Even to those of us living in the Washington swamp, the process of making laws is confusing.
Worst of all is the appropriations process, where the trees are so dense you forget what a forest is. But as the now-deceased Notre Dame fundraiser James Frick said, “Don’t tell me where your priorities are. Show me where you spend your money, and I’ll tell you what they are.”
In a recent poll of swing-state voters, only 11% said it was more important to continue funding Ukraine than to secure our own border. Americans have already spent up to $113 billion helping Ukraine so far and the Biden administration is demanding $60 billion more now.
However, as Homeland Security Committee Chairman Rep. Mark Green, R-Tenn., writes, the Biden administration is asking for less money to protect the U.S. border, despite an unprecedented surge in illegal immigration.
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