Musk and Ramaswamy take aim at spending provision giving ‘censorship’ office lifeline

The provision has caused an uproar among Republican offices on Capitol Hill, where conservative lawmakers say House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and congressional leaders are caving to Democrats to save the Global Engagement Center. It was tucked into a 1,500-page spending bill to prevent a government shutdown ahead of the House and Senate adjourning for Christmas, Hanukkah, and New Year’s holidays.

STATE DEPARTMENT ‘CENSORSHIP’ OFFICE FINDS LIFELINE IN 1,500-PAGE SPENDING BILL

If passed, the provision would mean the GEC is reauthorized for another year despite the State Department notifying Congress in December that it had planned to shutter the office after GOP lawmakers launched investigations into its ties to speech suppression.

The Washington Examiner first reported that the GEC funded a British group called the

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