{"id":2272681,"date":"2024-06-20T14:51:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T18:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-ordered-fed-agencies-to-install-nationwide-signage-praising-him-before-election\/"},"modified":"2024-06-20T14:56:53","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T18:56:53","slug":"biden-ordered-fed-agencies-to-install-nationwide-signage-praising-him-before-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-ordered-fed-agencies-to-install-nationwide-signage-praising-him-before-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden directed federal agencies to put up signs across the country commending him ahead of the election"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/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%2Fbiden-ordered-fed-agencies-to-install-nationwide-signage-praising-him-before-election%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=2272681&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--><p>The White \u2063House ordered federal agencies to place thousands of signs on U.S.\u2062 highways crediting President Joe Biden \u2064for projects\u200b funded by major laws he signed. These\u200c signs are mandated for any local \u200cgovernment entity or \u2064other granter\u2063 receiving federal funds, stating that the \u2063project is &#8220;Funded By President Joe \u200cBiden\u2019s [Specific Law].&#8221; Republican Senator Joni Ernst criticized this move, arguing that\u2063 it uses taxpayer money\u2063 for promoting Biden&#8217;s reelection rather than serving any public good, dubbing these political rather than informational,\u2062 intended only to support Biden\u2019s campaign, particularly given their timing before elections.<\/p>\n<p>The administration argues that these signs will enhance transparency and accountability in federal spending, informing tax-payers about the utilization of federal funds. Ernst contends that\u200b this operation could backfire, detracting \u2064from transparency goals \u200dby not disclosing the actual \u200cfinancial expenditure in such project announcements.<\/p>\n<p>Ernst also sarcastically suggested alternative signs\u200d that could highlight what she sees \u200cas wasteful or mismanaged projects under the Biden administration,\u200b reflecting a broader critique that much of the spending on supposedly landmark legislation like the &#8220;$1.2 trillion infrastructure law&#8221; is unrecognizable or ineffective from\u200d the public&#8217;s perspective. Critics, including Ernst, imply such tactics are more about\u200b bolstering political standing than genuine \u200bpublic service.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>The White House\u2019s order for federal agencies to install thousands of signs along the nation\u2019s highways praising Joe Biden has one Republican senator pressing the administration for more information on what she says is \u201cpublic financing for the president\u2019s own campaign.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Executive Office of the President\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfo.gov\/assets\/files\/CA-23-06_Enhancing%20Transparency%20Through%20Use%20of%20the%20Investing%20in%20America%20Emblem%20on%20Signs.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Office of Management and Budget wrote<\/a> in February 2023 that \u201cFederal awarding agencies are strongly encouraged\u201d to make it a requirement of each grant that the recipient, such as a local government, put up signs based on the \u201cOfficial Investing in American Emblem Style Guide,\u201d which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Investing-in-America-Brand-Guide.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">prescribes signs<\/a> that say \u201cProject Funded By President Joe Biden\u2019s [Insert Name of Law].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Administration believes that clear and prominent signage on projects is one of several ways to inform taxpayers about how Federal funds from these laws are being spent and advance the goals of accountability and transparency of Federal spending,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p>The signs credit Biden for acts passed by Congress, and Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) says they amount to using taxpayer money for campaign signs before the November election. She wrote in a Thursday letter to the Office of Management and Budget that it\u2019s absurd to pay for campaign signs with taxpayer money.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolitical campaign signs are not infrastructure. They do nothing to improve our roads or bridges and it\u2019s obvious their real intent is only to pave the way for Biden\u2019s re-election,\u201d she wrote to OMB Director Shalanda D. Young.<\/p>\n<p>She said that even though OMB justifies the signs as \u201ctransparency,\u201d they are not in compliance with laws requiring agencies to disclose how much taxpayer money was spent when discussing a project. Complying with that law could have the opposite of the effect Biden hopes for, she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The administration\u2019s order was a more detailed version of one originally sent out in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfo.gov\/assets\/files\/Controller%20Alert%20EnhancingTransparencyBipartisanInfrastructureLaw.