Kamala Harris Wants to Give A $6,000 Tax Credit to New Parents

Vice President Harris is starting to lay out her vision for the economy, and her agenda includes a $ 6,000 tax credit for parents of newborns.  The impact of this could be major—it would lift millions of children out of poverty and provide a needed helping hand to millions of families.    What Is a Tax Credit? A tax credit is a portion of money that reduces the total taxes owed to the government. It’s essentially a discount on taxes and can help taxpayers get extra money back on their…

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Congress has a 3-month CR, but it’s not all good news for contractors

Now that the three-month continuing resolution looks like what we’re going to get, contractors wonder whether that’s good news or bad news. Relative to a lapse in appropriations, it’s probably good news, but delayed regular appropriations still have consequences. Federal sales and marketing consultant Larry Allen joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin to discuss more. Interview transcript:  Tom Temin Now that the three month continuing resolution looks like what we’re going to get, contractors wonder whether that’s good news or bad news. Relative to a lapse in appropriations, it’s…

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The Woo-Woo Caucus Meets

Sign up for The Decision, a newsletter featuring our 2024 election coverage. If Robert F. Kennedy Jr. were president, this is the kind of Cabinet he might appoint: Vani Hari, a.k.a. the “Food Babe” influencer; The Biggest Loser’s Jillian Michaels; the conservative psychologist Jordan B. Peterson and his daughter, the raw-meat enthusiast Mikhaila Peterson Fuller; and 18-year-old Grace Price, a self-identified citizen scientist. The former Democrat turned spoiler presidential candidate served as a headliner for a four-hour roundtable presentation yesterday on Capitol Hill. Moderated by Senator Ron Johnson, a hard-right…

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WATCH: The Double Standards on Election Interference

On the latest episode of “The Tony Kinnett Cast,” we bring the metaphorical first-aid kit to the knife fight that has become this presidential election. With six weeks until that sacred American voting day, the swing states have reached a fever pitch. With Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy touring the commonwealth of Pennsylvania alongside its Democratic governor, Josh Shapiro, things are anything but normal. Meanwhile, former President Donald Trump gives $ 100 to a mother of three in a Pennsylvania grocery store, and pundits on the Left scream, “Election interference!” When…

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CORRECT THE RECORD: Jill Stein Is a Climate Hypocrite Who Cannot Be Trusted

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, MoveOn Political Action called out Jill Stein’s hypocritical environmental rights record—proving that she is a climate fraud who personally profits from Big Oil companies like ExxonMobil and Chevron.  “While Vice President Kamala Harris fought to pass historic climate legislation, Jill Stein opposed the Biden-Harris administration’s historic and bipartisan deal that is already creating millions of new green jobs and investing billions of dollars in clean-energy projects,” said Britt Jacovich, spokesperson for MoveOn Political Action. “Stein is a climate hypocrite, and any votes for her will help…

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