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"The Destruction of Tea at Boston Harbor", lithograph depicting the 1773 Boston Tea Party. A work of art by Nathayel Corrier entitled "Tea sabotage in Boston Port". 1846 Source: https://springfieldmuseums.org/collections/item/the-destruction-of-tea-at-boston-harbor-nathaniel-currier/

By John Zmirak, The Stream, September 25, 2023

John Zmirak is a senior editor at The Stream and author or co-author of ten books, including The Politically Incorrect Guide to Immigration and The Politically Incorrect Guide to Catholicism. He is co-author with Jason Jones of “God, Guns, & the Government.”

 

The Western Journal reports:

The House of Representatives reportedly will be voting on individual appropriations bills next week rather than a continuing resolution as a stopgap measure that would keep the government open.

NBC News political analyst Jake Sherman posted on the social media platform X on Thursday that Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz and other Republicans came out of a meeting with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy saying that bringing individual appropriations bills is now the plan.

“Gaetz said that he’s advocating for pausing consideration of the Pentagon spending bill and moving to bills that cut spending,” Sherman said. …

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