Reports
Donald Trump’s Illegal Funding Freeze Continues to Hurt Everyday Americans
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, February 21, 2025 PRESS CONTACT: nicole@focalpointstrategygroup.com Washington, D.C. — President Trump's executive order halting all federal grants and loan disbursements continues to have widespread, tangible consequences for Americans...
ICYMI: Washington Post: After Ceding Power of the Purse, GOP Lawmakers Beg Trump Team For Funds
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, February 19, 2025 PRESS CONTACT: nicole@focalpointstrategygroup.com Washington, D.C. — In the latest reporting from the Washington Post, Republican senators are facing the consequences of surrendering their congressional authority...
ICYMI: Elon Musk and Trump Are Infiltrating The IRS To Target Their Political Adversaries
President Trump and his far-right billionaire oligarch boss Elon Musk have spent the first month of Trump’s second term going after their political enemies. First, they fired dozens of non-partisan inspectors general working to identify and prevent waste, fraud, and...
STATEMENT: Senate Judiciary Republicans Bow to Trump By Voting to Advance Patel’s Nomination
Washington, D.C. — Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to send Kash Patel’s nomination for FBI Director to the full Senate. Earlier this week, Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Dick Durbin sent a letter to the Department of Justice Inspector General...
Copy-and-Paste: House Republicans’ Latest “Censorship-Industrial Complex” Hearing Rehashes Tired Old Conspiracy, Features Duplicate Witness Slate
Tomorrow, House Judiciary Republicans are holding a hearing continuing to push the same web of lies and conspiracy theories about so-called conservative censorship that they have been spinning for the past four years. Since 2021, they have obsessed over Hunter Biden’s...
Trump Is Putting President Musk In Charge of Gutting the Department of Education
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, February 10, 2025 PRESS CONTACT: nicole@focalpointstrategygroup.com Washington, D.C. — In the latest chapter of Elon Musk’s growing influence over the U.S. government, "President" Trump has appointed Musk and his Department of...
Weekly Weaponization Report
Donald Trump’s Latest Abuses of Our Checks and Balances In the third week of Trump’s presidential term, the Trump administration has resorted to dismantling federal agencies and ordering investigations into corporations and broadcast networks to implement Trump’s...
STATEMENT: Republican Senators Give Away Congress’s Power of the Purse to Unelected Bureaucrat Russ Vought, Billionaire Elon Musk
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, February 6, 2025 PRESS CONTACT: nicole@focalpointstrategygroup.com Vought Now Has Senate Republicans’ Blessing To Usurp Congress’s Constitutional Powers Over Spending Vought’s Confirmation Will Lead Directly To Cuts In Vital Resources...
STATEMENT: Republican Senators Abdicate Their Power By Voting For Russ Vought
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednday, February 5, 2025 PRESS CONTACT: nicole@focalpointstrategygroup.com WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Wednesday February 5th, the Senate voted on a Motion to Invoke Cloture on Trump’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) director nominee Russell...
STATEMENT: The Senate Must Stop Russell Vought’s Plan to Wrest Power from Congress
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, February 3, 2025 PRESS CONTACT: nicole@focalpointstrategygroup.com Washington, D.C. – Today, Monday February 3rd, the Senate will vote on a Motion to Proceed to Executive Session to begin consideration of Trump’s Office of Management...
Weekly Weaponization Report
In the second week of Trump’s presidential term, it has become abundantly clear that his administration is committed to consolidating power in the Oval Office, regardless of legal standards or Constitutional checks and balances. One of the most alarming examples of...
SHOT/CHASER: Trump’s Trust In Project 2025 Architect Russell Vought Backfires After Sweeping Impoundment Effort Grinds To A Halt
Yesterday, the Trump administration rescinded its across-the-board federal funding freeze issued on Monday night in a win for democracy and a loss for Russell Vought. New reporting reveals that the Vought pushed out the freeze without getting proper sign-off from the...
STATEMENT: Trump Administration Chaos Continues with Rescission of Illegal Memo Defunding Grants and Loans Across All of Government
WASHINGTON, DC – The Trump administration today rescinded its across-the-board federal funding freeze issued on Monday night. In response, Kyle Herrig, senior advisor to the Congressional Integrity Project, said the following: “The White House backtracking on their...
ROUNDUP: ‘A Massive, Massive Overreach’: Trump’s Sweeping, Illegal ‘Power Grab’ Funding Freeze Tramples On Congress and the Constitution
This week, the Trump administration has moved aggressively to enact the unconstitutional Project 2025 agenda. It all started with President Trump’s Day One executive order to withhold foreign aid, which resulted in a freeze on funding for PEPFAR, a multi-agency public...
STATEMENT: Trump Administration’s Suspension of Federal Grants Shows Russ Vought is in Command Even Before He’s Confirmed
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, January 28, 2025 PRESS CONTACT: Nicole Haley, nicole@congressionalintegrity.org WASHINGTON – After reporting that the Trump administration has paused all federal grants and loan disbursements, Congressional Integrity Project...
STATEMENT: Russell Vought’s Plan to Wrest Power from Congress is Unpopular and Unconstitutional
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, January 22, 2025 PRESS CONTACT: maddy@focalpointstrategygroup.com STATEMENT: Russell Vought’s Plan to Wrest Power from Congress is Unpopular and Unconstitutional After Day One impoundment executive orders and ahead of Second Hearing,...
Checks and Balances War Room Statement: Trump’s Second Term Threatens Key Balances of Government
For Immediate Release: Monday, January 20, 2025 Press Contact: maddy@focalpointstrategygroup.com CIP Checks and Balances War Room Will Fight Trump Admin Efforts to Utilize Impoundments to Consolidate Executive Power Washington, D.C. — Today, Donald Trump will be...
STATEMENT: The Start of Trump’s Second Term Signals A Present Threat To Our Democracy
For Immediate Release: Monday, January 20, 2025 Press Contact: maddy@focalpointstrategygroup.com Washington, D.C. - Today, Donald J. Trump will be inaugurated as the 47th President of the United States. In response, Congressional Integrity Project senior...
STATEMENT: American People Must Reject the Shadowy MAGA Network Supporting DOGE
For Immediate Release: Friday, January 17, 2025 Press Contact: maddy@focalpointstrategygroup.com DOGE Enlists Shadowy MAGA Groups Opposed to Critical Education, Health Care, and Environmental Programs Washington, D.C. — Trump’s DOGE is outsourcing its research to a...
ICYMI: Impoundments in the Spotlight in First Week of Nomination Hearings
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Date: Jan. 17, 2025 PRESS CONTACT: maddy@focalpointstrategygroup.com ICYMI: Impoundments in the Spotlight in First Week of Nomination Hearings Congressional Integrity Project Launched “Checks and Balances War Room” to Oppose Overreach in the...