The midterm election is less than four months away, and Republicans hold majorities in both houses of Congress, yet their track record has been abysmal.
Other than the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” congressional Republicans have delivered little for their supporters. Republican voters are surely wondering why they gave the GOP the majority in both houses of Congress in the 2024 election.
It did produce some cuts in regulations and a smaller government workforce, as 140,000 government workers opted for “deferred resignation.” However, on the major DOGE goal of cutting federal spending, only $215 billion in savings were realized, far below the $2 trillion in cuts needed to balance the federal budget.
Excess congressional spending also includes Planned Parenthood, which began receiving additional funding on July 5. The one-year moratorium on funding the left-wing organization, known as the nation’s largest abortion provider, was not renewed by congressional Republicans.
Planned Parenthood will now be eligible for “hundreds of millions” of dollars in new Medicaid funding, thanks to inaction by the Republican Congress. Despite pressure from pro-life activists, congressional Republicans failed to renew the funding moratorium that was included in the “One Big, Beautiful Bill.”
Now, a key group that will help the GOP maintain its control of Congress is “furious.” As U.S. Senator John Hawley (R-MO) said, “The fact that congressional leaders decided not to defund them…is just beyond me.” Hawley believes Republicans are “taking the pro-life movement and pro-life voters for granted” and are a group Republicans are “depending on…to turn out and vote…in November.”
Upsetting pro-life voters is idiotic. Do GOP leaders even want to maintain control of Congress?
Jeff Crouere is a native New Orleanian, and his award-winning program, “Ringside Politics,” airs Saturdays from 1-2 p.m. CT nationally on Real America’s Voice TV Network & AmericasVoice.News and weekdays from 7-9 a.m. & 6-7 p.m. CT on WGSO 990-AM & Wgso.com. He is the President and General Manager of WGSO Radio, a political columnist, the author of America’s Last Chance, and provides regular commentaries on the Jeff Crouere YouTube channel and at Crouere.net. For more information, email him at jcrouere@gmail.com.
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