Fight for Speaker Pays Off as House Takes Big Step Toward Restoring Deliberative Government

Plus: There Is 'Little Evidence' Biden Admin Is Enforcing Law on Higher Ed Gifts From Foreign Countries Like China

February 6 2023   Good morning from Washington, where House Republicans' leadership brawl already is having good results for Americans, Jarrett Stepman writes. President Biden could use the law to curb China's dangerous influence on U.S. higher education, Samantha Aschieris reports. On the podcast, a psychiatrist and bioethicist tells our Virginia Allen why citizens should be on guard as governments manage public health emergencies. Plus: a large Georgia county accepts private money to run elections despite a state ban; reforms to food stamps that will help those who need them; and The Associated Press takes sides in the abortion debate. On this date in 1952, Great Britain's  King George VI dies in his sleep and his elder daughter Princess Elizabeth, then making a royal visit to Kenya, becomes queen at age 27.     COMMENTARY Fight for Speaker Pays Off as House Takes Big Step Toward Restoring Deliberative Government By Jarrett Stepman The Republican rebellion over a new House speaker was a good thing, and it looks like it's already paying off. More NEWS 2 Years Later, There Is 'Little Evidence' Biden Admin Is Enforcing Law on Higher Ed Gifts From Foreign Countries Like China By Samantha Aschieris Former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos says "there's little evidence to suggest" that the Biden administration and its Education Department are enforcing the law on foreign funding for colleges. More NEWS How 1 Georgia County Skirted 'Zuckerbucks' Ban to Bank $2 Million Election Grant By Fred Lucas A Georgia county accepts a $2 million grant for election operations from a Big Tech-aligned organization, despite a state law prohibiting local election offices from taking private money. More COMMENTARY 3 Food Stamp Reforms to Improve Outcomes for the Truly Needy—and Save Taxpayers Billions By Leslie Ford During the pandemic, the food stamp program became (and has remained) bloated, in part because of the Biden administration's potentially illegal double-digit increase in benefits. More NEWS AP Bans 'Crisis Pregnancy Centers,' Directs Journalists to Use Negative Term Instead By Elizabeth Troutman, Tyler O'Neil "It's disgraceful that so-called journalistic professionals succumb to pro-abortion political activists to do their bidding," says Thomas Glessner, president of the National Institute of Family and Life... More ANALYSIS Lessons From COVID-19: How Governments Abuse Public Health Crises to Gain and Maintain Power By Virginia Allen In his new book "The New Abnormal: The Rise of the Biomedical Security State," Dr. Aaron Kheriaty details the ways in which governments have used public health crises to gain power. More COMMENTARY ICYMI: Race Everywhere in Today's America By Victor Davis Hanson When everything becomes racist, then nothing in particular can be racist. More           Donate to The Daily Signal Find us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter How are we doing? We welcome your comments, suggestions, and story tips. Please reply to this email or send us a note at letters@dailysignal.com. The Daily Signal 214 Massachusetts Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 (800) 546-2843     Add morningbell@heritage.org to your address book to ensure that you receive emails from us. You are subscribed to this newsletter as johnmhames1.diogenes--light@blogger.com. If you want to receive other Heritage Foundation newsletters, or opt out of this newsletter, please click here to update your subscription.

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