How will the latest shutdown showdown end? The media always use the threat of shutdowns to paint Republicans as heartless budget slashers, and that’s especially fun for them at Christmas time. They paint federal employees as too broke to buy a Christmas tree.
Paul Teller, executive vice president of the group Advancing American Freedom talks about hopes for restricting federal spending in 2025 and beyond. AAF, founded by former vice president Mike Pence, has called for ending federal benefit programs tasked with helping illegal immigrants, prohibiting federal funding for programs that push diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives and clawing back unspent COVID-19 money.
They also want to halt hundreds of billions of dollars in student debt from being canceled via programs started by Biden’s Education Department, and get non-defense spending back…
