{"id":2333751,"date":"2024-08-29T17:21:54","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T21:21:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/five-agencies-subpoenaed-over-bidenbucks-funding-in-elections-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-29T17:24:31","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T21:24:31","slug":"five-agencies-subpoenaed-over-bidenbucks-funding-in-elections-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/five-agencies-subpoenaed-over-bidenbucks-funding-in-elections-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Five agencies subpoenaed over \u2018Bidenbucks\u2019 funding in elections &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">22<\/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%2Ffive-agencies-subpoenaed-over-bidenbucks-funding-in-elections-washington-examiner%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=2333751&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 House Administration Committee has \u200dsubpoenaed officials from five federal agencies, including Labor,\u2064 Justice, and Health and Human Services, regarding concerns that federal \u200cfunds are being used to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-using-tax-dollars-to-boost-democrat-registration-and-turnout\/\" title=\"Biden Using Tax Dollars to Boost Democrat Registration and Turnout\">boost voter registration<\/a> among Democrats. Committee\u2062 Chairman Bryan Steil\u2062 stated \u2064that \u2063these agencies have not complied with his \u200ccommittee&#8217;s requests during a months-long investigation into Executive Order\u200d 14019, \u2062signed by President Biden in March 2021, which aims to \u200bencourage voter\u200c registration. The order directs agencies to work with \u200capproved nonpartisan organizations to provide voter registration \u200dservices, yet worries have been raised about potential violations\u2063 of the \u2063Hatch Act and National Voter Registration Act\u2064 due to \u200cthe perceived \u200bpartisan \u2063implications\u2064 of the order, leading \u2063to the term &#8220;Bidenbucks&#8221; among critics.\u2062 Republican lawmakers, including \u2064Steil, fear \u2063that the \u2062Biden administration&#8217;s collaboration with\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-condemns-d-c-demonstrators-despite-past-encouragement-of-violent-blm-mobs\/\" title=\"Kamala Harris condemns D.C. demonstrators despite past encouragement of violent BLM mobs\">left-wing activists<\/a> to \u2064implement this order may improperly favor Democratic candidates in the lead-up to the 2024 elections.  <\/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><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Five agencies subpoenaed over &lsquo;Bidenbucks&rsquo; funding in elections<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1741884\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The House Administration Committee <a href=\"https:\/\/cha.house.gov\/_cache\/files\/6\/8\/68168b8b-4345-4794-aa5b-fdd94e179a04\/9ACA57E4F9A00EF8ED409D13C9C19EEB.8.29.24-deposition-subpoenas-cover-letters.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">subpoenaed<\/a> top officials at five government agencies on Thursday to appear for closed-door depositions over concerns that they were using federal funds to encourage more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Democrats<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">vote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Committee Chairman Bryan Steil (R-WI) issued the subpoenas to leaders at the Departments of Labor, Justice, Housing and Urban Development, Health and Human Services, and Agriculture, asking them to appear before the committee at various dates in early September, according to copies of the subpoenas reviewed by the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Steil said in a statement that the agencies had &ldquo;refused to comply&rdquo; with the committee&rsquo;s monthslong investigation into the matter.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;These Biden Administration agencies failed to produce their strategic plans to implement Executive Order 14019 on multiple occasions,&rdquo; Steil said. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s time that these officials explain to the Committee what is in these plans, and how their agencies are implementing their plans.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The executive order at issue, which President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Joe Biden\">Joe Biden<\/a> signed in March 2021, directs government agencies to encourage more people to register to vote.<\/p>\n<p>In the months leading up to the 2024 election, the order has drawn scrutiny after reports, including from the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/2986378\/documents-biden-white-house-meeting-voter-registration-left-wing-activists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">revealed<\/a> that the Biden administration was engaging with left-wing activists on how to implement the order and expand voter registration access.<\/p>\n<p>The order calls for &ldquo;soliciting and facilitating approved, nonpartisan third-party organizations and state officials to provide voter registration services on agency premises.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>However, it is unclear which organizations the administration is using to provide the voter registration services. In letters to the five officials he subpoenaed, Steil said he has concerns that the executive order could result in Hatch Act or National Voter Registration Act violations because of its potential to improperly benefit Democratic candidates.<\/p>\n<p>Republican lawmakers, including Steil and House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY), are among several people and groups who have raised alarm over the executive order, which has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heritage.org\/the-oversight-project\/election-integrity\/biden-bucks-executive-order-14019\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">become known<\/a> as &ldquo;Bidenbucks&rdquo; in Republican circles. The term is a play on the nickname &ldquo;Zuckerbucks,&rdquo; a reference to tech billionaire Mark Zuckerberg donating hundreds of millions of dollars to election infrastructure in 2020, including in key battleground states that saw close races. A right-leaning group <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearinvestigations.com\/articles\/2022\/06\/07\/team_zuckerberg_masks_the_heavily_pro-democrat_tilt_of_2020_election_zuck_bucks_study_finds_835470.