The measures touch on a number of priorities for Republicans, including abortion, U.S. competition with China and the so-called 'weaponization' of the federal government.
, the Republican-led House has begun the business of legislating, taking up a flurry of measures that advance the GOP's agenda in the first full week of the new Congress.
After passing its package of rules governing the new Congress, the first bill voted on by the House was Nebraska Rep. Adrian Smith's"Family and Small Business Protection Act." In a statement of administrative policy, the White House budget office said Mr. Biden would veto the bill if presented with it, arguing it"protects wealthy tax cheats at the expense of honest, middle-class taxpayers."On Tuesday, the House approved a resolution creating a"Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party.
how federal agencies"work with, obtain information from, and provide information to the private sector, non-profit entities, or other government agencies to facilitate action against American citizens, including the extent, if any, to which illegal or improper, unconstitutional, or unethical activities were engaged in by the executive branch or private sector against citizens of the United States;"The laws, programs and activities of the executive branch as they relate to the...
Johnson's resolution accuses the Biden administration of failing to take action in response to the attacks on the anti-abortion rights advocates and churches or protect the organizations, and declares that Congress: "recognizes the sanctity of life and the important role pro-life facilities, groups, and churches play in supporting pregnant women, infants, and families;"
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