Heard on the Hill – 10/10/24
What we’re hearing from people we trust on and around the Hill – please send us more tips!
Pay up: We’ve got the exclusive on the latest ad from Maryland’s Future, a pro-Larry Hogan super PAC, in Maryland’s closely-watched Senate race. The ad features Democrats like Barack Obama, Joe Biden, and Kamala Harris preaching about the importance of paying a “fair share” of taxes — something that the Democrat in the race, Angela Alsobrooks, failed to do. “Pay your taxes, Angela,” the text reads. Local news reported that she owes thousands of dollars of unpaid taxes “from two tax exemptions she didn’t qualify for because she never lived at the house.” Watch the ad here.
Striking out: As Boeing’s unionized workers continue to strike, we are hearing growing concern from national security hawks on the Hill about the impact on defense readiness. An article from our friends at The Spectator showing striking workers with “on strike” signs at the beach and the casino raised more than a few eyebrows on the Hill.
Show up or else: Union allies of the Democrats’ favored Senate candidate in Nebraska, Dan Osborn, required members to attend a rally for Osborn with United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain, before backtracking amidst scrutiny. Osborn is facing Sen. Deb Fischer (R., Neb.).
Pritzker’s growing credit card headache: The Washington Reporter was the first outlet to report that the Illinois law changing how consumers can use credit cards had resulted in a costly legal mess. The mess just got deeper: President Joe Biden’s Office of the Comptroller of the Currency joined the lawsuit against Gov. JB Pritzker’s (D., Ill.) credit card law, arguing it violates federal law and would wreck the banking system.
Mo’ money, mo’ problems: The United Nations Relief Works Agency (UNRWA), whose employees were filmed participating in the terrorist attacks of October 7, likely misused “more than one billion dollars in U.S. humanitarian aid sent to Gaza since October 2023,” Sen. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.) warned to the head of the U.S. Agency for International Development. “The Biden-Harris administration has prolonged the Gaza war, allowed aid to flow to Israel’s enemies, and misused taxpayer funds.”