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 2022<\/a>, a few months before the midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p>Agencies have complied. For example, the Environmental Protection Agency\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/invest\/investing-america-signage\">website specifies<\/a> that \u201cfor construction projects funded in whole or in part by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law or Inflation Reduction Act through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, recipients must place a sign at construction sites that display the Investing in America emblem and identify the project as a \u2018project funded by President Biden\u2019s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law\u2019 or \u2018project funded by President Biden\u2019s Inflation Reduction Act.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden has been accused of using taxpayer dollars to buy political favor, such as sending <a href=\"https:\/\/ny1.com\/nyc\/all-boroughs\/politics\/2023\/11\/28\/biden-email-announces-student-loan-forgiveness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">emails<\/a> to college graduates, signed by Biden, telling them that their student loans were forgiven, that his \u201cadministration has delivered on that promise,\u201d and asking them to \u201cshare your story about what this relief means to you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But the language on the signs is even more audacious because, unlike the likely unconstitutional executive action Biden took to forgive loans, presidents do not make laws.<\/p>\n<p>Ernst suggested to OMB in the letter that the administration put up signs to highlight the embarrassments of Biden\u2019s spending.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy is there no billboard next to the seven <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/this-biden-campaign-sign-paid-for-by-the-american-taxpayer\/\" title=\"This Biden Campaign Sign Funded by American Taxpayers\">electric vehicle charging stations built<\/a> over the past two years boasting that they were bought by the Biden administration with $7.5 billion? Such a sign could proudly declare, \u2018This billion dollar boondoggle brought to you by President Biden!\u2019\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA similar sign should be posted alongside the route of the 1.3-mile San Francisco rail extension the Biden administration has committed at least $3.4 billion to build, which is only a fraction of the megaproject\u2019s ballooning $8.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-nuclear-submarine-operating-in-south-china-sea-struck-by-object-underwater-sustains-damage-reports\/\" title=\"U.S. Nuclear Submarine Operating In South China Sea Struck By Object Underwater, Sustains Damage: Reports\">3 billion price tag<\/a>. This gravy train is on track to be one of the most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ernst-questions-biden-campaign-signs-bought-with-taxpayer-money\/\" title=\"Ernst questions taxpayer-funded Biden campaign signs\">expensive transit projects<\/a> in the world. That certainly makes it qualify as a historical attraction deserving of a sign for public recognition,\u201d Ernst added.<\/p>\n<p>Despite costing $1.2 trillion, the \u201cinfrastructure\u201d law has accomplished so little that most Americans <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/11\/06\/biden-infrastructure-democrats-voters-00064694\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">don\u2019t even know it exists.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The signs also could violate the Highway Beautification Act, which limits signage on federal highways, according to Ernst.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p>The senator asked OMB to disclose the cost of the signs and whether there \u201cwas a legal determination made as to whether these taxpayer-funded campaign advertisements and billboards misuse official government resources for political campaign purposes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She also pressed the OMB to explain \u201cwhat actions have been taken or are planned by OMB to enact the provisions of Public Law 118-47 requiring all projects funded by the White House and other agencies and departments with taxpayer dollars to disclose the cost.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ernst has successfully inserted those provisions into federal law, and she wrote that \u201cIf you check Section 632 of Division B, Title VI of Public Law 118-47, the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law 118-47), you will notice the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/118th-congress\/house-bill\/2882\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">COST Act<\/a> requirements\u201d requiring OMB to \u201cclearly state\u2026 the dollar amount of Federal funds for the project or program\u201d when \u201cissuing statements, press releases, [or] describing projects or programs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ernst said that massive federal spending has led to inflation that has wiped out any benefits of the stimulus package. \u201cHighway construction costs are up <a href=\"https:\/\/enotrans.org\/article\/fhwa-highway-construction-costs-continued-to-grow-at-24-annual-rate\/%23:~:text=The%20July%2DSeptember%202023%20NHCCI,the%20October%2DDecember%202020%20quarter.\">nearly 70 percent<\/a> since Biden became president. Because the dollar isn\u2019t going nearly as far as it once did, the actual amount put towards transportation could be <i>reduced<\/i> as much as 40 percent over the next five years, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bts.gov\/data-spotlight\/increases-highway-construction-costs-could-reduce-bil-funding-allocated\">according to the administration\u2019s own estimates<\/a>,\u201d she said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Republican senator is questioning the White House&#8217;s directive for federal agencies to place thousands of signs along U.S. highways lauding Joe Biden. She claims it amounts to publicly funded campaign promotion. 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