U.S. Rep. Spartz’ Debt Commission Act will address debt death spiral

Jan. 17, 2024, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement in support of U.S. Rep. Victoria Spartz’ (R-Ind.) Debt Commission Act of 2024:

“America is in a debt death spiral, with OMB projecting the national debt to rise to $50 trillion by 2033, and it is unclear whether Congress will ever have the political will to do something about it. One thing is clear, continued reliance on debt to subsidize the social safety net ensures that that net will collapse, hurting those who are most dependent on it including seniors.

“The Social Security and Medicare trust funds are reporting they are rapidly approaching insolvency, and today, mandatory spending including interest payments account for 73 percent of all federal spending, and at $4.6 trillion, accounts for 100 percent of all revenue taken by the federal government from all sources. This means if Congress eliminated all defense spending, all foreign aid, and every program that Congress votes on, firing every employee, the federal government would still run a deficit.

“And it gets worse. In fact, the percent of mandatory spending plus interest is projected to rise to 78 percent of all spending by 2033, accounting for 105 percent of all revenue.

“Another example of the debt spiral is the dramatic increase in Medicaid recipients resulting from the shift in eligibility for benefits from 200 to 300 percent of the poverty level in 43 states from Obamacare, resulting in approximately $100 billion of additional spending according to the Congressional Budget Office.

“There are no easy answers to the debt abyss we are trapped in. Every dollar spent has a constituency. Every dollar taxed has a constituency. While Congress should be able to have an honest discussion on alternatives, politics prevents it, and with intergovernmental holdings of debt set to begin declining in 2028 as entitlements reach the tipping point, U.S. Rep. Victoria Spartz’ Debt Commission Act of 2024 will at least jump start a robust policy discussion that is long overdue.”

Attachments:

Spartz Updates Debt Commission Proposal, Jan. 9, 2024 at https://spartz.house.gov/media/press-releases/spartz-updates-debt-commission-proposal

Debt Commission Act of 2024 at https://files.constantcontact.com/7f8153c4801/9b112192-bfa5-4d3f-995d-fded4540903b.pdf?rdr=true

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ALG opposes Schumer-Lankford illegal immigration amnesty deal

Jan. 16, 2024, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement in opposition to a deal reported by the Immigration Accountability Project between Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) on illegal immigration amnesty:

“Americans for Limited Government ardently opposes the Schumer-Lankford illegal immigration expansion deal.  President Biden’s failure to enforce the law should not be rewarded with an acceptance of more than 150,000 entries a month.  The bad deal effectively normalizes catastrophic levels of illegal immigration while knowing those who created the crisis by ignoring the law for the past three years will continue ignoring it in the future. Senator Lankford is a man of honorable intentions dealing with those without them and the result must be defeated.”

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Topline cuts spending, upholds sequester and creates opportunity to pass all 12 appropriations bills

Jan. 8, 2024, Fairfax, Va.—Americans Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement reacting to the new topline negotiated framework for the $1.59 trillion U.S. discretionary budget:

“The released topline reduces spending by another $16 billion beyond the debt limit deal and upholds sequestration for the remainder of Fiscal Year 2024.  Most importantly, apart from the broad national defense and domestic spending categories, the topline does not dictate how the monies will be spent.  That is why it is incumbent on the House and Senate to pass the individual appropriations bills for each agency.  It is through passage of these bills, that Congress gives direct instruction to the administration on things like prohibiting the use of funds to push DEI programs, whether specific regulations shall be funded and potentially defunding the persecution of President Donald Trump by the Biden Justice Department.

“Border security remains the top priority, but it is likely to be better handled through the battle over whether to continue funding Ukraine’s ability to defend their border tying aggressive measures to force the Biden administration to staunch the unprecedented flow of illegal aliens into our country to any future funding of Ukraine.

“The topline is a step but is not the decision on how money in individual agencies should be spent.  The House has so far passed seven of the appropriations bills, with five others still pending, with dramatic restrictions on the Biden administration’s abuse of power. Americans for Limited Government is going to focus on passage of these bills with the goal of having as many of those defunds and riders survive the negotiating process with the Senate and Executive Branch.”

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Who’s in charge?

Jan. 8, 2024, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement responding to the hospitalization of Secretary of Defense Austin Lloyd being kept secret from President Joe Biden:

“Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was sedated in Walter Reid Army Medical Center and no one bothered to tell the White House.  In what was supposed to be a minor procedure, Austin encountered a medical emergency necessitating his hospitalization for five days. Normally, this would be no big deal, but when there appears to be chain of command confusion at the Pentagon due to his top deputy being on vacation at a time when Austin has authorized military strikes against Iranian assets based in Iraq, one would think the White House would at least be aware that the Defense Secretary was out of action.

