May 23, 2016
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Rep. Luke Messer, R-Ind., is fed up with what he views as the Obama administration's "bullying local schools." Phil Wegmann has that story, and a look at a budget compromise some House conservatives are considering. Kelsey Harkness visited North Carolina to speak to two moms fighting the federal government over bathrooms. Hear them speak in their own words in our mini-documentary. Plus: Bob Moffit on Obama's new executive overreach, and a profile of a female Kurdish fighter. |
NewsMeet the Moms Fighting the Government Over Their Children's Bathroom Privacy"This is tantamount to extortion," says Donica Hudson, a mom of three from North Carolina, "to threaten to take away our public funding for education ... if we don't allow them to come in and jeopardize the safety and privacy of our children." Watch the Video |
CommentaryObama's Latest Executive Overreach Is in MedicareThe Obama administration has proposed regulatory changes in payment for Medicare Part B drugs. The program would be another mandate, and one that exceeds statutory authority. Read More |
NewsHouse Policy Leader Seeks to Block Obama's School Bathroom DirectiveThe bill would return control of the issue to the state and municipal level while also prohibiting the administration from cutting off taxpayer funds to public schools that disregard the bathroom directive. Read More |
NewsHouse Conservatives Mull Budget 'Trigger' That Could Reduce Federal SpendingConservatives are considering a budget compromise that would reduce spending by $30 billion unless the House is able to pass at least 10 appropriations bills. Read More |
AnalysisMeet the Kurdish Female Warrior Who Battles ISISLt. Col. Nahida Ahmad Rashid's desire to fight for her country is rooted in the terrible things she experienced as a child growing up under the rule of former Iraqi dictator, Saddam Hussein. Read More |
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Daily on Defense: Jeffries plots end run for Ukraine aid, Austin back working from home, Ukraine donor group meets, Russian warship sunk, Putin’s poor memory
Follow us on Twitter View this as website BY JAMIE MCINTYRE ADVERTISEMENT JEFFRIES: ALL LEGISLATIVE OPTIONS ARE ON THE TABLE: The pressure is on House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) to find a way to bypass House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to bring the $95 billion foreign aid bill that sailed through the Senate 70-29 to a vote on the House floor, where it would surely also pass with a wide bipartisan majority. "There are clearly more than 300 members of the House of Representatives, the overwhelming amount of Democrats and a significant number of Republicans, who would support the national security legislation, were it to receive an up-or-down vote on the floor of the House," Jeffries said on CNN yesterday. Jeffries’s best bet is a long shot, a rarely successful legislative maneuver known as a "discharge petition," which would require at least four Republicans