The Center for Biological Diversity found 27 anti-wildlife measures in FY 2024 appropriations bills, the most since the Endangered Species Act was passed 50 years ago. U.S. Lawmakers, mostly Republicans, have inserted a record number of anti-wildlife measures into the appropriations bills for fiscal year 2024, the Center for Biological Diversityreported Tuesday. The attack comes despite the […]
“This commission is a poison pill designed to slash Social Security and Medicare behind closed doors.” Social Security defenders are sounding the alarm ahead of a Thursday House Budget Committee hearing and vote on the Fiscal Commission Act, bipartisan legislation that opponents say is a ploy to fast-track cuts to the popular New Deal program without political […]
“Members of Congress should not be allowed to trade stock,” said one former congressional candidate. “It’s corruption.” A financial watchdog group on Tuesday released its annual report on congressional stock trading, which shows that “Congress blew the market out of the water” in 2023, fueling fresh calls for a ban targeting U.S. lawmakers and their immediate family […]
Sen. Peter Welch said U.S. weapons have “grave implications” for “the millions of civilians trapped in Gaza who had no part in the horrific slaughter of innocent Israelis on October 7th.” The Biden administration’s decision late last week to circumvent congressional review of a $147.5 million arms sale to Israel is drawing growing backlash from U.S. lawmakers, […]