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Congress is preparing to reconvene for legislative activity after a two-week recess, and likely to begin work on yet another massive spending proposal that is being framed as an “infrastructure package” as early as next week. There’s just one catch: The plan has very little to do with roads or bridges. It would, however, plow $3.5 trillion in new spending into a host of Big Government giveaways: Everything from “free” college and earmarks for “racial justice” programs to a “100% carbon-free electricity standard” that’s bound to raise utility bills. It even includes a sweeping amnesty for 10 million illegal aliens.

The American people notched a major victory this week when a partisan election bill that would have poured public money into the campaign accounts of well-heeled politicians and effectively invalidated state voter ID laws was blocked in the U.S. Senate – at least for now. Had this bill passed, it may also have resulted in illegal aliens being automatically registered to vote.

President Biden’s border crisis is getting worse with each passing day. More than 180,000 illegal aliens flooded into our country in May alone – the highest level we’ve seen in more than two decades. To put that number in perspective, it is more than twice the capacity of a sold-out Lambeau Field.

This week the House of Representatives reconvened for legislative activity. But before we get to that, we wanted to talk again about the worsening crisis on our southern border. With inflationary price increases and the return of 1970s-style lines at gas stations grabbing headlines, the situation on our border with Mexico may have been bumped off the front page, but it isn’t getting any better. We continue to see record crossing numbers and disturbing reports of serious criminals attempting to slip in amid the surge.