{"id":124026,"date":"2021-02-10T22:09:10","date_gmt":"2021-02-11T03:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=124026"},"modified":"2021-02-10T22:27:22","modified_gmt":"2021-02-11T03:27:22","slug":"democrats-block-amendment-to-ban-stimulus-funds-from-going-to-chinese-communist-party-tied-entities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-block-amendment-to-ban-stimulus-funds-from-going-to-chinese-communist-party-tied-entities\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats Block Amendment To Ban Stimulus Funds From Going To Chinese Communist Party-Tied Entities"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrats-block-amendment-to-ban-stimulus-funds-from-going-to-chinese-communist-party-tied-entities%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=124026&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/NP-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>House Democrats blocked two budget amendments late on Tuesday night that would have banned stimulus funds from going to entities that are owned or controlled by communist China, and would have banned illegal aliens from receiving taxpayer-funded COBRA benefits.<\/p>\n<p>The amendment to ban money from President Biden\u2019s $1.9 trillion stimulus package from going to entities tied to communist China was introduced by Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) and blocked by Democrats on the House Education and Labor Committee.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis amendment would have prohibited academic institutions from funding if they have a partnership with any entity owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by the government of the People\u2019s Republic of China or organized under the laws of the Chinese Communist Party,\u201d Stefanik <a href=\"https:\/\/stefanik.house.gov\/media-center\/press-releases\/stefanik-statement-democrats-partisan-mark-president-bidens-covid-19\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Stefanik\u2019s amendment came after Democrat Joe Biden reportedly canceled a plan put in place by the Trump administration that would have tracked the rising influence of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in the U.S. education system.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAround 500 K-12 schools and 65 colleges in the U.S. have partnerships with the Confucius Institute U.S. Center, a U.S.-based affiliate of the Beijing-based Confucius Institute Headquarters. The institute, also known as Hanban, is affiliated with the Chinese Ministry of Education,\u201d the Daily Caller News Foundation&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/02\/09\/biden-confucius-institute-trump-china\/\">reported<\/a>. \u201cMany of Hanban\u2019s directors are members of the Chinese Communist Party or have close ties to the organization.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe must prevent American taxpayer dollars from going to institutions that have partnerships with any entity owned, controlled, or organized under the laws of the Chinese Communist Party, which we know is censoring free speech, engaging in genocide in Xinjiang Province, and influencing American academia before our eyes,\u201d Stefanik <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/stefanik-amendment-funds-confucius-institute-biden-trump-rule\">said<\/a> in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WATCH:<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepStefanik?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RepStefanik<\/a> offers an amendment to ensure that the Democrats&#8217; massive bill does not fund academic institutions engaged in partnerships with entities affiliated with the Chinese Communist Party. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1QGKjXezGm\">pic.twitter.com\/1QGKjXezGm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mark Bednar (@MarkBednar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkBednar\/status\/1359355627571720192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 10, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe former administration was concerned about China\u2019s influence in the U.S. school system because the Chinese government funds the institutes and provides Chinese teachers to instruct on a variety of subjects, ranging from language to cultural events,\u201d Fox News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/stefanik-amendment-funds-confucius-institute-biden-trump-rule\">reported<\/a>. \u201cA U.S. government report found that the Chinese government provided more than $158 million in funding to U.S. schools for Confucius Institutes since 2006. However, the report also noted that a number of schools failed to properly report the funding they received.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo\u2014a former CIA director who graduated #1 in his class at West Point Military Academy\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-drops-plan-to-track-chinese-communist-influence-in-american-schools-report\">warned<\/a> last year that communist China \u201chas taken advantage of America\u2019s openness to undertake large scale and well-funded propaganda efforts and influence operations in this country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pompeo made the remarks in a statement where he announced that the U.S. was designating Confucius Institutes a foreign mission of communist China.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, the Department of State designated the Confucius Institute U.S. Center as a foreign mission of the PRC, recognizing CIUS for what it is: an entity advancing Beijing\u2019s global propaganda and malign influence campaign on U.S. campuses and K-12 classrooms,\u201d Pompeo said. \u201cConfucius Institutes are funded by the PRC and part of the Chinese Communist Party\u2019s global influence and propaganda apparatus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe goal of these actions is simple: to ensure that American educators and school administrators can make informed choices about whether these CCP-backed programs should be allowed to continue, and if so, in what fashion,\u201d he added. \u201cUniversities around the country and around the world are examining the Confucius Institutes\u2019 curriculum and the scope of Beijing\u2019s influence in their education systems. The United States wants to ensure that students on U.S. campuses have access to Chinese language and cultural offerings free from the manipulation of the Chinese Communist Party and its proxies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em><span>member<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span>.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Democrats blocked two budget amendments late on Tuesday night that would have banned stimulus funds from going to entities that are owned or controlled by communist China, and would &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1893157,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4935,4728,3685,3668,4543,4371],"class_list":["post-124026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-amendment","tag-block","tag-democrats","tag-from","tag-funds","tag-stimulus"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124026\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1893157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}