“The Middle East is a powder keg, and the national defense and intelligence establishment seems to continue believing that they are in charge and not the duly elected president of the United States.  Under President Trump, we had the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff bragging that he engaged in back door communications with China to undermine Trump and betray the nation.  Now, under Biden, the Pentagon is acting as if it is an independent branch of government without a chain of command that starts in the Oval Office.

“Who is in charge? Apparently, not the White House. No matter what you think of the current president, this pattern of military disconnection from the president we elect is beyond dangerous — it is the beginnings of a soft coup by a military establishment that could neither defeat the Taliban nor figure out an orderly and honorable exit from Afghanistan.”

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ALG urges Congress to pass Sen. Rand Paul’s Audit the Fed legislation

Jan. 5, 2024, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement urging members of the House and Senate to cosponsor and pass Sen. Rand Paul’s (R-Ky.) Audit the Federal Reserve legislation when it is introduced next week to get to the bottom of the regional bank bailout, the Bank Term Funding Program, now up to $132 billion according to the Fed’s latest H.4.1. release:

“Every member of Congress should support Sen. Rand Paul’s legislation to audit the Federal Reserve. This is not just a rhetorical talking point, it is a fiscal and monetary responsibility of Congress to unveil how the Fed has been negating the impacts of higher interest rates on too big to fail banking balance sheets in the regional bank bailout, the Fed’s now $132 billion Bank Term Funding Program. This designed mitigation and socialization of interest rate risk for some banks while other smaller banks have been forced to close their doors under the Congressionally passed Dodd-Frank law, needs to be understood to ensure that political favor does not drive the picking of winners and losers, including whether these bailouts are going to too big to fail and foreign banks.

“In 2010, under Dodd-Frank, the Fed was audited, too, of the $1.25 trillion of mortgage-backed securities bought by the Fed, foreign entities sold some $442.7 billion of their mortgage securities to the Fed, too. Similarly, it stands to reason that interest rate exposure would not be merely limited to domestic regional banks, but only a full audit will reveal the truth.

“This is not a partisan issue, it is a basic right of the people and their representatives in Washington, D.C. to know if laws need to be changed to prevent the politicization of our capital and Treasury market systems. With the increased involvement of the U.S. banking industry to promote social and economic change programs, including DEI and green agenda programs, it is essential that the public and their representatives ensure that Treasury markets particularly, with the national debt set to rise to more than $50 trillion by 2033, are not being abused for political gain.

“Please cosponsor Sen. Paul’s legislation to audit the Federal Reserve.”

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Colorado Supreme Court makes Trump victory inevitable and necessary

Dec. 21, 2023, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement in response to the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision to remove Donald Trump from the ballot of the March 5 Republican presidential primary and the general election:

“The Colorado Supreme Court’s decision to throw Donald Trump off the state ballot for both the primary and general election clearly demonstrates the abject fear held by the establishment that if given a choice, voters will choose Trump and he will win. It is clear that in Joe Biden’s America, the only true act of political defiance is supporting Trump. On Jan. 20, 2025, President Donald Trump should thank the Colorado Supreme Court justices by name for the role they played in making him the only true choice for change. As so often happens, what they intended for evil will have the exact opposite impact. Whether you are on the right or the left, you have to agree that the Supreme Court needs to act to strike down this act of outrageous desperation. Denying the American people the ability to choose their leaders is beyond dangerous and cannot be tolerated and normalized.”

Attachments:

“Radical Democrats look like stone cold tyrants right now—and other Democrats can see it, too.” By Robert Romano, Dec. 21, 2023 at https://dailytorch.com/2023/12/radical-democrats-look-like-stone-cold-tyrants-right-now-and-other-democrats-can-see-it-too/

“As Trump soars in polls, Colorado Supreme Court tries to remove him from ballot in sop to Democrats,” By Robert Romano, Dec. 20, 2023 at https://dailytorch.com/2023/12/as-trump-soars-in-polls-colorado-supreme-court-tries-to-remove-him-from-ballot-in-sop-to-democrats/

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ALG Praises Impeachment Inquiry Approval By House

Dec. 13, 2023, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement praising the House of Representatives for voting to continue the ongoing impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden:

“Americans for Limited Government praises House Republicans for voting to proceed with the ongoing impeachment inquiry of President Joe Biden. This historic vote formally expands the scope and power of the House Judiciary, Oversight and Ways and Means committees to pursue evidence related to high crimes and misdemeanors Biden may have committed. The vote was made necessary by President Biden’s refusal to answer subpoenas from the House under the claim that an impeachment inquiry had not formally been approved. Now that it has, it can be anticipated that President Biden will be compelled to fully cooperate and provide documentation to directly answer House inquiries in an expeditious manner. This is not the impeachment of Joe Biden, but is a necessary step leading to a future impeachment vote.

