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GOP rep jabs education secretary: 'Are car loans next?' for debt forgiveness

A lawmaker from Michigan on Tuesday compared President Biden’s student loan forgiveness to auto loan forgiveness – in an effort to criticize the administration’s debt relief policies. During a hearing on Tuesday, Rep. Lisa McClain, R-Mich., took issue with the Biden administration for forgiving billions in student loan debt against what she said was the will of the Supreme Court …

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Biden’s student loan bailout is to buy good will with your hard-earned cash

Washington Democrats have long used large federal spending and welfare programs to their political benefit. Until now, however, there have been few chapters in American history that could measure up to President Joe Biden’s brazen attempts to buy good will by unilaterally canceling student loan debt. It is without historical precedent. Just weeks ago, the president unveiled new executive actions …

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I asked Congress to stop a ‘Big Brother’ power grab that victimizes small businesses

I was on Capitol Hill April 30, on behalf of American small businesses and individual rights. I was invited by the House Committee on Small Business to be a witness at their hearing regarding the Corporate Transparency Act’s Beneficial Ownership Information rule (CTA BOI). This rule has allowed FinCEN – the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network division of the Treasury – …

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Spoiled children have seized the colleges we pay for

Starting at Columbia University and spreading across elite universities, pro-Hamas protesters have taken over their campuses, erecting tent cities and blocking the normal operations of their schools. Worse, they have targeted Jewish students with threats of violence, organized human chains to push “Zionists” out of public spaces and sent a Jewish student to the hospital after stabbing her in the …

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Poland will not yet adopt the euro, finance minister says

Twenty years after joining the European Union, Poland is still not ready to adopt the euro currency, the finance minister in the pro-European Union government said. Andrzej Domański, finance minister in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Donald Tusk, said in an interview on TVN24 on Monday that Poland joining the eurozone, the currency union of 20 EU members, is not …

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Republicans want to help Americans leave poverty, not be trapped in it like Democrats want

The left claims to care about income inequality, but time and time again, its members reject solutions that allow more people to accumulate assets and savings. That’s because the left wants to end income inequality by leveling everyone down so everyone will be equally miserable. The American way, however, is to help everyone move up in income and have a …

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Feds gave $700M to Planned Parenthood during year of record abortions

The federal government gave nearly $700 million to Planned Parenthood during a one-year span in which the clinic performed a record number of abortions, which coincided with a decline in all other major services, a recent report shows. Meanwhile, the Biden administration has vowed to expand access to Planned Parenthood’s abortion services. Planned Parenthood’s 2022-2023 report released Tuesday, called “Above …

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'Breaking Bad' star contemplated death to collect life insurance for his family before landing iconic TV role

Giancarlo Esposito was struggling financially before he landed the role of a lifetime on “Breaking Bad.” Esposito, who portrayed Gus Fring on the hit AMC drama, reached such a low point in life in 2008 he considered arranging his own murder so his family could benefit from a life insurance policy. “My way out in my brain was, ‘Hey, do …

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8 things that we could change about Tax Day forever

April 15 has just passed. Most of us are taking a breather. It doesn’t have to be this way. The FairTax Act which has been before Congress for 25 years would fund the government with no extra effort from any of us than just paying a sales tax whenever we buy new goods or services. No one would ever have …

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Sen Hawley calls on Energy Secretary Granholm to resign in heated exchange over stock trades

Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., called on Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm to resign Tuesday following a heated exchange over her past financial transactions. Hawley’s tense back-and-forth with Granholm came during a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing held to review the Department of Energy’s (DOE) 2025 budget request. The Missouri Republican excoriated the energy secretary for violating the STOCK Act …

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