THE WORKING FAMILIES TAX CUTS LAW CREATES NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR TRADE WORKERS AND APPRENTICESHIPS The Working Families Tax Cuts law expands 529 savings accounts, widening the scope of qualified expenses on which funds can be used and increasing the accounts’ annual expense limit from $10,000 to $20,000. (U.S. Senate Committee... Continue Reading
AFTER CONFIRMATION OF THIS BATCH OF NEARLY 50 EN BLOC NOMINATIONS, THE SENATE WILL HAVE CONFIRMED OVER 60% OF PRESIDENT TRUMP’S NOMINATIONS IN BATCHES The Senate will take an initial procedural vote today to tee up a batch of 49 of President Trump’s civilian nominations. (U.S. Senate Republican Cloakroom: post... Continue Reading
DEMOCRATS SHUT DOWN THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY IN AN INCREASED THREAT ENVIRONMENT Today is the 74th day that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been shut down thanks to Democrats’ refusal to fund the entire agency. (CNN: A partial government shutdown has hit the Department of Homeland Security.... Continue Reading
THIS IS THE SECOND TARGETED BORDER SECURITY BUDGET RESOLUTION THIS CONGRESS WHERE SENATE DEMOCRATS HAVE TRIED TO DISTRACT FROM DISCUSSING THEIR DISASTROUS RECORD ON ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION Last year, when the Senate considered a targeted budget resolution for border security funding, Senate Democrats did everything they could to distract from the... Continue Reading
SENATE REPUBLICANS ARE WORKING TOWARD A TARGETED RECONCILIATION BILL TO FUND LAW ENFORCEMENT AND BORDER SECURITY AFTER DEMOCRATS ABDICATED THEIR DUTY TO FUND THE GOVERNMENT “Now is not the time to defund Border Patrol, and now is certainly not the time to put ICE out of business. These men and... Continue Reading
“Republicans are doing something that must be done quickly, and that our Democrat colleagues are trying to prevent us from doing. That something is simple: fully fund Border Patrol and ICE at a time of great threat to the United States. With this budget resolution, we are moving forward –... Continue Reading
AMERICANS KEPT MORE OF THEIR HARD-EARNED MONEY THIS TAX DAY – AND THAT’S CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION (Click here to watch) “All these things are working. Filing season may be ending, but the benefits of the Working Families Tax Cuts are not.” – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) “This... Continue Reading
WHILE DEMOCRATS HAVE REFUSED TO FUND ALL OF DHS AND PAY THOSE WHO WORK TO SECURE AMERICA’S BORDERS, REPUBLICANS WILL ENSURE THEY HAVE THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO KEEP DOING THEIR JOBS “Thanks to our foresight in the Working Families Tax Cuts, immigration enforcement and border security are funded through... Continue Reading
(Click here to follow) THIS YEAR, AMERICANS ARE RECEIVING HIGHER TAX REFUNDS THANKS TO REPUBLICANS’ WORKING FAMILIES TAX CUTS LAW “At the core of the Working Families Tax Cuts law is its prevention of a $4 trillion tax hike, paired with permanently lowered rates to spur economic growth. The law... Continue Reading
DEMOCRATS BLOCKED FUNDING FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 16 TIMES DURING THEIR SHUTDOWN AND STILL REFUSE TO FUND BORDER SECURITY “Unlike Republicans, Democrats want to DEFUND the Police, Border Patrol, and all Immigration Enforcement… That’s why we are going forward to fund our incredible ICE Agents and Border Patrol... Continue Reading
