Patriot,

It's been a hectic day in Washington, with the latest reports
indicating Congress plans to pass a one-week spending bill just
to push the deadline to prevent a partial and minor government
shutdown back another week.

Instead of having until Friday the 16th to make a deal, Congress
will have until December 23 . . . unless they delay another week
when most Americans will be celebrating the holidays and won't
have their attention on Washington, D.C.

We're also hearing House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA)
wants to oppose any omnibus spending deal until Republicans take
the majority in January on the premise the new majority will cut
spending. . .

We shall see.

These may be encouraging signs, but in Washington, it ain't over
'til it's over.

And in reality, it's never over: they're just buying time.

Whether they reach a deal next week or next month, the fight will
continue, and sooner or later, they're going to pass a budget
deal.

It's just a question of how much of the worst of it we can hold
off.

But we will be able to hold off more if the budget battle drags
into next year.

The Democrats are losing power in the House of Representatives.
And they haven't been shy about wanting to cement the legacy of
Nancy Pelosi with some big spending in the closing weeks of her
speakership.

Just consider what items are on the table right now:

>>> $38 billion more for Ukraine. This is on top of the tens of
billions we the taxpayers have already squandered in Ukraine,
perpetuating our proxy war that has devastated the country and
does nothing to actually help the Ukrainian people.

>>> Billions more for the IRS. The government already funded the
hiring of 87,000 new IRS agents this year in the falsely named
"Inflation Reduction Act." Now they will want even more money to
harass American taxpayers and extract your money with deadly
force.

>>> The Electoral Count Reform Act, which would prohibit state
legislatures from choosing their slate of electors and transfer
that power to governors. This is in violation of the U.S.
Constitution, which specifies that the state legislatures shall
direct the manner of appointing electors.

>>> Funding drag shows in Ecuador. And there are plenty of
earmarks for even more radical left-wing ideology in the bill.

If we can keep the budget battle at bay until next year, there's
a good chance we can defeat at least three of these four things.

But just like the recent NDAA, the 4,008-page bill outlining the
Pentagon's priorities for the year that wasn't made public until
two days before a vote, we haven't seen a budget bill yet.

So who knows what is hidden in this omnibus bill? About all we
know for sure is it will exceed last year's $1.5 TRILLION
package.

Reports indicate the current budget bill will grant millions to
left-wing non-government organizations and institutions. $1.2
million would go to "LGBTQIA+ Pride Centers" and another $1.2
million to "Dreamer Resource Centers" at the University of San
Diego. $3 million would go to the "American LGBTQ+ Museum."

$477,000 would be granted to the "Equity Institute" to "work
directly with schools, organizations, and communities to develop
and implement antiracist strategies to advance equitable learning
outcomes for all students." $2 million would go to the "Great
Blacks in Wax" museum in Baltimore.

Retiring Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) even had the gall to
request $1.6 million for the Leahy Center, named after himself.

Perhaps these pet projects are all good and fine, if the citizens
in those communities want them, but they are not projects your
taxpayer dollars should ever be funding.

Additionally, the spending bill would grant $3 million for water
infrastructure in a part of Alaska that is so sparsely populated
that the $3 million appropriation is the equivalent of $44,000
per resident. Sounds like the infamous "Bridge to Nowhere" all
over again.

And nobody knows what else they'll slip in there. An "assault"
weapons ban that Joe Biden is calling for . . . or some other
gun-grabbing scheme?

Sources say an assault weapons ban is unlikely . . . but
remember, weak Republicans have betrayed our Second Amendment
rights before . . . and not long ago.

Remember, Republican Senators Marco Rubio (FL), James Lankford
(OK), Susan Collins (ME), and Pat Toomey (PA) cosponsored
legislation to open criminal investigations into 100% of
background check denials as a stand-alone bill, even though
government studies show 9 out of 10 times these denials are false
positives.

Many of these "Republican in Name Only" senators voted to confirm
the anti-Second Amendment Merrick Garland for Attorney General
last year (Blunt, Capito, Collins, Cornyn, Ernst, Graham,
Grassley, McConnell, Moran, Murkowski, Portman, and Thune).

Patriot, we will need to monitor this spending bill every day,
hour by hour, to prevent statist goodies and attacks on our
constitutional rights from being quietly slipped into the bill.

With massive spending bills like these, the situation is always
extremely fluid, so please expect critical action alerts this
week and next week.

And since Congress has a track record of dropping bills like this
monstrosity on us in the middle of the night with little time to
react before they vote . . .

You and I MUST stay vigilant to the very end of this session.

Can we count on your support today to help us mobilize patriots,
on an emergency basis if necessary, to push back against the
worst aspects of the spending bill?
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We had some success on the National Defense Authorization Act
last week. After fighting for weeks, we were able to prevent a
Digital ID proposal, a stepping stone to a Central Bank Digital
Currency, from being incorporated into the NDAA.

We also got a provision to expose women to the military draft
removed. And while we fought for a total BAN on military vaccine
mandates, we were able to pass a repeal on the current mandate.

We'll continue to fight to remove the most odious aspects from
the upcoming spending bill this week.

Please chip in a generous contribution if you can, to help us
close out this year with another victory. Can we count on your
support of $100, or even $50 or $25?
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This could be the last battle of 2022. Let's finish strong!

Thanks for all you do,

John McCardell
Executive Director
Campaign for Liberty

P.S. Congress is scrambling to pass this massive "omnibus" budget
scheme, but with enough pushback from We the People, we can
expose and remove some of its most odious provisions.

If you support the important work Campaign for Liberty does to
expose, fight, and defeat this statist scheme and so many more,
please support Campaign for Liberty with a contribution.
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$100 or or $25, these reckless spending schemes will harm us
all. So please contribute what you can afford. Thank you so much!


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