First, the IRS Took $68K From Connecticut Bakers. Now, It's Investigating Them.
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May 27, 2016 |
| Good morning from Capitol Hill. Today, Ryan T. Anderson writes on a LGBT amendment that threatens conscience rights, and Phil Wegmann on how the amendment could derail some House Republicans' dreams of "regular order." Sen. John Thune talked to The Daily Signal in an exclusive interview about his scrutiny of Facebook, under fire amid allegations of anti-conservative bias. Plus: Nolan Peterson on the release of a Ukrainian pilot who faced a trial in Russia and Josh Siegel on a push to increase defense spending. |
NewsFirst, the IRS Took $68K From Connecticut Bakers. Now, It's Investigating Them.David Vocatura, who handles the bakery's finances, told The Daily Signal that in its near 100-year lifespan, Vocatura's Bakery has always been an honest business, paying its taxes, and obeying the law. |
Commentary43 Republicans Join Democrats to Support Obama's Transgender AgendaPresident Barack Obama's executive order and Democratic Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney's amendment treat conscientious judgments about behavior as if they were invidious acts of discrimination akin to racism or sexism. |
NewsWhy This Senator Is Asking Facebook Tough Questions"The allegations that were made suggest that [Facebook] actually had curators who were suppressing conservative content and infusing liberal content," Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., said. "We're just trying to get to the bottom of it." |
NewsRussia Releases Jailed Ukrainian PilotThe sometimes-farcical nature of Ukrainian army helicopter pilot and Member of Parliament Nadia Savchenko's trial, and the flimsy, illogical evidence often presented against her drew comparisons among Ukrainians to Soviet-era show trials designed for propaganda value. |
NewsIs It Time to Increase Defense Spending? McCain Proposal Sparks DebateCiting what he calls a "dangerous mismatch" between worldwide threats, and congressionally prescribed limits on spending to respond to them, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., has offered an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act that would add $17 billion to the Pentagon budget. |
NewsBattle Over LGBT Amendment Threatens to Stall Entire Appropriations ProcessThere wasn't a broad base of support for the energy and water spending bill among Republicans. For fiscal hawks, the topline spending levels made the bill unpopular. And for social conservatives, the LGBT amendment made the bill untenable. |
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