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A coalition letter sent by conservative leaders on Monday is calling on Republican congressional leadership to continue its opposition to extending the expanded Obamacare subsidies even after the government shutdown ends. “We urge you to adhere to your principled opposition to the expanded Obamacare subsidies … even after the current government shutdown has concluded—and even as the December 31st expiration of the expanded subsidies gets closer,” the letter addressed to Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., states.  Paul Teller, the president of Teller Strategies and the organizer of the letter, told The Daily Signal that “the reason for the letter was the Republican leadership signaling they’re willing to make a deal as soon as the shutdown is over. But Republicans wouldn’t say that about anything else. We wouldn’t say we’ll make a deal on abortion as soon as the shutdown ends, or we’ll make a deal on raising taxes as soon as the shutdown is over.” The letter notes that the enhanced Obamacare subsidies were passed by a Democrat-controlled Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden as a temporary measure to alleviate the pain of the COVID-19 pandemic. Furthermore, they were enacted with an expiration provision. Coalition Letter–No Ocare Subsidies in Shutdown or Beyond–10-27-2025 (1)Download The letter, signed by representatives of 37 groups, also explains that the expanded subsidies fund insurance plans that cover abortions and sex changes, and it allocates benefits to some affluent households making more than $500,000 per year.  “We shouldn’t be extending any part of Obamacare, but an expanded add-on part would be even more devastating, because then it’s, now we’re helping grow and keep Obamacare big and own that kind of thing,” Teller said. The letter was signed by an array of leaders in the conservative movement, including Chad Connelly, president and founder of Faith Wins America; Kristan Hawkins, president of Students for Life Action; and Paul Gessing, president of the Rio Grande Foundation, among others.  The coalition push comes as the government shutdown nears a full month after Senate Democrats refused to support a stopgap spending continuing resolution passed in the House of Representatives and supported by a majority of members in the Senate. The shutdown has left thousands of federal workers furloughed and the Smithsonian museums and National Zoo closed to the public.  Last week, Senate Democrats blocked the passage of a bill that would have compensated essential federal workers, including active-duty members of the U.S. military. They previously had blocked another Republican bill to fund the Department of War. President Donald Trump has sought to alleviate the pain of the shutdown by repurposing $8 billion in unused research and development funds from the prior fiscal year to pay the military.  The post Conservative Groups Urge Resolve Against Extending Obamacare Subsidies appeared first on The Daily Signal.

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Biden administration’s Department of Veterans Affairs improperly awarded $10.8 million in bonuses meant for staffers who directly serve veterans to highly paid senior executives. Under President Donald Trump, the agency is close to recovering the remainder of the lost funds. The VA improperly awarded $10.8 million in “critical skills incentives” to more than 180 senior VA officials, the VA’s inspector general office revealed in a May 2024 report. Trump’s VA has nearly completed the recoupment of the nearly $11 million in inappropriately awarded bonuses to senior VA officials under the administration of President Joe Biden, The Daily Signal has learned. “Under President Trump and Secretary [Doug] Collins, we are transforming the department from a bureaucratic organization to a service organization that puts Veterans at the center of everything we do,” VA press secretary Pete Kasperowicz told The Daily Signal. “This is a welcome change from the Biden administration, whose obsession with bureaucracy and woke causes led to millions in bonuses for undeserving VA bureaucrats and major distractions from the mission like gender dysphoria treatments,” he continued. More than 96% of the wrongfully distributed funds have been recovered, according to the VA. After learning about the improper payments in September 2023, Biden’s VA secretary, Denis McDonough, canceled them and ordered the managers to pay them back. But at the start of the Trump administration, about $1.4 million in bonus money remained uncollected. As of mid-October, less than $400,000 remains outstanding. To recover the money, the Trump VA has denied all requests from recipients of the bonuses to stop or slow efforts to recoup the money, a spokesperson told The Daily Signal. The bonuses averaged $61,000, with several managers collecting more than $100,000 in payments. The VA has also worked with the Internal Revenue Service and other agencies to make sure former VA employees were paying the bonus back. As of last week, all employees and former employees who received the bonuses have either paid their bonus back or are in the process of paying them back via installments. The bonuses were intended to supplement the salaries of employees in high-demand jobs for which there is a shortage of trained workers. Senior VA managers were specifically excluded from the payments. In October 2023, Biden’s VA issued collection notices to “all senior executives” who improperly received payments, according to the VA’s inspector general office report. Managers were given the option to return the bonuses by Dec. 31, 2023, or enter a repayment plan. The Trump administration’s success in recovering the remainder of the funds is an example of one of the many ways the VA is maximizing its taxpayer funding for serving veterans, according to a VA spokesperson. For example, the VA has partnered with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to identify and recover $106 million in duplicative billing. On Oct. 4, the VA terminated special salary rates for about 15,000 employees in human resources and information technology.  The post EXCLUSIVE: Trump on Track to Recoup $10M Improperly Paid to Agency’s Senior Executives Under Biden appeared first on The Daily Signal.

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