Barrasso: ‘It’s time to stop the crime’

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Other critics of the crime reform effort have pointed to those kinds of repeat offenders.

“We see these news stories nearly every day,” the Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund said in a statement. “Law enforcement officers and innocent citizens are killed by career criminals who should have been behind bars.”

In one high-profile case, U.S. Rep. Angie Craig, DMinn., was robbed in the elevator of her apartment building in Washington, D.C. last month and suffered minor injuries.

That same evening, police arrested 26-year-old Kendrid Hamlin, who has a lengthy criminal history with involvement in incidents often near the Capitol. “It’s time to stop the crime,” said Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo. “Time to stop the chaos – chaos that we’re seeing in cities all across our country. Republicans are united by solutions – solutions to make American communities safer. That is what this body is going to vote on today: to improve the security and the safety of those in our nation’s capital.” to recover, compete, and operate during an unstable and inflationary period.”

The White House has emphasized since President Biden took office that any tax increases would only hit the wealthiest Americans. Ms. Kerrigan took issue with this claim as well.

“According to reports,” she said.

“President Biden’s budget would –among other harmful proposals aimed at business and investors - raise taxes on individuals making $400,000 or more, ‘the wealthy,’ and corporations (again, many small businesses fall within the President’s targeted group of taxpayers) by hiking the top marginal income tax rate from 37 percent to 39.6 percent; increasing the corporate tax rate from 21 percent to 28 percent; doubling the capital gains tax rate from 20 percent to 39.6 percent and imposing a new wealth tax on unrealized gains; increasing the Medicare tax rate on earned and unearned income above $400,000 from 3.8 percent to 5 percent; and expanding the Net Investment Income Tax (NIIT) to include the active income of pass-through business owners and raise the rate from 3.8 percent to 5 percent.”

The budget proposal comes as Congress faces a looming debt ceiling deadline. Lawmakers have to raise the debt ceiling or default on U.S. debt obligations, an unprecedented occurrence that would send shockwaves through the global economy. Republicans want to use the coming cliff to negotiate, but President Biden has said he will not negotiate.

Republicans also leveled criticism at President Biden’s budget, suggesting the debt ceiling battle won’t be easy.

“President Biden just delivered his budget to Congress, and it is completely unserious,” said House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif. “He proposes trillions in new taxes that you and your family will pay directly or through higher costs. Mr. President: Washington has a spending problem, not a revenue problem.” Democrats defended the budget, pointing again to the reduced deficits and a range of spending proposals to help Americans.

“The Biden budget plan protects Social Security, strengthens Medicare and invests in our children,” said House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y.

Senators: ‘Taxpayer-funded antisemitism’ on college campuses may break federal law

By CASEY HARPER THE CENTER SQUARE

(The Center Square) – A group of senators is calling on the U.S. Department of Education to respond to rampant antisemitism and anti-Israel sentiment on taxpayer-funded college campuses, even saying those schools could be violating federal requirements attached to their funding.

This week, 15 senators signed a letter sent to Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona raising concerns that the DOE, “over the course of decades, has been allowing taxpayerfunded antisemitism to take place on college campuses throughout the United States.”

There have been several high-profile instances of apparent antisemitism on college campuses as Jewish groups report anti-semitism on the rise generally. Much of this has come from pro-Palestinian activists.

In 2019, Emory University was thrust into the spotlight when pro-Palestine activists placed mock eviction notices on the doors of Jewish students.

Emory President Claire E. Sterk sent a message to students after the eviction notices sparked backlash.

“All of us are aware that anti-Semitic incidents are on the rise on college campuses and throughout American society today. It is in that context of escalating intolerance that our Jewish students found the mock-eviction notices – which incorrectly gave the impression that Emory endorsed the message on the flyers – on their doors,” she said.

“Although Jewish students were not singled out, they and their families justifiably felt targeted, given the world in which we live.”

Beyond allegations of antisemitism, the senators argue many universities are actually breaking the law. They point to Title VI, which requires that college programs receiving federal funds “reflect diverse perspectives and a wide range of views.”

There have been several high-profile instances of apparent antisemitism on college campuses as Jewish groups report anti-semitism on the rise generally.

“We write with grave concern that the Department of Education, over the course of decades, has been allowing taxpayer-funded antisemitism to take place on college campuses throughout the United States,” the lawmakers said. “The obsessive negative focus on Israel and the Jewish people is rampant on college campuses throughout the United States… Some universities may have even violated anti-terrorism laws by hosting convicted terrorists as speakers.”

“Taxpayer dollars should not fund antisemitism on college campuses, and Jewish and pro-Israel students should not feel afraid for being Jewish and expressing support for Israel,” they added.

The Trump administration’s Department of Education warned both Duke University and the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill that its “lack of balance of perspective [was] troubling.”

There are also concerns about what speakers are allowed on campus.

“Some universities may have even violated antiterrorism laws by hosting convicted terrorists as speakers,” the letter said. “In 2020, New York University aired a webinar event featuring Leila Khaled, who had been convicted of hijacking two planes full of Israeli civilians, and she is an unrepentant member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a U.S.-designated terror group that has murdered Americans.”

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