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">found<\/a> in an analysis that the massive private donations may have improperly swung the election in favor of Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>The conservative Heritage Foundation&rsquo;s Oversight Project has made Freedom of Information Act requests over Biden&rsquo;s executive order. The group found that the administration has withheld documents that would show details of how agencies have implemented the executive order by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heritage.org\/the-oversight-project\/election-integrity\/biden-bucks-executive-order-14019\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">asserting<\/a> privilege over the documents.<\/p>\n<p>Kyle Brosnan, chief counsel at the Oversight Project, told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> the executive order is &ldquo;nothing more than a mobilization of the federal government to support&rdquo; Vice President Kamala Harris&rsquo;s campaign. Brosnan said he believes the order has led to federal government officials using tax dollars to boost voter registration of Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Biden-Harris Administration has worked exclusively with ideologically-aligned NGOs and state officials to use your tax dollars to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/to-confirm-voters-u-s-citizenship-states-could-easily-check-dmv-data\/\" title=\"States could verify voters&#039; U.S. citizenship by checking DMV data\">register left-leaning voters<\/a> and has obstructed all efforts at gaining transparency about the EO&rsquo;s implementation,&rdquo; Brosnan said.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The ramped-up pressure from congressional Republicans and think tanks like Heritage follows nine Republican attorneys general filing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.courtlistener.com\/docket\/69041089\/1\/montana-state-of-v-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lawsuit<\/a> in August to halt the executive order.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> reached out to the White House for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1741884\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1741884\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five agencies have been subpoenaed regarding &#8216;Bidenbucks&#8217; election funding. On Thursday, the House Administration Committee summoned high-ranking officials from five government departments to participate in private depositions due to worries that federal funds were being utilized to boost Democratic voter turnout. Committee Chairman Bryan Steil (R-WI) issued subpoenas to leaders from the Departments of Labor, Justice, Housing and Urban Development, Health and Human Services, and Agriculture, requesting their presence at various times in early September. According to Steil&#8217;s statement, these agencies have &#8220;refused to comply&#8221; with the committee&#8217;s ongoing investigation into this issue. He noted that they had failed multiple times to provide their strategic plans for implementing Executive Order 14019. This executive order, signed by President Joe Biden in March 2021, aims to promote voter registration among citizens. As the 2024 election approaches, scrutiny has increased following reports indicating that the Biden administration has collaborated with left-leaning activists on executing this order and enhancing access to voter registration services.<\/p>\n<p>The executive order encourages partnerships with approved nonpartisan organizations and state officials for providing voter registration services at agency locations; however, it remains unclear which organizations are involved in these efforts. In his letters addressed to the subpoenaed officials, Steil expressed concerns that this executive order might lead to violations of both the Hatch Act and National Voter Registration Act due its potential bias towards benefiting Democratic candidates.<\/p>\n<p>Republican lawmakers like Steil and House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) have voiced significant concerns about this executive order\u2014often referred to as &#8220;Bidenbucks&#8221; within Republican circles\u2014a term derived from &#8220;Zuckerbucks,&#8221; which refers to Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s substantial donations aimed at election infrastructure during the 2020 elections.<\/p>\n<p>An analysis by a conservative group suggested that such large private contributions may have unduly influenced electoral outcomes favoring Democrats. The Heritage Foundation\u2019s Oversight Project has filed Freedom of Information Act requests related specifically to Biden&#8217;s executive order but found that documents detailing its implementation were withheld under claims of privilege.<\/p>\n<p>Kyle Brosnan from the Oversight Project criticized the executive order as a means for federal resources being used primarily for Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019s campaign efforts while alleging it facilitates tax dollars being spent on registering Democratic voters exclusively through ideologically aligned NGOs and state officials without transparency regarding its execution.<\/p>\n<p>In response to increasing pressure from congressional Republicans alongside think tanks like Heritage Foundation\u2014following a lawsuit filed by nine Republican attorneys general seeking an injunction against this executive order\u2014the Washington Examiner reached out for comments from the White House<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":2333752,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP23285097829938-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[33530,6571,6513,7001],"class_list":["post-2333751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-bidenbucks","tag-elections","tag-funding","tag-subpoenas"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP23285097829938-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2333751","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\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2333751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2333751\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2333752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2333751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2333751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2333751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}