“This vote was an important test of Speaker Johnson’s leadership which he passed with flying colors. Every Republican in the House who voted for the resolution have done their jobs and proved that on issues of national security and preventing influence peddling, they can function together.”

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Defense Secretary Lloyd Must Be Fired Over Direct Threat To Relatives of Congress If Ukraine Funding Not Approved

Dec. 7, 2023, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement urging President Joe Biden to fire Defense Secretary Austin Lloyd over threatening Congress over Ukraine funding, telling members that if funding wasn’t approved “we’ll send your uncles, cousins and sons to fight Russia”:

“It is a crime to intimidate members of Congress in pursuit of legislation, and even President Joe Biden should be able to see the extreme danger created by Secretary Austin’s threat of involuntary, targeted conscription of members’ relatives to fight Russia if Ukraine funding is not approved. If President Biden wants to put U.S. troops in Ukraine, he has to go to Congress for authorization. Funding for Ukraine should not be considered due to Lloyd’s threat until Biden administration explains their Ukraine strategy and an endgame that doesn’t result in a war with Russia, which Biden has previously stated is off the table.”

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ALG supports House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jordan’s bipartisan FISA reforms

Dec. 6, 2023, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement urging House passage of the bipartisan “Protect Liberty and End Warrantless Surveillance Act”:

“House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan has been tasked with investigating and making recommendations on how to end the weapononization of the federal government. Unfortunately, the House Intelligence Committee, which had direct oversight over FISA surveillance abuses including Russiagate, mass surveillance and spying on members of Congress and their staff, has become little more than an apologist for those who they were created to oversee and regulate. Jordan’s bipartisan FISA reforms fall far short of completely restoring the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, however, they do put in place significant restrictions and safeguards against the inevitable future abuse we know will occur. Given that the House Intelligence Committee has historically, with the exception of Devin Nunes, failed to protect civil liberties and conduct proper oversight of what can only be described as a mass surveillance system that has been used for politics, any intelligence community proposals to police themselves should rejected.”

Attachments:

The Protect Liberty and End Warrantless Surveillance Act at https://judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/republicans-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/hr_-plewsa-bill-text.pdf

“House GOP bill restricts the use of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act,” By Robert Romano, Americans for Limited Government Foundation, Dec. 6, 2023 at https://dailytorch.com/2023/12/house-gop-bill-restricts-the-use-of-the-foreign-intelligence-surveillance-act-but-it-wouldnt-have-stopped-russiagate-or-mass-surveillance/

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ALG Condemns 70 House GOP Members Who Voted to Reward FBI

Nov. 10, 2023, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement blasting 70 House Republicans who voted against removing the FBI’s new building in Greenbelt, Maryland in the Commerce, Science and Justice Appropriations bill:

“The Federal Bureau of Investigation has been a cesspool of political corruption for almost a decade, and 70 House Republicans voted today, along with their Democrat colleagues, to reward them by funding a new massive headquarters in Greenbelt, Maryland.  The same House GOP which set up the Judiciary Committee to investigate the weaponization of government just voted to give the face of the weaponization a new dream castle.  The same House GOP which has raised countless dollars and garnered hundreds of thousands of hours of airtime attacking the FBI’s knowing pursuit of false Russiagate allegations against President Trump, just voted to fund a palace for their punishment.  The same FBI that lied to the FISA Court repeatedly to subpoena Trump campaign officials.  The same FBI that spied on congressional staff investigating the FBI.  The same FBI that could not recognize Antifa as a terrorist group, but targeted parents attending school board meetings and Latin mass saying Catholic churches gets a new home that will make their Defense Department colleagues green with envy.  Yep, that is the FBI that seventy Republican House members couldn’t wait to give a massive upgrade.

“The House has the power of the purse.  It is their major power to control an out-of-control executive branch.  And today, 70 House Republicans sent the strongest message possible to the FBI, that they have nothing to fear from any investigations, because no matter what, they will get their money.  This is the true story of the swamp, where what members do on obscure votes on Friday afternoons matters far more than what they say on the Sunday news shows and in the evenings on Fox News. What a bunch of frauds.  Here are the names of those who voted against the Gaetz amendment to defund the FBI headquarters.”

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