“Instead of fighting the rising cost of healthcare, gas, or groceries, this Congress prioritized rewarding the wealthy and well-connected military-industrial complex,” said Defense Spending Reduction Caucus co-chairs. Despite the Pentagon’s repeated failures to pass audits and various alarming policies, 81 Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives voted with 200 Republicans on Wednesday to advance a $883.7 […]
Sale includes minimum acres required, creating smallest footprint of potential surface disturbance and limiting seismic exploration ANCHORAGE — Monday the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) issued a Record of Decision (ROD) for the Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS), which analyzed the program as well as a lease sale mandated […]
“They’re going to put everything on the table,” one Republican lawmaker said of Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy. Republican lawmakers on Thursday signaled a willingness to target Social Security and other mandatory programs after meeting with Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, the billionaire pair President-elect Donald Trump chose to lead a new commission tasked with slashing federal spending and […]
“The Constitution provides no impoundment power to the president to unilaterally withhold funds appropriated by Congress,” said Rep. Rosa DeLauro. The top Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee warned Friday that President-elect Donald Trump is planning to “steal from the programs and services that affect middle-class, working, and vulnerable families” by refusing to spend money appropriated by Congress. Rep. […]