Sept. 22, 2016
Good morning from Washington, where President Obama's education chief just doesn't get homeschooling. Lindsey Burke sees a lesson. How worried should we be about voter fraud? Fred Lucas registers some facts. Republican lawmakers tussle over funding the government. Philip Wegmann reports. We've also got Sen. Ted Cruz and Rep. Sean Duffy on why Obama must act to preserve free speech online. Plus: Robert Rector and James Bryan Hall on the cost of low-skilled immigrants, and Cully Stimson on the legal case against the New York bombing suspect.
"Why on earth would you not want to make sure that only citizens are registered and voting?" says Tom Fitton, president of Judicial Watch. "That to me shows that the Obama administration and the left … wants to be able to steal elections if necessary."
A new report shows that the future government benefits low-skilled immigrants will receive greatly exceed the taxes they will pay.
In remarks to reporters, Education Secretary John King said he worries that homeschooled students aren't "getting the range of options that are good for all kids."
"What our [short-term spending bill] ... does is try to advance a responsible spending program for the federal government that has a few key conservative riders and has no leftist riders on it," says Rep. Bill Flores, chairman of the Republican Study Committee.
Gaining time-sensitive information from Ahmad Khan Rahami, the primary suspect in the New York and New Jersey bombings, should be job number one.
Relinquishing U.S. oversight of the internet will only empower countries and international corporations that do not share the United States' commitment to freedom and are not bound by the First Amendment.
Despite Senate leadership's protests to the contrary, a vote to proceed to a bill that's not yet written is, in fact, a substantive act—particularly when there is so much at stake.
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