On Wednesday’s broadcast of C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal,” Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-MI) argued that we can’t push for spending levels below the two-year flat level agreed to in the debt limit deal because doing so would cause a shutdown, which is the
On Tuesday’s broadcast of Newsmax TV’s “Carl Higbie Primetime,” Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL) discussed the Foreign Operations and Related Programs Appropriations Bill and stated that we can increase money to confront China and help our allies while cutting overall spending
On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox News Tonight,” 2024 presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said that he “would be willing to support government support” for manufacturing crucial items like semiconductors in the United States instead
During a portion of an interview with the Fox News Channel that took place on Monday and was aired on Tuesday’s broadcast of “Special Report,” 2024 Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump responded to the amount added to the
On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” Rep. Derek Kilmer (D-WA) stated that the permitting reform provisions in the debt limit bill are positive and that the reductions in spending are “progress” on “trying to actually look at some of
On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that the spending cuts and deficit reduction in the debt limit bill and the fact that “the deficit fiscal stimulus has declined” since the end of the coronavirus
During an interview aired Friday’s broadcast of “The Issue Is,” Rep. and U.S. Senate candidate Barbara Lee (D-CA) stated that negotiations over an agreement to raise the debt limit were “lose-lose” for President Joe Biden and she voted against the
On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America Reports,” Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) said that the debt limit bill does push Congress to follow the appropriations process, but doing so will “be tough to do so with the reduction
On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” House Assistant Minority Leader Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) claimed that while President Joe Biden “has increased a lot of spending” “We didn’t run up the debt” because they paid for things like the
One in six retirees is now thinking about unretiring due to Bidenflation, which one analyst says “may be here to stay.”
On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox News Live,” Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) stated that the provision in the debt limit bill that if appropriations bills aren’t passed, there is an automatic 1% cut is something he “would
On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” 2024 presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) stated that after the debt limit deal, “our country will still be careening towards bankruptcy” like it was before since
On Sunday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Sunday Show,” Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) stated that the reported freeze on domestic spending in the debt limit deal “is a problem” because there is going to be inflation and stated that while Republicans didn’t
On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “The Story,” Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) said that a debt ceiling deal that is only about cuts to domestic spending “will be difficult, because, for many of us, investing in education, workforce,
On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Ingraham Angle,” Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), who has endorsed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) in his 2024 presidential bid, stated that DeSantis’ 2024 rival, former President Donald Trump, “can’t run on inflation”
Republicans in the House are rallying behind Speaker Kevin McCarthy in his negotiations with President Joe Biden over the debt ceiling as conservative leaders are circulating a memo encouraging McCarthy to “hold the line” on critically important spending reforms as the essential core of any deal with the White House.
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street,” Jack Lew, who served as Treasury Secretary during the Obama administration, stated that while he doesn’t think there should have been spending changes tied to raising the debt ceiling, “Democrats are
On Monday’s edition of NBC’s “MTP Now,” Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) argued that we don’t need to reduce spending and “we need so much” more spending. Host Yamiche Alcindor asked, “Of course, one of the core sticking points here is
On Monday’s broadcast of CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” co-host and CNBC Senior Economics Reporter Steve Liesman stated that the Federal Reserve can’t bring down inflation all on its own and needs help from fiscal policy, and “There’s been no help at all”
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) slammed President Joe Biden amid debt ceiling negotiations and accused the president of preferring the United States default on its debts rather than cut federal spending.
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that while he doesn’t think doing budgeting through negotiations over the debt ceiling is the best way to do things, “this is the only mechanism we seem to have,
On Friday’s broadcast of CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) stated that he believes that there will be support among Democrats for spending caps in an agreement to raise the debt ceiling — like those that are a part
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” Professor of the Practice of Economic Policy at Harvard University and the Harvard Kennedy School Jason Furman, who served as Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Barack Obama and on
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Mornings with Maria,” Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ) called for clawing back unspent COVID money as part of raising the debt ceiling and pointed to New Jersey using COVID funds for SUVs
On Tuesday’s broadcast of “CNN Primetime,” Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) stated that President Joe Biden’s refusal to negotiate over the debt ceiling “conflicts with everything the President has ever stood for” and noted that as a Senator, Biden opposed debt
On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” White House National Economic Council Deputy Director Bharat Ramamurti responded to a question on whether the White House believes we are on an unsustainable fiscal trajectory by stating that President Joe Biden “recognizes
The policies of the Biden administration caused the explosion of inflation that has left so many Americans with less spending power, Freedom Works senior economist Steve Moore told Breitbart News on Monday.
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that President Joe Biden will change course and negotiate over raising the debt ceiling, and that while he doesn’t think there should be conditions attached to raising the debt ceiling, “the
During an interview with Bloomberg on Friday, White House Council of Economic Advisers member Heather Boushey argued that fiscal policy isn’t too loose because “we have seen those ongoing declines in the inflation rate” and a soft landing is “where
On Tuesday’s edition of NBC’s “MTP Now,” House Budget Committee Ranking Member Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-PA) stated that President Joe Biden and Democrats in Congress “have been fiscally responsible” and “there is very little to nothing” in the bill to
During an interview with Bloomberg on Friday, Professor of the Practice of Economic Policy at Harvard University and the Harvard Kennedy School Jason Furman, who served as Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Barack Obama and on
On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” Berkshire Hathaway Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett stated that he’s more concerned about the prospect of Congress messing up the economy by spending more money than he is about monetary policy. Buffett stated
On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” Berkshire Hathaway Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett responded to a question on the causes of inflation by stating that “It’s fun sending money out to people if you want to stay in office”
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) offered to make President Joe Biden a “soft food” lunch in order to meet in person to talk about the debt limit.
On Wednesday’s broadcast of Fox News Radio’s “Guy Benson Show,” Senate Minority Whip Sen. John Thune (R-SD) stated that the Biden administration is so “overly focused” on green energy and pointed to an analysis by Goldman Sachs reported by The
On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) said that the White House has ignored outreach from the House on negotiating an agreement on the debt ceiling and that House Speaker Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) is asking
On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher stated that the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) is “connected” to and “the result of” the massive deficit spending during the coronavirus pandemic because the fact that “uncle sugar
U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy told Breitbart News in no uncertain terms that the House of Representatives this year will not pass a clean debt ceiling hike without spending cuts and that the House will not raise taxes.
On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America Reports,” Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) stated that massive spending during the coronavirus pandemic under Presidents Donald Trump and Joe Biden is a cause of the highest inflation in forty years, but
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that while he does think expanding the child tax credit worked, there isn’t the political will for it because, in addition to a general distrust of government programs that
