All articles tagged with #fiscal conservatism
Six Rand Paul staffers charged taxpayers about $17,800 for a private-jet trip to Pittsburgh as part of a bipartisan inquiry into Secret Service handling after Trump’s shooting, a move critics say clashes with Paul’s fiscal-conservatism persona; officials say it was efficient, necessary for the investigation, and within Senate rules, while other aides used cheaper transport options.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis faces a challenge in New Hampshire, where libertarian-leaning Republicans and independent voters play a significant role in determining the winner of the GOP primary. DeSantis, who has leaned into his credentials as a conservative culture warrior, needs to strike a more moderate tone on some of the cultural issues that have come to define his rise to prominence. While he still discussed fixtures of his typical stump speech, he avoided mentioning the six-week abortion ban that he signed into law in April, an issue that he highlighted repeatedly while he toured culturally conservative Iowa earlier in the week.