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December 8, 2022
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| Lame Duck Limps toward Trillions in Last-Minute Spending |
| by Suzanne Bowdey |
| If there's one thing Republicans are anxious to wrap up this Christmas, it's Democratic control. But there's plenty to do first, as both sides make a mad scramble to tie up dozens of legislative loose ends. Government funding tops the list, thanks to procrastinating Democrats who refused to make their most important constitutional obligation - passing a federal budget - a priority. Now, with time ticking down to a government shutdown on Friday, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) are hoping Republicans will just roll over and let them set all of the spending priorities for next year. Not so fast, conservatives say. |
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| 'Medicine and Science Are Being Politically Perverted' to Oppose Trans Procedures: Biden Official |
| by Ben Johnson |
| The transgender-identifying individual who serves as the Biden administration's assistant secretary for health has warned that "medicine and science are being politically perverted" by those who oppose transgender procedures for minors, telling medical professionals to question whether parents are truly motivated by "care and compassion" when they seek to protect their children from the transgender industry. |
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| Republicans Urge Full Reinstatement of Discharged Military Due to Vaccine Mandate |
| by Dan Hart |
| With thousands of America's men and women in uniform expelled from the military due to the Biden administration's COVID-19 vaccine mandate, Republican lawmakers are urging Congress to reinstate discharged servicemembers as the annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) inches closer to passage. On Wednesday, Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) signaled his support for restoring discharged troops, tweeting, "We owe it to the brave men and women of our Armed Forces to reinstate members dismissed for not receiving the COVID-19 vaccine WITH backpay." |
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| Washington's Upside-Down Pyramid of Priorities |
| by Joshua Arnold |
| A simple question provoked an astonishing answer during President Joe Biden's Tuesday visit to a new computer chip manufacturing plant in Phoenix, Arizona. When asked whether he planned to visit the border, only minutes away on Air Force One, Biden responded in the negative. "There's a more important thing going on," he said. Really, asked a cacophony of conservative commentary, what's more important than the border crisis? |
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