Author: Kevin R. Kosar

House Republicans recently sank numerous Democratic efforts to investigate President Donald Trump’s administration, but anyone who is not a close watcher of Congress would be forgiven for missing this late April development. The roadblock was erected through a vote on a House rule, parliamentary parlance for a resolution establishing the parameters of floor debate. That…

Late in March, Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives turned their energies to appliances. They passed two resolutions to strike down energy conservation regulations affecting the manufacture of walk-in coolers, and commercial refrigerators and freezers. The Energy Department finalized these rules near the end of former President Joe Biden’s administration. The two resolutions now…

Last year, the U.S. government made at least $162 billion in improper payments, according to a nonpartisan government watchdog. Kristin Kociolek of the Government Accountability Office also told a House oversight subcommittee that the government was defrauded of $233 billion to $521 billion per year between 2018 and 2022. Social welfare programs and pandemic emergency…

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy recently announced his intention to step down after five years on the job. “As you know, I have worked tirelessly to lead the 640,000 men and women of the Postal Service in accomplishing an extraordinary transformation,” he wrote to the agency’s governing board. DeJoy offered no reason for his departure. He…

Sen. Katie Boyd Britt (R-AL) recently took to X to celebrate the Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests of more than 600 illegal immigrants. “Promises made, promises kept!” she crowed, shortly after President Donald Trump took office for his second, nonconsecutive term. Rep. Mark Harris (R-NC) struck a similar note that day when asked by the…

The Department of Government Efficiency has been much in the news since its creation was announced in mid-November by President-elect Donald Trump. Wealthy supporters Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, the co-chairmen of the advisory panel, are collecting ideas to right the nation’s finances. Good ideas are needed. The federal government spends $6 trillion annually, runs…