In response to the news that billionaire and Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma’s Ant Group has succumbed to the Chinese Communist Party’s pressure to restructure their business model and create a state-owned credit-scoring enterprise, Americans reacted harshly and quickly pivoted out of many Chinese companies traded in the United States. However, back in February, the Biden administration called for the formation of a national credit reporting and scoring division in President Biden’s job and economic recovery agenda to a very different reaction: little to none at all.

Republicans’ consistent platform in elections is an adherence to the Constitution, rule of law, and fiscal responsibility. Two weeks ago, those same Republicans in the Senate allowed both of these to more than fall by the wayside. One might point initially at hearing this to the passage of the omnibus spending bill, which -- make no mistake -- did throw these principles under the bus.