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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 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”

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”

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

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

Rep. Mary Miller said during an appearance on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Saturday that the drawn out speaker race election was a “big victory” because it united House Republicans ahead of the anticipated debt ceiling fight with the White House and Democrat-controlled Senate.

The Pandemic Response Accountability Committee (PRAC), a federal watchdog overseeing pandemic-era spending, found that the U.S. government issued $5.4 billion in “potentially fraudulent pandemic loans,” according to a report released Monday. 

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

Canadian PM Trudeau has admitted it was “illogical” to give millions to a firm to develop a Covid travel app that subcontracted the work

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 “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

The Agency for International Development (USAID) is set to spend up to $969,821 to support an LGBTQI program adviser, an investigation from Breitbart News reveals.

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.