Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) on Sunday pushed back on the White House’s proposal to raise the corporate tax rate to 28 percent to pay for President Joe Biden’s $2.25 trillion infrastructure plan. Collins was commenting on a key feature of Biden’s mammoth plan, which would raise the corporate tax rate to 28 percent from the current 21…
Scalise ‘Very Open’ to Bipartisan Infrastructure Package That Does Not Raise Taxes
Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) said this week that he is open to working with Democrats to craft a package that would advance America’s infrastructure without raising taxes. Scalise made the comments at a virtual Axios event on Friday where he urged President Joe Biden to fulfill his promise for unity and put the brakes on an…
FBI Appears to Acknowledge Mass Congressional Shooting Was Classified as Suicide by Cop
An FBI official on Thursday appeared to acknowledge that the bureau classified the mass shooting that left a U.S. representative in perilous condition and wounded several U.S. Capitol Police officers as a “suicide by cop.” Brad Wiegmann, deputy assistant attorney general for the Department of Justice’s National Security Division, said in his opening statement during…
GOP Lawmaker Asks FBI to Reassess Decision Concluding 2017 Baseball Shooting Was ‘Suicide by Cop’
Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) is asking the FBI to reassess their decision to classify the June 14, 2017 baseball field shooting outside of Washington as “suicide by cop” rather than a domestic terrorism case. Wenstrup was present when the Republican legislators were targeted by left-wing extremist James Hodgkinson, who fired over 100 rounds at them and…
FBI Designated 2017 Baseball Field Shooting as ‘Suicide by Cop’: Congress Members
The FBI in 2017 reportedly told members of Congress that a man who tried gunning them down was engaging in a “suicide by cop.” James Hodgkinson attacked a group of members playing in a charity baseball game in Washington that year, firing over 100 rounds before being shot by law enforcement officers. But FBI agents told…
Top Republican Posts Video of ‘Child Abuse’ at Texas Border Patrol Facility
House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) posted video footage of numerous unaccompanied children being housed in a Donna, Texas, Border Patrol facility and said it’s tantamount to “child abuse.” “I visited the Donna processing facility yesterday … This is the devastating result of their disastrous left-wing immigration agenda. RT so everyone can see what they’re trying…
Scalise on Trump Meeting: ‘He Still Cares a Lot About This Country’
A top Republican in Congress said he noticed in a meeting last week with former President Donald Trump that the Florida resident still cares a lot about America. “He still cares a lot about this country and the direction of our country,” House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) said. “But it was a conversation more…
Republican House Whip Scalise Meets with Donald Trump
The No. 2 Republican in the House of Representatives met with former President Donald Trump this week, his office confirmed to The Epoch Times. House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) met with Trump as he traveled in Florida. “Rep. Scalise is in Florida this week on political travel and had meetings at Mar a Lago…
Scalise Floats ‘Children’s Union’ as Teachers’ Unions Battle Return to Classrooms
House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) said schools should resume in-person instruction, criticizing teachers’ unions that have battled against returning to classrooms. “Maybe you need a children’s union to compete with the teachers union, because the children need to be represented,” Scalise said during a recent interview with the John Solomon Reports podcast. “So many…
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