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Heritage President on Ukraine Supplemental: “Manipulative Rhetoric” Doesn’t Change Faults in Spending Proposal <[link removed]> - The federal government has a moral and constitutional responsibility to put Americans and our interests first, both here at home and on the world stage. However, as with so many other major pieces of spending legislation in recent memory, Congress and the Biden administration are failing on both fronts. Heritage will not rubberstamp the Swamp’s attempt to use the latest crisis of the moment, especially when it will push our country further into debt, drive up inflation, and reward special interests and even foreign bureaucrats with our citizens’ money. The United States has no business funding other government workers’ salaries and pensions, yet this bill allocates nearly $10 billion for that very purpose—that’s how broken this process is. We do not need to choose between governing responsibly and advancing American interests on the world stage, no matter how much manipulative rhetoric is coming from Capitol Hill trying to convince us otherwise. Heritage Expert: James Carafano <[link removed]>
Bloated House $40 billion Ukraine aid package puts Americans last <[link removed]>- We want the U.S. government to support the people of Ukraine, help them repel Russians, and project American power in a way that sends a signal of strength and resolve to Moscow, Beijing, and our other global adversaries. It is hard to do so, however, when our leaders in Washington put forward proposals that spend billions of dollars we don’t have on things the American people don’t support. This is particularly salient at a time when Congress has failed to secure our own border, but is far too willing to spend tens of billions of dollars securing Ukraine’s borders. The president’s approach to Russia has been a failure from day one. His leadership in supporting Ukraine has been lacking, and that lack of leadership is reflected in the policymaking process on Capitol Hill in recent days. Heritage Expert: Mike
Howell <[link removed]>
Biden's student loan 'forgiveness' plan is a raw deal for taxpayers <[link removed]> - President Biden is now considering outright "forgiveness" of some portion of all student loan balances. Here, "forgiveness" is a euphemism for a taxpayer-funded bailout. It’s bad policy from any angle. When the pause on student loan repayments ends in August, it should not be
renewed a seventh time. And the Biden administration should abandon its misguided, regressive, expensive, inflationary, and morally hazardous pursuit of student loan forgiveness. The president may think it politically expedient, but the long-term consequences would be disastrous. Heritage Experts: Lindsey
Burke <[link removed]> and EJ
Antoni <[link removed]>
5 Pro-Abortion Protesters Visit Justice Amy Coney Barrett's Home <[link removed]> - Five pro-abortion protester marched to Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s home Saturday evening. They circled her cul-de-sac several times before exiting back out of the neighborhood on foot. The small group carried two pro-abortion signs and chanted “your neighbor says post-Roe, we say hell no,” and “they say no choice, we say pro-choice” as they walked through the Falls Church, Virginia neighborhood, about 12 miles outside of Washington, D.C. The Daily Signal asked the protesters if they would like to comment on why they chose to demonstrate outside Barrett’s home. One of the five quickly said “no.” The demonstration is believed to have been organized by the pro-abortion group Ruth Sent Us, <[link removed]> which says on their Twitter profile that they “rise up against a corrupt and illegitimate Supreme Court.” The protest is the second this week outside Barrett’s home. Heritage Experts: Virginia Allen <[link removed]> and
Douglas Blair <[link removed]>
Three things Congress can do to get serious on inflation <[link removed]> - Consumer prices rose 8.6% last year, the highest inflation since 1981. What can Congress do? If Congress stops the federal spending spree, stops subsidizing the housing market, and stops the war against workers and energy, inflationary pressures will ease significantly. Heritage Expert: Joel
Griffith <[link removed]>
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