Scott Bessent’s “3-3-3” agenda “requires brutal cuts to health and nutrition and higher costs for families at the grocery store,” said analysts at the Center for American Progress. At his confirmation hearing on Thursday, hedge fund manager and U.S. treasury secretary nominee Scott Bessent told the Senate Finance Committee that at the helm of the […]
Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee (ENR), was encouraged by Chris Wright’s testimony Wednesday during an ENR hearing. President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Department of Energy (DOE) appeared before the committee, and Senator Murkowski engaged with Mr. Wright about his strong […]
“Don’t be fooled: What this Koch-backed group is really only after is protecting tax cuts for wealthy people like me,” said the chair of the Patriotic Millionaires. A right-wing advocacy group founded by the billionaire Koch brothers announced Monday the launch of a $20 million campaign to promote an extension of the 2017 Trump-GOP tax cuts, which disproportionately […]
“This bill is political grandstanding at its worst,” said one lawmaker. With the U.S. Senate poised to vote on the Laken Riley Act on Friday, immigrant rights advocates are warning that—despite claims from proponents that the bill is aimed at protecting American communities from violent crime—supporters of the legislation are actually advancing a dangerous “Trojan horse” and […]