Wrench in the Works
What to know: The Texas Attorney General’s Office and TPPF’s Center for the American Future are suing the Biden administration over its unconstitutional spending spree.
The TPPF take: The House of Representatives lacked the constitutionally mandated quorum to pass the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023.
“When the Founders required a majority of members in the U.S. House to conduct business, they meant physically present, not voting by proxy while on vacation,” said TPPF’s Robert Henneke. “This legislation was clearly passed unlawfully, and we applaud Attorney General Paxton for holding the federal government accountable. Congress should not be allowed to pass a $1.7 trillion spending package if the elected members aren’t even in the building.”
For more on President Biden’s spending spree, click here.
We Figured
What to know: U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act is “about turning the climate crisis into an economic opportunity.”
The TPPF take: The left has fabricated a climate “crisis” to fleece the American taxpayer.
“Why are American families facing skyrocketing energy-driven inflation?” asks TPPF’s Jason Isaac. “Well, prices have surged because President Joe Biden’s policies essentially guaranteed they would surge. When there is a shortage of a product in demand, the price of that product increases. Fossil fuels are clearly in high demand and limiting the supply of such fuels obviously increased the costs.”
For more on economics of climate policies, click here.
That’s Not Working
What to know: Seattle has spent nearly $1 billion on homelessness in the last decade, but the number of people experiencing homelessness increased, rather than decreased.
The TPPF take: Seattle officials are ignoring the real causes of chronic homelessness by focusing only on housing.
“Because of the way the taxpayer funds are spent — on housing with no rules or expectations of treatment (a policy known as Housing First) — addiction, violent crime, sex trafficking, and thievery have increased, especially in neighborhoods hosting facilities that house more than a couple dozen homeless people in one place,” notes TPPF’s Chuck DeVore.
For more on homelessness, click here.