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SEN DAVE McCORMICK: Prediction markets are booming. Washington must catch up
fire. Last year, there was about $51 billion in total transaction volume on prediction markets. This year, volume … exceeded $60 billion in just three and a half months, including over 192 million unique prediction market transactions
To meet energy demand, we need everything we’ve got
sectors are rallying behind this approach. Companies investing billions in AI, advanced manufacturing and data infrastructure understand that
Activists Are Destroying American Energy — Here’s How To Stop Them
helped build the modern American economy and lifted billions of people worldwide out of poverty. The companies being … These suits attempt to force producers to pay billions—sometimes trillions—of dollars for local infrastructure projects allegedly
Op-ed: Rural America is in trouble. Congress needs to pass the farm bill.
state of Washington exported nearly $7.5 billion in agricultural products, demonstrating how important foreign markets … Assistance for Specialty Crop Farmers programs totaled $12 billion in direct payments that serve as a lifeline
Trump Is Defending America By Defeating DEF
save farmers, truckers, and others more than $13 billion annually, thereby benefiting the entire economy. The days
It’s time to open markets for farmers
that it doesn’t harm Iowa’s $14.3 billion agricultural export economy. The Farm Bill will allow
Republicans shouldn’t cave on Obamacare subsidies. I have another plan.
Republicans must reject a $400 billion Obamacare bailout. Instead, Congress should empower groups and employers to provide high
Terminate the Trump tariffs before it’s too late
Reagan similarly opposed protectionism because it “costs consumers billions of dollars, damages the overall economy, and destroys jobs … hurt Americans. The first Trump administration authorized $28 billion in farmer bailouts to offset financial losses caused
Republicans Fail AGAIN To Repeal Obamacare
taxpayer? Turns out the program costs over $800 billion today. So, energetic conservatives proposed adding this reform … Medicaid expansion would have saved an additional $710 billion over ten years and fully offset all new spending
Why I said ‘no’ to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act
along. Instead, Senate leaders prioritized adding billions more in targeted welfare subsidies for select states like Alaska. This … this “Big Not-So-Beautiful Bill” adds $270 billion to the national debt in 2026 and over
The Permanent War Party Seeks to Undermine America First Once Again
collective GDP over $24 trillion and spends $500 billion on defense — twelve and three times larger than Russia … trillion and a defense budget over $47 billion, South Korea is leagues ahead of its northern neighbor , whose
Congress Must Face Facts – It Spends Too Much Money
will not be offset. Neither will the $2.1 billion in mandatory spending increases. In other words, rather than … mirage. Congress and the president actually rescinded $13 billion in foreign aid, but those cuts were made during
A $600 Billion Gift to Wall Street, Paid for by the Public
estimates put the cost of transitioning at $35 billion. As of May 2022, those estimates increased … Reserve Balances payments have totaled hundreds of billions of dollars, and most people don’t even know they
There are $186 billion reasons why we must audit the Fed
pays attention to the hundreds of billions of dollars the Fed unnecessarily paid to banks to not lend … paltry 0.25%, and annual payments averaged $5 billion. But the situation quickly became dramatically different. Today’s interest
$5 Billion MORE in Refugee Welfare? Congress WILL Never Learn.
freelance journalist reported on billions of dollars stolen from welfare programs in Minnesota. Congress did not uncover this … they simply decided to spend another $5 billion on welfare. If Congress cared so much about addressing welfare
Sen. Rand Paul: Seizing Russian Assets Will Sink Peace Talks
fact, Russia has already threatened to seize $288 billion in western assets should the West seize their assets
We must deliver quality, affordable health care for rural families
that success, I fought to include the $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Fund in the Working Families … health system more than $7 — and saves families billions overall. My work remains focused on lowering the cost
Tough Fiscal Lessons From My First Year in the Senate
Medicaid spending jumped 51%, from $409.4 billion to $617.5 billion, now making up 9% of the federal budget … Medicaid has soared 80% since 2019 ($30 billion to $54 billion), while the number of Pennsylvanians enrolled
Cracking Down on Waste, Fraud, and Abuse
Office (GAO) estimates that as much as $500 billion is stolen from federal programs each year … root in Minnesota with as much as $9 billion or more stolen from federal programs since
Republicans’ Landmark Bill Gets to Work for South Dakotans
This bill created a $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program to address the rural health care crisis. Instead
Hagerty, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Champion Legislation to Make Main Street Banks Great Again
panic that ensued in the spring 2023, billions of dollars of deposits fled from regional and community banks
Restoring a proven plan for North Dakota’s energy future
effectively balances energy production and environmental protection. With billions invested in emissions reduction and clean energy technology, nationally
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT… Sen. Rick Scott, Chair August Pfluger Pen Op-Ed on More Affordable Care Act: ‘America’s Health Care Crisis has a Cure. Will Congress Prescribe it?’
capable decision-makers they are. Instead of funneling billions of taxpayer dollars through layers of bureaucracy to large
Making Life Less Affordable, One Hidden Tax at a Time
natural gas or require utilities to spend billions complying with mandates, the expense doesn’t evaporate. It becomes