Search Results: asking questions

Signs have popped up in front of major infrastructure projects financed by the Biden legislation, a $1.2 trillion package that Mr. Trump whom had passionately railed against. He called the bill “a loser for the U. S. A.,” and warned that Republican lawmakers who signed on could be thrown out of office by angry primary voters.

The signs note, in a smaller font, that the projects in question are “funded by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act,” the official name of the legislation that Mr. Trump tried to derail.

In June 2024, Senator Ted Cruz complained about the Biden emblazened signs to the Office of Special Counsel, arguing that they amounted to campaign signs for Mr. Biden, and thus violated the Hatch Act, which limits federal employees’ political activities.

“These displays are nothing more than campaign yard signs courtesy of the American taxpayer,” Mr. Cruz wrote at the time. The special counsel’s office investigated the matter, disagreed with Mr. Cruz and closed the case.

This week, Mr. Cruz’s office did not respond to an email asking whether the Trump signs might also violate the Hatch Act.

This question is prompted by several replies to recent questions asking what you're doing and the reply is "I'm in bed."

I'm in bed now, just waking up, and checking GaG. I used to think this was somewhat unique, but now I wonder.

Please vote in the poll and tell us how often you are on GaG while in bed.

Results might be interesting.

The Department of Homeland Security is now barring states and volunteer groups that receive government funds from helping undocumented immigrants, according to a Washington Post analysis of updated guidelines and interviews with Federal Emergency Management Agency employees.

Some members of the national volunteer disaster group network also questioned whether the new requirements are constitutional and point out that they seem to violate some local and state laws that prevent asking about a person’s immigration status.

By accepting the federal grants and awards, the new documents state, volunteer organizations that help after disasters must agree to not “operate any program that benefits illegal immigrants or incentivizes illegal immigration.”

That could put groups that provide food, housing, mental health support and other assistance in disaster-stricken states in the position of having to verify aid recipients legal status before providing assistance, experts said.

They are also barred from “harboring, concealing, or shielding from detection illegal aliens;” have to agree to “provide access to detainees, such as when an immigration officer seeks to interview a person who might be a removable alien;” and not leak or publicize an enforcement operation.

Several members raised concerns that federal contracts cannot make nonprofits violate local laws that protect people’s privacy. The bulk of disaster-volunteer groups that work with the federal government are also faith-based organizations, which some groups said could create constitutional concerns.

"First, the federal government has never attempted to tell the nonprofit sector who we can and cannot serve. Further, as a faith-based organization we have the right to determine who we serve.”

WWJD?