Posts tagged bureaucracies
Rand Paul chooses ranking member slot at Senate HELP
November 12, 2026 // Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., announced Wednesday he plans to serve as the top Republican on the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee when Democrats take control of Congress next year. The move clears the way for Senate Ethics Chairman James Lankford, R-Okla., to use his seniority to ascend to ranking Republican on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, which Paul currently chairs, and touches off several other shifts at the top of other committees.
FRANK RICCI: Fire Fighters’ Union Betraying Its Members
May 13, 2025 // Such dealings include collecting millions from muscular dystrophy charities—funds many members thought were going to sick kids stricken with a debilitating disease. Instead, these yearly collected funds from the “Fill the Boot Campaign” were funneled back from the charity to the union’s coffers. The practice was curtailed only after eliciting member outrage when it was finally exposed. The federal court’s recent ruling to deny the IAFF-FC’s motions to dismiss validates the seriousness of Hughes’ claims, allowing the case to proceed and exposing the union’s alleged misconduct to greater scrutiny.