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"NEW YORK — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy proclaimed Monday that Republicans would not allow the government to default on its debts, even as he labored to sell Wall Street on a risky fiscal showdown with the White House that could unleash vast economic turmoil. Speaking at the New York Stock Exchange, McCarthy (R-Calif.) affirmed his party’s plan to seize on a rapidly… Read more »

WASHINGTON, April 16 (Reuters) - U.S. House Republicans will try to agree on a plan to lift the federal $31.4 trillion debt ceiling and cut government spending when Congress returns this week, after being stymied for months by Democratic President Joe Biden's demands they do so without conditions... "Getting us all on the same page is a challenge. But it's not impossible and I'm… Read more »

"EXCLUSIVE: Two dozen Republican lawmakers are demanding answers from the Pentagon after Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC) sent a "cease and desist" letter to Catholic priests to stop providing care during Holy Week, slamming the move as a violation of the First Amendment." ... Read more here.   Read more »

"Republican lawmakers penned a scathing letter Pentagon officials after Walter Reed National Military Medical Center sent a “cease and desist” letter to Catholic priests to stop providing care during Holy Week when their contract expired..." Read more here.   Read more »

"President Joe Biden's report "deflecting" blame on his "devastating withdrawal from Afghanistan" is yet another "inexcusable" example of his "feckless lack of leadership" and "an embarrassment," Rep. Ben Cline, R-Va., told Newsmax. "Defense Secretary Bob Gates said it best when he said, 'Joe Biden has been on the wrong side of every foreign policy decision in the past 30 years,'… Read more »

"A local Republican Congressman puts on his attorney hat in looking at the case against Donald Trump announced by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on Tuesday – that started with a hush money payment. More from WFIR’s Gene Marrano:..." Read more and listen to the clip here. Read more »

"New questions emerged Wednesday about the legal and political path ahead for former President Donald Trump after he pleaded not guilty in a historic court appearance to dozens of felony charges related to hush money payments from 2016... Republican U.S. Rep. Ben Cline tweeted, “Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg and the radical Left are trying to weaponize our judicial system against… Read more »

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"House Republicans will forge ahead with their own plan to cut federal spending over the next several weeks after President Biden again rejected the idea of negotiating cuts with the GOP in the context of a broader deal to raise the debt ceiling." ...Budget Committee member Rep. Ben Cline ripped the White House response and called for "cooler heads" to prevail in the debt limit… Read more »

An education-related bill co-sponsored by U.S. Rep. Ben Cline (R-6th) that passed the House of Representatives recently would require school districts to publicly post information about curriculum as well as provide lists of books and reading materials in school libraries, among other things... "Parents are furious at the Radical Left’s continued attempts to indoctrinate our… Read more »