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Qatar Must Honor Our Open Skies Agreements
Conservatives, including Jenny Beth Martin, sent President Trump an open letter this week urging him to stand up to Emir of Qatar for violating our Open Skies agreement. Breitbart has the details: “For years, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates violated their commitments under the Open Skies agreements by subsidizing their airlines. These subsidies allowed…
Read MoreTexas AG: Obamacare individual mandate ‘unconstitutional’
Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton says Obamacare as it now stands—gutted of the requirement that Americans purchase health insurance or pay a penalty—is unconstitutional because its individual mandate no longer raises tax revenue and instead simply forces Americans to purchase health insurance. “The Commerce Clause gives Congress the authority to regulate commerce, not to…
Read MoreCensus Citizenship Question Matters
President Trump and his administration have tirelessly worked on adding a citizenship question to the upcoming decennial census. Other than collecting for the purposes of Voting Rights Act enforcement, Democratic lawmakers claim that President Trump has an ulterior motive for it. Nancy Pelosi went as far to say President Trump wants to make America “white…
Read MoreNew Book Reveals Details Leading Up to Kavanaugh’s Emotional Appearance
Who could forget the televised “trial” of then-Supreme Court justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh? It was a deja vu moment for all who remember the controversy surrounding Justice Clarence Thomas’ nomination process. Kavanaugh and his accuser Christine Blasey Ford appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee with their written statements before the committee voted on Kavanaugh’s nomination. Although eventually approved, America…
Read MoreFederal lawmakers shouldn’t impose arbitrary minimum-wage standards
Minimum-wage standards have long been a polarizing topic in political debates, with conservatives and liberals often pigeonholed into their separate camps on the issue. But it’s more complicated than that. Some Democrats on Capitol Hill are stumping for an arbitrary increase to the federal-minimum wage. More reasonable people, however, know that what works in one…
Read MoreWhat’s in the $4.6 Billion Border Aid Bill
Last week, the House and the Senate approved a bipartisan bill addressing the overwhelming population of migrants at detention centers along the border. This is what’s in the Senate bill: The vast majority of the Senate’s legislation is aimed at alleviating the squalid conditions detained migrant children are facing. It sends $2.9 billion to restore…
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