.
CCAGW Releases Annual Congressional Ratings
The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW) has released its annual Congressional Ratings, identifying those members of Congress who vote in the interests of taxpayers and those who waste taxpayer dollars. The latest edition of the Ratings examines 12 Senate and 80 House roll call votes related to tax, spending, transparency, and accountability measures. Six members of the Senate and 27 representatives earned the coveted title of Taxpayer Super Hero by achieving the highest possible score of 100 percent. On the other end of the spectrum, 38 senators and 34 representatives had a perfectly abysmal score of zero. CCAGW congratulates those members who stood by taxpayers and championed fiscal responsibility throughout the first session of the 116th Congress. Find out how your members of Congress stack up.
CCAGW Launches Campaign to Stop Pelosi Bill
CCAGW this month launched an Action Alert campaign targeting House members demanding they vote against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) new radical and wasteful coronavirus bill. Her $3 trillion bill, which would double the amount of money already being spent in response to the pandemic and permanently increase the size, scope and power of the federal government while impairing our freedom and liberty, stands as the most expensive legislation of its kind to ever be considered by Congress. The campaign delivered more than 8,000 e-mails to House offices in less than 36 hours. While the House passed the bill, the campaign was instrumental in convincing 14 Democrats to abandon Pelosi and vote against her radical scheme. In the coming weeks, CCAGW will launch a new campaign demanding that Senators completely reject Speaker Pelosi’s latest attempt to take advantage of the coronavirus crisis to enact a socialist agenda. Take part in CCAGW’s current Action Alert campaigns.
From “The WasteWatcher” …
Earlier this month, the House passed Pelosi’s $3 trillion HEROES act which contained $875 billion to bail out state and local governments, explains CAGW State Government Affairs Associate Frances Floresca in “The Waste Watcher,” CAGW’s staff blog. The call for financial aid is unsurprisingly the strongest from states that have spent irresponsibly for decades. For example, Illinois has requested more than $40 billion in bailout funds from U.S. taxpayers. This includes money for pension relief and block grant funding, issues that have been growing concerns for years before the coronavirus pandemic and completely unrelated from the current health crisis. Meanwhile, states like Ohio, Texas, and Utah are responsibly cutting expenditures during this difficult time, but these fiscally responsible states and their taxpayers will be left carrying the bag of money for profligate states like Illinois if the HEROES act were to become law. Instead of handing out new money to states, Congress should wait to see if more money is necessary, and all states should cut spending and tighten their budgets, argues Floresca. Read more on “The Waste Watcher.”
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