Weekly Wrap

May 28, 2021

This Week: At A Glance

Monday, Rep. Nancy Mace (SC-01) signed a bill to ban the teaching of critical race theory. Learn more about critical race theory here. Click below to watch her interview. 

Tuesday, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley called out China and the Biden Administration for not doing their part with the investigation into Covid-19. 

Read more on how China has blocked the U.S. from properly investigating the origins of Covid-19.

Wednesday, Fox News released an exclusive video from the Texas border depicting several large groups of illegal migrants running from Border Patrol agents. Rep. Claudia Tenney (NY-22) called on the Biden administration to immediately address the ongoing crisis. 

Thursday, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (WV) appeared on CNBC to discuss the GOP’s newly unveiled $928 billion infrastructure proposal to counter President Biden's $2 trillion plan.

"We're certainly inching closer on bipartisan infrastructure talks. Where we're really falling short is we can't seem to get the White House to agree on a definition or a scope of infrastructure that matches where we think it is." Watch her interview here. 

Congresswoman Beth Van Duyne (TX-24) illustrated how Biden's policies have already negatively affected American pocketbooks. 

In The News

Axios: GOP senators unveil $928 billion infrastructure counteroffer. A group of Senate Republicans on Thursday released the framework for their latest counterproposal to President Biden's infrastructure plan, raising their offer from $568 billion to $928 billion.

Wall Street Journal: Liz Cheney Sees Re-Election Bid as Big Moment for GOP. A Rep. Liz Cheney (R., Wyo.), said she views her re-election bid as a referendum on the future of the Republican Party, with voters potentially facing a choice between what she sees as traditional conservative values and loyalty to former President Trump.

The Hill: Biden to propose $6T budget, increasing federal spending to highest sustained level since WWII: report.  President Biden is set to propose a budget totaling $6 trillion in the coming days, The New York Times reported early Thursday, about a third higher than pre-pandemic spending levels.

Fox News: Future of Senate filibuster faces crucial day Thursday.  The Senate will likely take a procedural vote Thursday to launch debate on the bill to create a commission to study the January riot. That vote requires 60 yeas. A handful of Republican senators will likely vote to begin debate – joining all Democrats. But it’s doubtful they get to 60 yeas.

CNN: Interest in vaccinations increased after CDC announced new mask guidance.  Data obtained exclusively by CNN shows that interest in getting vaccinated against Covid-19 increased right after Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, announced two weeks ago that vaccinated people could take off their masks.

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