On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Fox Business Tonight,” Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO) said that “once we get out of this recession,” “we need to smooth out our spending and try to deal with our deficits and our
The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) announced Friday it would be spending an additional $28 million in deeper Democrat-held territory across the county in the quest to take back the House of Representatives.
On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Katy Tur Reports,” Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) said that “inflation is largely managed by the Federal Reserve,” and that while Congress could cut spending, “That would be a conversation about do we cut Social Security,
On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Ingraham Angle,” Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) stated that the spending agreement announced by Senate Democrats “was obviously a double-cross” by Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) that went back on previous statements that he
On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Ingraham Angle,” Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) urged House Republicans to reject the semiconductor bill and not “help the Democrats tomorrow spend $250 billion so they can turn around and pass their trillion-dollar
On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Evening Edit,” Rep. James Comer (R-KY) stated that the spending deal among Senate Democrats is “just going to create more inflation,” and “We’re probably going to see double-digit inflation in the next
On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Mornings with Maria,” Rep. Greg Murphy (R-NC) stated that inflation will increase due to states spending unallocated coronavirus relief funds and that due to people cutting spending on dispensible goods due to
On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Mornings with Maria,” Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN) stated that as states spend unappropriated COVID relief funds, there will be “more inflation in the pipeline yet to come.” Host Maria Bartiromo asked, “I
A plurality of Americans say economic issues will be the top set of problems on their minds when they cast their votes in the upcoming midterm elections, a Politico/Morning Consult poll released this week found.
On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “New Day,” White House Council of Economic Advisers member Jared Bernstein argued that inflation numbers in Europe, which are “not quite as high as ours,” undercut the argument that “somehow U.S. spending was responsible” for inflation.
On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America Reports,” Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) stated that passing the Build Back Better legislation “might have created a slight uptick in inflation.” But the legislation “was going to invest in people,
On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Your World,” host Neil Cavuto responded to President Joe Biden arguing earlier in the day that “bringing down the deficit is one way to ease inflationary pressures” by stating that this should probably
On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher argued that Democrats should be the “most upset” about the theft and fraudulent attainment of COVID relief money and questioned why Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) “are
On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) said that the “massive fiscal and monetary response” to the coronavirus pandemic has “taken a toll” on inflation. Host Bret Baier asked, [relevant exchange begins around
During an interview with “Pod Save America” on Wednesday released on Tuesday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) said that all the money that the spending in the American Rescue Plan put into the economy played a role in inflation. Warren stated,
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that while there is inflation taking place everywhere in the world, America’s inflation numbers are “significantly higher” than the numbers in most of the other comparable countries and this
On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Jose Diaz-Balart Reports,” Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) said Republicans are just pushing their ideology by pressing for votes on issues like Title 42 in the coronavirus spending bill that she hoped “would recognize that COVID
On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “MTP Daily,” Senate Majority Whip Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) argued against voting on an amendment to the coronavirus spending bill on Title 42 by stating doing so would delay passage of the spending bill that
On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Ingraham Angle,” Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) argued that Congress should tie getting a vote on keeping Title 42 in place to any additional spending President Joe Biden wants. Cotton stated, “There’s an
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks said that while he thinks increased coronavirus funding is needed, “the Republicans are right to make that point that we need to pay for this money.” Because deficit spending fuels
The UK government has continued its spending and borrowing spree, with the state borrowing £136 billion over the fiscal year to November.
On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) stated that because the price tag of the $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill is spent over ten years “if you divide that out, it’s very little each
On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Kudlow,” Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN) argued that whatever the final dollar amount of the budget reconciliation bill is, the bill is “broadening social programs to an extent that they’ll never be cut
On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) stated that the Progressive Caucus believes that if the cost of the budget reconciliation bill has to be lowered, they should “cut the number of
On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Ingraham Angle,” Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) stated that Democrats are being deceptive on the cost of the reconciliation bill since the programs in the bill won’t actually expire and will just be
On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “At This Hour,” Rep. Jared Huffman (D-CA) stated that there are ways to lower the topline price of the reconciliation bill “creatively.” Such as shortening the duration of some of the programs, and once those
On Saturday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Yasmin Vossoughian Reports,” Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) argued that the $3.5 trillion price tag for the Build Back Better Act reconciliation package “is a modest investment” for an economy the size of America’s. Torres said, “[T]here’s
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks said that he thinks there are other moderates in the Democratic Party who are “hiding behind” Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) and “there are moderates in the Democratic Party who
On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “OutFront,” House Budget Committee Chairman John Yarmuth (D-KY) said that $3.5 trillion in spending under the reconciliation bill “is pretty inconsequential when you consider all the benefits to the American people,” and “The federal government
President Joe Biden has continued pushing a new White House talking point that claimed his $3.5 trillion spending agenda actually cost “zero dollars.”
The U.S. House passed legislation on Tuesday that will prevent a government shutdown and suspend the debt limit beyond the month.
During an interview released on Wednesday’s “Fox News Rundown,” Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) argued there should be no action on either of the spending bills until there is a “thorough investigation” of the events that occurred in Afghanistan. Scott said,
Consumer prices rose at their fastest annual pace since 1991.
On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher stated that while he thinks we need to rebuild infrastructure and he’s sure the reconciliation bill has plenty of good provisions, he has no confidence that the numbers for how
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Varney & Co.,” Labor Secretary Marty Walsh touted the July jobs report as “a great jobs report,” and stated that more government spending is “very much needed in our country.” Walsh said,
A Republican group, Michigan Rising Action, knocked vulnerable Democrat Rep. Elissa Slotkin (MI) as she is open to supporting the Democrats’ reconciliation plan for the far-left Democrats to eventually ram parts of the radical wish list in the “infrastructure” bill.
On Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “All In,” Senate Budget Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-VT) stated that while he’s “assuming” that provisions in the budget reconciliation package will be paid for with tax increases, “now is precisely the time to borrow
On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher said that with the amount of money the U.S. is spending on coronavirus relief, “it feels like we’re back in that headspace that we’ll never run out of cash as
The UK’s £37 billion coronavirus Test and Trace scheme showed “no clear evidence” that it has been effective in combatting the coronavirus.
House Republicans are pressing President Joe Biden to identify funds Congress has designated for coronavirus relief over the last year that have not yet been spent, and use those before piling on with additional government spending.
