Lawmakers should not vote for the $1.2 trillion spending bill released in the dead of the night, Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) said on Thursday, warning that members of Congress have not even had the proper time to review it.
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Your World,” Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said that there is more work to be done on deficit reduction, President Joe Biden will continue to work on reducing the deficit, and that’s why
On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Your World,” White House Council of Economic Advisers Chair Jared Bernstein stated that Federal Reserve rate hikes have helped lower inflation by dampening demand and that deficit decreases in 2021 and 2022 “probably
Mayor Tiffany Henyard (D) of Dolton, Illinois, got heated with officials Monday when they questioned her on issues that have brought a wave of criticism.
On Monday’s broadcast of CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” White House Council of Economic Advisers Chair Jared Bernstein responded to criticism that fiscal stimulus created inflation by stating that “the American Rescue Plan was essential to get shots in arms and checks
During an interview with CNBC aired on Tuesday’s broadcast of “Squawk on the Street,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken responded to a question on whether declining American influence helped cause or impact Chinese behavior towards Taiwan, attacks by the Houthis,
On Thursday’s broadcast of C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal,” Rep. Brandon Williams (R-NY) said that it is a “fair” criticism of House Republicans that they didn’t pass all the appropriations bills and haven’t done so right before the end of the fiscal
On Thursday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” White House Council of Economic Advisers Chair Jared Bernstein stated that personal spending growing higher than personal income isn’t due to inflation, it’s due to the “strong labor market.” And that real wage
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
The debt ceiling deal between House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and President Joe Biden would amount to, if passed and enacted into law, the largest deficit reduction bill in American history, an official estimate forthcoming from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) will show.
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) reacted to a CNN poll showing that most Americans, including most independents, and 45% of Democrats think the debt ceiling should only be raised if it is tied to
On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Ingraham Angle,” Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) argued that House Republicans should force through the border bill just passed by the House using either the budget or the debt ceiling increase. Roy said,
On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Hannity,” House Speaker Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) stated that President Joe Biden is acting like people are going to starve and be deprived if the federal government goes to the funding levels
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) responded to a question on whether there are any proposals — like clawing back unspent COVID relief funds — for raising the debt ceiling that he
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”
On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Kudlow,” Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) stated that Goldman Sachs’ estimate that the climate provisions in the “Inflation Reduction Act” will cost three times what they were initially estimated proves that Democrats were
Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy told Sirius XM’s Breitbart News Saturday host Matt Boyle that pro-economic growth policies are the best way to offset the $31.3 trillion national debt.
On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Mornings with Maria,” Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) responded to President Joe Biden’s earlier cancellation of the China Initiative by stating that the appropriations process is one point of leverage to get the
Nearly 60 percent of registered U.S. voters say they have “less money in their pocket than they did a year ago,” according to a Fox News poll released on Sunday.
During a portion of an interview aired on Friday’s edition of ABC’s “World News Tonight,” President Joe Biden said he’s “not sure how many are asking” how long we can continue to spend money on Ukraine at the current rate
Nearly 30 percent of work continued to be remote in January — six times the rate in 2019, before the coronavirus pandemic.
The majority of American adults say that they are sending more groceries compared to a year ago, and most also expect to pay more than they already do.
On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Bottom Line,” Senate Minority Whip Sen. John Thune (R-SD) defended voting for the omnibus spending bill by stating that “we tried to clear the slate, clear the deck so to speak for
On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “The Story,” Senate Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) stated that he is behind House Speaker Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s (R-CA) push for tying spending cuts to the debt ceiling and pointed out
On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher stated that he doesn’t “trust the government at this point” after the massive amount of coronavirus relief fraud and he doesn’t trust the Inflation Reduction Act due to what a
On Wednesday’s broadcast of Bloomberg’s “Balance of Power,” Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) stated that Democrats should “Definitely” be open to spending cuts across the board, even if it’s directly tied to the debt ceiling, and “it would be good for
During an interview aired on Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) argued that the federal government needs to spend less as American families are having to and no one wants to see a
On Tuesday’s “CNN Newsroom,” White House Communications Director Kate Bedingfield responded to a question on President Joe Biden, in his then-role as Vice President negotiating a deal around the debt limit in 2011 and arguing that we need to find
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “At This Hour,” Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA) argued that there’s no way to cut government programs “and somehow not cut services because we’re going to only deal with the fat” and Republicans saying we should
On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Mornings with Maria,” House Chief Deputy Whip Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA) said that while keeping spending under control is important, “We’re not going to be able to cut our way out of
On Friday’s broadcast of CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo stated that inflation hasn’t just happened in the U.S., massive spending happened under the Trump administration, but when you look at pandemic spending, “you have to think about
On Friday’s broadcast of CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo responded to questions on whether the Biden administration would support increased spending if Democrats controlled Congress by stating that the deficit went down last year and we can
On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Katy Tur Reports,” Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) stated that he thinks you can reach an agreement to raise the debt ceiling by cutting spending in the $1.7 trillion omnibus package, cutting the green subsidies in
On Tuesday’s broadcast of Bloomberg’s “Balance of Power,” Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) said that there is waste that is spread throughout the federal budget. After viewing a clip of Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) saying that there is waste in the
On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Kudlow,” House Speaker Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) argued that President Joe Biden is “playing with the financial markets of America” by refusing to say he’ll negotiate over raising the debt limit and
On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Bottom Line,” House Majority Leader Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) said that there are plenty of ways you can decrease the deficit in order to raise the debt ceiling like reinstating student loan
On Monday’s broadcast of Fox News Radio’s “Brian Kilmeade Show,” Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) said he would not be part of any deal between centrist Republicans and Democrats to raise the debt ceiling without spending cuts.
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks argued that Democrats need to have a plan to raise the debt ceiling that offers concessions to Republicans because of the leverage held by the “nihilistic wing” of the party
On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher stated that he understands Republicans saying that “an adult has to cut up the credit card” after overspending on the coronavirus that ended up being stolen. Maher said that tying
