{"id":2590106,"date":"2026-04-13T11:27:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T15:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-rep-burchett-reveals-govt-giving-40-million-per-week-to-the-taliban-and-dems-oppose-ending-it\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T11:30:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T15:30:49","slug":"watch-rep-burchett-reveals-govt-giving-40-million-per-week-to-the-taliban-and-dems-oppose-ending-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-rep-burchett-reveals-govt-giving-40-million-per-week-to-the-taliban-and-dems-oppose-ending-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Rep. Burchett Reveals Gov&#8217;t Giving $40 Million per Week to the Taliban and Dems Oppose Ending It"},"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\">36<\/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%2Fwatch-rep-burchett-reveals-govt-giving-40-million-per-week-to-the-taliban-and-dems-oppose-ending-it%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=2590106&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>Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) argues in a radio interview that U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congressional-republicans-call-on-biden-administration-to-act-swiftly-on-ethiopia-crisis\/\" title=\"Congressional ... Call on Biden Administration to ... Swiftly on Ethiopia Crisis\">foreign aid<\/a> largely passes<\/a> through NGOs and international bodies like the United Nations with little transparency, and that billions of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-democratic-voters-support-israel\/\" title=\"Poll: Democratic Voters Support Israel\">taxpayer dollars end<\/a> up in ways that help hostile actors.he claimed a State Department memo shows more than $5 billion in aid has been sent out, with roughly $40 million per week allegedly reaching Taliban-controlled territory.Burchett has introduced the No Tax Dollars For Terrorists Act to block such funding, a bill he says has cleared the House but remains stalled in the Senate for about a year. The piece notes counterpoints suggesting not every dollar reaches terrorists and some may be laundered back to the U.S., but frames the issue as a GOP political and messaging matter, criticizing Senate leadership for inaction and highlighting opportunities to pass related reforms.  <\/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\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?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<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) did not mince words when he pulled back the curtain on where some American tax dollars are going this past week.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with radio host Jesse Kelly, the Tennessee Republican described a system that sounds less like foreign aid and more like a revolving door of wasted cash and fraud.<\/p>\n<p>Burchett said billions are flowing through so-called non-government organizations and international bodies with little to no transparency.<\/p>\n<p>He pointed directly to the United Nations and a sprawling network of NGOs as conduits for that money.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Millions are sent to the Taliban&rsquo;s Central Bank every week. The bill to stop the cash flow is stalled in the Senate. Urge <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenJohnBarrasso?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SenJohnBarrasso<\/a> to pass the No Tax Dollars For Terrorists Act. He&rsquo;s the Majority Whip. He can bring this bill to the floor for a vote. Thank you. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/quMF3KZM2E\">pic.twitter.com\/quMF3KZM2E<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Legend (@realLegendAfg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realLegendAfg\/status\/2041914311027912905?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 8, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container=document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!container) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=\"https:\/\/player.anyclip.com\/anyclip-widget\/lre-widget\/prod\/v1\/src\/lre.js\"; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"pubname\", \"westernjournalcom\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"widgetname\", \"001w000001jULVcAAO_M12924\");  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ append inside the container so player shows in correct spot \t\t\t\t\t\tcontainer.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadAnyclip(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #anyclipvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#anyclipvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>According to Burchett, the total is staggering and still growing, and the spending has the total support of Democrats in the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>He cited a State Department memo estimating that more than $5 billion has been sent out.<\/p>\n<p>Burchett&rsquo;s most striking claim should evoke concern if not anger.<\/p>\n<p>He said roughly $40 million per week is effectively making its way into Taliban-controlled territory.<\/p>\n<p>That is American money, collected from working taxpayers, ending up in the hands of people who openly despise them and want them dead.<\/p>\n<p>The congressman tied this issue to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/119th-congress\/house-bill\/260\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his own bill<\/a>, the No Tax Dollars For Terrorists Act, which has been sitting dormant in the Senate for about a year.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Seven months ago, the House passed Rep. Tim Burchett&#8217;s No Tax Dollars for Terrorists Act to STOP sending $40 MILLION EVERY WEEK to the TALIBAN.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Majority Leader John Thune &amp; Senate GOP have done nothing with it.<\/p>\n<p>We need new Senate leadership NOW. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AVarkuhICe\">pic.twitter.com\/AVarkuhICe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mila Joy (@Milajoy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Milajoy\/status\/2021457847956144201?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 11, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It is a bill that should be a political no-brainer for Senate Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>Stopping money from reaching terrorists should be anything but controversial, yet here we are.<\/p>\n<p>Why would anyone object to stopping taxpayer dollars from reaching hostile regimes?<\/p>\n<p>Burchett even pointed out that passing his simple bill would be an easy messaging win for Republicans, but that assumes Republicans are willing to act.<\/p>\n<p>This is why the story becomes less about Democrats and more about the GOP.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Republicans have had repeated opportunities to pass meaningful legislation, such as the SAVE Act, but refuse to do anything.<\/p>\n<p>Why would we expect Senate Majority Leader John Thune to schedule a vote that stops funding Islamist fanatics?<\/p>\n<p>To be fair, not every dollar sent to Afghanistan is probably landing in the hands of terrorists.<\/p>\n<p>Some of it is likely filtered through aid programs and administrative layers and ultimately laundered back into the U.S to Democrats and their allies.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe some of that cash is also benefiting Republicans who refuse to stop sending it.<\/p>\n<p>What other explanation could there possibly be for not voting to pass this bill immediately?<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Tim Burchett (R-TN) argued that U.S. tax dollars are flowing through non-governmental groups and international organizations with little transparency, a system he says resembles a revolving door for waste and fraud. He pointed to the United Nations and a broad NGO network as channels for this money, claiming that millions are sent weekly to the Taliban\u2019s Central Bank. The bill meant to stop this funding, the No Tax Dollars For Terrorists Act, is stalled in the Senate, and Burchett urged Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso to bring it to a floor vote. He referenced a State Department memo estimating more than $5 billion has been sent abroad and claimed that roughly $40 million each week ends up in Taliban-controlled territory, money he says comes from American taxpayers and ends up with people who despise the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>Burchett connected the issue to his own legislation, which has sat for months in the Senate after passing the House seven months earlier. He argued that stopping U.S. funding to terrorists should be a straightforward, noncontroversial move for Republicans and could serve as a strong message win, but suggested that Senate Republicans have repeatedly blocked such actions, citing opportunities to pass measures like the SAVE Act. The article notes that not every dollar may go directly to terrorists; some could pass through aid programs and administrative layers, possibly being laundered back into the U.S. or benefiting Democrats and their allies, with a possibility that some of the funds also support Republicans who oppose stopping them<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2590107,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Michael-Featured-Image-918.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[4402,3685,77674,5894,3764],"class_list":["post-2590106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-congress","tag-democrats","tag-foreign-aid-2","tag-politics","tag-taliban"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Michael-Featured-Image-918.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2590106","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=2590106"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2590106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2590110,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2590106\/revisions\/2590110"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2590107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2590106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2590106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2590106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}