{"id":6271,"date":"2026-04-22T11:55:57","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T11:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=6271"},"modified":"2026-04-22T11:55:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T11:55:57","slug":"senate-republicans-unveil-suite-of-anti-fraud-bills-to-save-240b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=6271","title":{"rendered":"Senate Republicans unveil suite of anti-fraud bills to save $240B"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>WASHINGTON \u2014\u00a0Senate Republicans are unveiling a suite of 16 bills aimed at rooting out fraud, which they believe can save taxpayers some $240 billion, The Post has learned. <\/p>\n<p>The bundle of legislation, dubbed the Protecting American Taxpayers Act, spearheaded by Senate DOGE Caucus Chair Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), is part of a collaboration by GOP lawmakers that kicked into gear earlier this year in the wake of the Minnesota fraud scandal.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past four months, GOP lawmakers brainstormed ways to recover stolen money, stop federal funds from getting funneled overseas, impose stronger safeguards on government spending, and target fraudsters.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Sen. Joni Ernst led her colleagues in putting together a legislative bundle of anti-fraud measures.  <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cMany politicians and lenient, liberal judges look the other way while criminals steal more than $1 billion from taxpayers every day,\u201d Ernst told The Post. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe\u00a0Protecting American Taxpayers Act\u00a0not only stops fraud before it happens and holds those responsible accountable, but it returns stolen dollars to taxpayers.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>After the Minnesota fraud scandal blew up, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SC) tapped Ernst to build consensus among Republicans for a bundle of anti-fraud measures that they can bring to the floor for a vote.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Senate Majority Leader John Thune had pushed for GOP senators to come up with a sweeping anti-fraud measure. <span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While it\u2019s not guaranteed to pass, the goal is to get Republicans on the same page and put pressure on Democrats over the fraud issue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis overdue legislation will soon be brought to a vote to put every senator on the record on whether they stand with swindlers or taxpayers,\u201d the Hawkeye State Republican added. <\/p>\n<p>While the exact scale of fraud afflicting the federal government is difficult to measure, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) estimated that between $233 billion and $521 billion\u00a0of federal dollars were lost to fraud between 2018 and 2022. <\/p>\n<p>It also found that there were over $2.8 trillion worth of improper payments since fiscal year 2023.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Fraud in Minnesota, such as the infamous \u201cQuality Learing Center,\u201d sparked a national reckoning on government spending. <span class=\"credit\">LP Media for NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>One of the measures in the legislative bundle is aimed at giving lawmakers more data on improper federal payments so that Congress can crack down on them. <\/p>\n<p>The Protecting American Taxpayers Act includes a range of actions, such as creating a task force to examine deep fake fraud, extending the statute of limitations to prosecute COVID-19-related crimes, blocking funds from going to countries subject to US arms embargoes or travel bans, and modernizing the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program. <\/p>\n<p>To recover funds stolen by fraud, the legislation enacts policies such as restricting payments from being made until a service is provided, rescinding some $65 billion in unspent COVID-19 funds, giving bonuses to watchdog employees who catch fraud, and cutting off convicted fraudsters from Small Business Administration assistance. <\/p>\n<p>The legislative bundles also require the Treasury to provide more details and cross-check outlays, restrict individuals who receive government assistance from wiring money abroad, and beef up whistleblower protections<\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers involved with helping craft the legislative bundle include Sens. 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Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio), Tim Sheey (R-Mont.), Dave McCormick (R-Pa.), Todd Young (R-Ind.), and Jon Husted (R-Ohio).<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- \u603b\u5bb9\u5668\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u5bbd908px Grid\u7d27\u51d1\u5e03\u5c40 -->\r\n<div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 728px 160px; gap:2px; width:908px; background:#eee; padding:2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u901a\u680f\u9876\u90e8\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u6a2a\u5e45 908x258 \u8de8\u6574\u884c -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column:1\/-1; height:258px; background:#ff6b6b; display:grid; place-items:center;\">\r\n    <!-- JuicyAds v3.0 -->\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" data-cfasync=\"false\" async src=\"https:\/\/poweredby.jads.co\/js\/jads.js\"><\/script>\r\n<ins id=\"1114307\" data-width=\"908\" data-height=\"258\"><\/ins>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" data-cfasync=\"false\" async>(adsbyjuicy = window.adsbyjuicy || []).push({'adzone':1114307});<\/script>\r\n<!--JuicyAds END-->\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u7b2c\u4e8c\u901a\u680f\uff1a728\u00d790 \u901a\u680f -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column:1\/-1; 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