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Freedom Caucus Hopes To Shrink CBO, Let Think Tanks Like Heritage And Brookings Score Budget Bills

LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Thomas Phippen A handful of congressmen in the Freedom Caucus want to strip federal funding from one part of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and rely on outside think tanks to analyze budget legislation, the Washington Post reported. Virginia Republican Rep. H. Morgan Griffith introduced an amendment to a spending bill…

Trump’s Social Media Director Just Put a Target on Justin Amash’s Back

LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: by Micah J. Fleck Dan Scavino Jr., the director of social media for the Trump white house, has just singled out one of Trump’s dissenters, Justin Amash, in a tweet that has since exploded in the past couple of hours: .@realDonaldTrump is bringing auto plants & jobs back to Michigan….

Brady: We Expect New CBO Score Before Obamacare Repeal Bill Hits The Floor

LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Juliegrace Brufke House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady said Monday he expects to see an updated score from the Congressional Budget Office on the leadership-backed Obamacare repeal bill before it comes to the floor Thursday. The Texas Republican said technical and policy changes, which are expected to…

What We Really Need In the New House Speaker
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What We Really Need In the New House Speaker

By R. Brownell “By accepting this new paradigm of unlimited government as absolute, we have rejected Jefferson’s vision and exceeded Hamilton’s ambition. Perhaps neither man’s preference has actually endured; and a new era, one hostile to traditional liberty, has dawned.” -Sen. Chris McDaniel Republicans are now open to having Newt Gingrich as Speaker of the House… yeah……