By Sarah Wilson
The US House of Representatives is expected to vote Saturday night on four separate bills — three would provide aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, the other would advance border security measures.
“This is a foreign aid package that’s not paid for in any way and is not related to the border in any way,” Republican Midstate Congressman Scott Perry said, referring to the… Read more »
By Rachel Schilke
The House advanced Speaker Mike Johnson‘s (R-LA) four-pronged foreign aid legislation through a procedural vote on Friday, largely thanks to House Democrats who helped push it over the line, setting up for a final vote on the package this weekend.
Though rule votes historically fall along party lines, several hard-line House GOP members have… Read more »
By Rachel Schilke
Hard-line House Republicans are coming out in strong opposition to House Speaker Mike Johnson‘s (R-LA) four-pronged foreign aid package, particularly over a stipulation in the Ukraine aid bill that the loan can be canceled by the president in a few years — a move that some are calling a “joke.”
Johnson’s long-awaited four-bill… Read more »
By Jory Heckman
Federal buildings officials say the FBI needs a new headquarters building to replace the “obsolete” and “failing” J. Edgar Hoover (JEH) Building in downtown Washington, D.C.
But even in a best-case scenario, it’ll take more than a decade for FBI employees to relocate to a new suburban headquarters, according to the Biden administration’s latest plans.
The General… Read more »
By Ken Tran
A controversial spying law is set to reignite tensions between House Republicans this week as conservative hard-liners and members of the intelligence community fight over the scope of how the law should be overhauled under a time crunch.
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Authority Act, also called FISA, is set to expire April 19, meaning time is running short for… Read more »
By Arjun Singh
The House of Representatives on Wednesday blocked a bill to reauthorize a controversial provision of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), dealing a blow to House Speaker Mike Johnson’s leadership.
Section 702 of FISA enables the U.S. government to operate large-scale electronic surveillance programs, which have been heavily criticized by… Read more »
By Elizabeth Elkind
Members of the ultra-conservative House Freedom Caucus and their allies are drawing lines in the sand ahead of what’s expected to be an intense inter-GOP battle over additional aid for Ukraine.
The House of Representatives is expected to take up the issue of Ukraine and supplemental foreign aid the week after next, three sources told Fox News… Read more »
By NTD Video
Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) grilled a Biden administration official on Thursday at a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing over the president’s lifting of sanctions on the Chinese Communist Party-run Institute of Forensic Science, which has been confirmed by the United Nations to have committed atrocities on Uyghurs in China. In 2020, the Trump administration placed the… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – On March 8, U.S. Representative Scott Perry (PA-10), introduced two bills to prevent President Biden and Congressional Democrats from grossly misusing the Defense Production Act of 1950 (DPA) to advance “green” energy solutions under the auspice of National Security. The Bullets Not Batteries Act (H.R. 7601) and the Planes Not Panels Act (H.R. 7602) will prohibit… Read more »
By Eva Fu, The Epoch Times
U.S. lawmakers are calling for an investigation into a U.S. customs officer who used Chinese communist hate propaganda in his official capacity against artists belonging to the New York-based Shen Yun Performing Arts.
“Espousing Chinese Communist Party propaganda, and coercion and intimidation as an official U.S. government action—that’s exceptional,” Rep.… Read more »
