AOC, Mamdani and Progressives Rake In Cash as Democrats Remain Divided
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) has raised almost 23 times as much for her campaign committee. The $15.4 million she has collected makes her the biggest House fundraiser this year, nearly doubling the total of the chamber's most powerful member, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R., La.).
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- New York Post
Josh Hawley bill would give millions of Americans $600 each from tariff revenue
Sen. Josh Hawley rolled out a new bill late Monday to give $600 in tariff rebates to millions of American workers and families, days after President Trump floated the idea. 'Americans deserve a tax rebate after four years of Biden policies that have devastated families' savings and livelihoods,' Hawley (R-Mo.) said in a statement. 'Like President Trump proposed, my legislation would allow hard-working Americans to benefit from the wealth that Trump's tariffs are returning to this country.' The Republican's American Worker Rebate Act would provide at least $600 to each adult and dependent child, with higher payments possible if tariff revenue exceeds projections for the year. Married couples who file taxes jointly and make more than $150,000 per year combined, heads of households who make more than $112,500 per year and individuals earning more than $75,000 per year will see their rebates reduced by 5%. Tariff revenue has topped $113 billion so far in fiscal year 2025, and the US posted a budget surplus for June as tariff revenue soared to $27 billion. 3 The Missouri Republican said he would introduce the tariff rebate bill after President Trump expressed interest in the idea. Getty Images 3 President Trump unveiled a suite of tariffs earlier this year as part of his effort to overhaul US trade policy. AFP via Getty Images Both Trump himself and administration officials like Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick have claimed tariff revenue can be used to quickly pay down the federal deficit, which clocked in at $1.8 trillion last fiscal year. However, the president suggested to reporters as he left the White House for Scotland Friday that his team was 'thinking about a little rebate.' 'The big thing we want to do is pay down debt,' Trump said at the time. 'But we're thinking about a rebate.' Hawley's bill would dish out money under similar parameters to COVID-19 relief Congress passed beginning in 2020. 3 Sen. Josh Hawley has long branded himself as a populist-style Republican. Getty Images The first payments, of $1,200 to individuals making up to $75,000 and $2,400 to couples making up to $150,000, were issued in March 2020. A second round of payments, of $600 to individuals and $1,200 to couples under those thresholds, was doled out in December 2020. The third and final payment, of up to $1,400 to individuals and $2,800 to couples, was approved as part of the Biden-era American Rescue Plan in March 2021. Most conservatives have insisted that the administration focus on reducing the deficit and have warned about the inflationary effect of handing out more spending money while trying to keep prices down. 'While it's always politically advantageous to hand out money to constituents, the fact is the federal government has no money to give at this point,' Heritage Foundation chief economist EJ Antoni told The Post Friday in response to Trump's initial rebate float. 'When the annual deficit is over $1 trillion, the priority has to be getting that down, not giving the Treasury another outlay.'
The Hill
14 minutes ago
- The Hill
Hawley introduces bill to provide $600 tariff rebates to adults and children
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) has introduced legislation to provide $600 tariff rebates to almost all Americans and to their dependent children, which would give $2,400 to a family of four. Hawley said in a statement that 'Americans deserve a tax rebate after four years of Biden policies that have devastated families' savings and livelihoods.' 'Like President Trump proposed, my legislation would allow hard-working Americans to benefit from the wealth that Trump's tariffs are returning to this country,' he said. The legislation would be modeled on the direct payments Congress authorized in the 2020 CARES Act, which provided $1,200 direct payments to adults and $500 direct payments to children. Hawley teamed up with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in 2020 to advocate for a second round of $1,200 stimulus checks during the COVID-19 pandemic. The payments would be reduced for households that earn $150,000 or more, a head of household who earns more than. $112,500 and individuals who earn more than $75,000. The payments are designed to offset higher prices resulting from tariffs, which produced $30 billion in revenue to the federal government and could provide $150 billion in revenue in 2025. The legislation would allow for a larger credit per person if tariff revenue exceeds current projections for 2025. Hawley was a leading advocate for adding more tax relief to working-class Americans in the One Big, Beautiful Bill Act, which Trump signed into law earlier this month.
New York Times
15 minutes ago
- New York Times
Marjorie Taylor Greene Is First Republican Lawmaker to Call Gaza Crisis a ‘Genocide'
Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Georgia Republican who often casts herself as the standard-bearer of MAGA politics on Capitol Hill, said a 'genocide' is underway in Gaza, becoming the first member of her party in Congress to use the term as she condemned the humanitarian disaster unfolding there. 'It's the most truthful and easiest thing to say that Oct. 7 in Israel was horrific and all hostages must be returned, but so is the genocide, humanitarian crisis, and starvation happening in Gaza,' Ms. Greene said in a social media post on Monday evening. It was the strongest in a series of escalating statements she has made in recent weeks criticizing Israel's conduct of the war and calling for action to end the suffering in Gaza. The stance is a clear break with the vast majority of Republicans in Congress, who have made unconditional support for Israel a hallmark of their foreign policy approach. Ms. Greene's comments were a direct rebuke of one Republican colleague in particular, Representative Randy Fine of Florida, who has drawn intense criticism for comments he made on social media last week calling the images of starving children in Gaza a campaign of 'Muslim terror propaganda.' 'Release the hostages,' Mr. Fine wrote, adding, 'until then, starve away.' Mr. Fine, a first-term lawmaker who has been outspoken in Congress about his Jewish faith and staunchly pro-Israel views, made the remarks the same day that he was elevated to a seat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, the influential panel that focuses on international policy. Mr. Fine made his comments before President Trump said there was 'real starvation' happening in Gaza and made commitments to offer additional support to increase aid. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
