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Mark Tapscott
Congressional Correspondent
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Founding Editor, Congressional Correspondent for The Epoch Times, FOIA Hall of Fame, Reaganaut, Okie/Texan.
Portland Rioters Using Coordinated Tactics to Launch Laser Attacks on Federal Officers
Powerful commercial-grade lasers have been used by rioters to hurt more than 100 law enforcement officers protecting the ...
Politics
August 4, 2020
Kansas Representative Demands Planned Parenthood Return $80 Million in PPP Loans
Rep. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) wants Congress to ban abortion providers from receiving Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and ...
Politics
August 3, 2020
Religious Liberty Advocates See Rough Road Ahead Due to Pandemic, but Mostly Optimistic About Future Wins
News Analysis Pastor John MacArthur is among America’s best-known conservative evangelical preachers, so many were shocked by his ...
US News
July 31, 2020
Veterans Affairs Gets Ernst ‘Squeal Award’ for Dirty Facilities, Shortage of Janitorial Staff, Too Many PR Operatives
Dozens of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care facilities lack required levels of cleanliness due to shortage ...
Politics
July 31, 2020
Russian Oligarchs Use High-Value Art to Launder Millions, Evade US Sanctions, Senate Report Claims
Russian oligarchs have bought and sold millions of dollars worth of art to evade economic sanctions imposed by ...
Politics
July 29, 2020
House Republicans Introduce Bill to Ensure Independent Federal Agencies Comply With All Regulatory Reforms
Five House Republicans are pushing a proposal to require independent federal agencies to comply with all regulatory reforms, ...
Politics
July 29, 2020
Ocasio-Cortez Amendment Would Block New Pipeline Construction, Hobble US Energy System, Critics Claim
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is quietly pushing an amendment to a congressional budget bill that energy experts warn ...
Politics
July 28, 2020
Parents Should Get School Choice Aid in New Economic Recovery Measure, Club for Growth Tells Congress
Any new economic recovery bill that Congress may approve and send to President Donald Trump for signature should ...
Politics
July 27, 2020
Biden, Trump Got Millions From Big Firms That Received PPP Loans Meant for Small Businesses
Individuals working for big law firms and corporations that received Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans meant for small ...
Politics
July 24, 2020
Right to Work Chief Targets Union Pension Bailout in Latest CCP Virus Recovery Talks
Senate Republicans negotiating another CCP virus recovery bill with House Democrats are being warned against agreeing to a ...
Politics
July 23, 2020
House Democrats Dominate Top 50 Spenders on Staff Salaries
Democrats occupy 21 of the top 25 and 39 of the top 50 spenders on congressional staff aides ...
Politics
July 22, 2020
Rep. Davis Calls for Capitol to Reopen to Visitors, Claims Dems Obstructing
Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.), the ranking Republican on the House Administration Committee, says it’s time for visitors to ...
Politics
July 21, 2020
NASA’s Orion Program Plagued by Excessively Generous Contractor Bonuses; Ernst Calls for Reform
NASA officials give such generous and unearned performance bonuses on the Orion space capsule development program that contractor ...
Politics
July 20, 2020
National Right-to-Work Chief Challenges Biden to Disavow Support From Corrupt UAW
Former Vice President Joe Biden should disavow the support he has received as the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee ...
US News
July 16, 2020
Hawley Seeks Civil Rights Probe of Confiscation of St. Louis Couple’s Firearms
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) is calling for Attorney General William Barr to open a Department of Justice (DOJ) ...
Politics
July 16, 2020
Top 4 Hill Leaders Eligible for Millions in Taxpayer-Funded Retirement Pensions
Four top leaders representing both major political parties on Capitol Hill could walk away with millions of dollars ...
Politics
July 15, 2020
Latest ‘Pigbook’ Shows Congress Set New Earmark Spending Record in 2020, Despite 2011 Ban
Congress banned earmarks nine years ago, but that didn’t stop lawmakers from setting a new record for such ...
Politics
July 15, 2020
Supreme Court Petitioned to Decide if Forced Union Dues Must Be Refunded Following Landmark 2018 Janus Decision
A Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) worker is petitioning the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether the union dues ...
Judiciary
July 14, 2020
CCP Virus-Linked Lawsuits Double as Liability Protection Showdown Nears in Congress
New workplace class-action lawsuits linked to the CCP virus—also known as the novel coronavirus—doubled between April and June, ...
Politics
July 14, 2020
Pelosi Presidential Pardon Promise Baffles Legal Analysts, Draws Scorn Among GOP Strategists
News Analysis Constitutional law experts and legal analysts across the political spectrum challenged Speaker of the House Nancy ...
Politics
July 13, 2020
GOP Duo’s Bill Would Enable ‘CHAZ’ Victims to Sue State, Local Officials for Failing to Protect Rights, Property
Reps. Chip Roy (R-Texas) and Ted Budd (R-N.C.) have introduced a proposal that would enable individuals victimized by ...
Politics
July 13, 2020
Dems Elated as Campaign Cash Pile Grows; GOP Warns It’s Too Early to Declare Victories
Democrats watching key races that are likely to decide which party controls the U.S. Senate in January 2021 ...
Politics
July 9, 2020
House Reparations Bill Backer Says ‘No Better Time’ Than Now, but Little Interest on Hill
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) thinks the time is right for her proposal, H.R. 40, that would establish a ...
Politics
July 2, 2020
House Dems Push Through $1.5 Trillion Infrastructure Bill That Republicans Blast as Green New Deal Giveaway
House Democrats approved on July 1 a massive $1.5 trillion, 2,300-page “Moving Forward Act” that Republicans blasted as ...
Politics
July 1, 2020
Sen. Ernst Says Close Tax Loophole ‘That Goes All the Way to China’
China has loaned the United States more than $1 trillion to help cover the federal government’s spiraling national ...
Politics
June 30, 2020
Pelosi Asked to Stop China Daily Distribution to Hill Offices
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is keeping silent in response to the urging of an Indiana ...
Politics
June 25, 2020
‘Cut Red Tape Coalition’ Piling Up Deregulation Wins While Flying Under Washington’s Political Radar
News Analysis Who you know and whose attention you avoid are often keys to getting big things done ...
Politics
June 25, 2020
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