On Monday’s broadcast of NBC’s “MTP Daily,” guest host, MSNBC host, and MSNBC Senior National Correspondent Chris Jansing stated that the Inflation Reduction Act reconciliation bill “does raise taxes in a period of economic downturn.” While interviewing Rep. Steven Horsford (D-NV),
On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Faulkner Focus,” RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel stated that the Inflation Reduction Act reconciliation bill’s title is a lie and even Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) admitted as much when he cited the Congressional
On Monday’s broadcast of Newsmax TV’s “Spicer & Co.,” Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) said that the increase in costs for fossil fuel production on public lands and waters through increased minimum royalties for oil and gas extraction on public lands
On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-NY) argued that the Inflation Reduction Act reconciliation bill will have “a negligible amount of impact” on climate because America is only responsible for a small
On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Inside Politics,” Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-CO) responded to claims by Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) that the Inflation Reduction Act reconciliation bill is Democrats “using the inflation crisis” to justify “reckless government spending” by stating that
Senate Democrats have reportedly canceled their coronavirus testing policy over the weekend to ram through a reconciliation bill, dubbed the “Inflation Reduction Act.”
On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Mornings with Maria,” Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) said that it makes no sense and is “hypocritical” to support increased spending on “corporate welfare” in the CHIPS Act to try to bring semiconductor
On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN International’s “Amanpour,” Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-CO) stated that the Inflation Reduction Act reconciliation bill is “the first step” on climate and “not the end. It’s the beginning. It’s the beginning of a long, forced march
On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) reacted to concerns that the corporate minimum tax in the reconciliation bill could harm manufacturing by stating that supporting the tax “is something our caucus has come together behind.”
On Monday’s broadcast of CBS’ “Late Show,” Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm touted the “huge incentives” in the form of tax credits that will “really push forward the deployment of clean energy” in the reconciliation package and also stated that “we
On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) said Republicans are opposing the reconciliation package because “they are so invested in proving that democracy can’t work, especially under President Biden, that they’re rejecting proposal after proposal that’s
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that he believes that Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) had “an intellectual awakening” where he realized that the idea that spending on climate change is inflationary “was just economically wrong”
During an interview aired on Friday’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) stated that “A lot of the work” from the Build Back Better bill is in the reconciliation bill and that
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends First,” Rep. Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI) argued that the Inflation Reduction Act, the reconciliation deal announced by Congress will boost inflation, but Democrats will argue, “well, it was worth it because
House Republicans slammed Democrats’ newly unveiled Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 on Friday, saying it is “likely to worsen the economy.”
On Thursday’s broadcast of Bloomberg’s “Balance of Power,” White House Council of Economic Advisers member Heather Boushey stated that while the White House has not “crunched all the numbers” on the reconciliation bill yet, we know the bill “will reduce
On Thursday’s broadcast of West Virginia MetroNews’ “Talkline with Hoppy Kercheval,” Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) stated that eliminating the carried interest loophole and requiring a 15% minimum tax on large corporations are “revenues” in the reconciliation agreement, but the deal doesn’t
On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” Senior Adviser to President Joe Biden Gene Sperling claimed that the reconciliation deal announced by Senate Democrats “doesn’t really raise” tax rates, because it just says that large companies have to “pay some
Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN) warned in an exclusive interview with Breitbart News that while Democrats are experiencing a total “political nuclear meltdown,” they might still try to pass a $1 trillion reconciliation bill after the pivotal midterm elections.
Tuesday on Fox Business Network’s “Mornings with Maria,” Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) voiced his concern with Democrats ramping up talk of a Build Back Better reconciliation plan.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) told reporters during her weekly press conference on Thursday that “chunks” of President Joe Biden’s stalled $2 trillion Build Back Better package may be renamed to ensure the legislation would pass before the 2022 midterms.
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) has once again killed President Biden’s “Build Back Better” agenda, telling reporters on Tuesday that it’s deader than ever.
Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (DPC) Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) on Sunday demanded President Joe Biden usurp congressional authority and force the $1.9 trillion reconciliation package into law by executive order.
On Monday’s broadcast of “Fox News Primetime,” House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) stated that all but one House Democrat “voted for the 87,000 IRS agents to spy on you. They voted to open the border and make people legal
On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA) said that the Build Back Better reconciliation bill was “Bernie Sanders’ bill” and that there was only one Democrat in the Senate who was willing
On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Don Lemon Tonight,” Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) stated that Sen. Joe Manchin’s (D-WV) opposition to the Build Back Better reconciliation bill is “an example of Joe Manchin, as a white man, showing that he doesn’t
On Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Rachel Maddow Show,” Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) pushed for the Senate to bring the Build Back Better reconciliation bill to the floor for a vote and argued that if the bill fails, Democrats can say,
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that Democrats “were right to try to be FDR, try to do something big” with the Build Back Better reconciliation bill. Brooks said that if the new inflation numbers in January
During an interview aired on Friday’s edition of Comedy Central’s “Tha God’s Honest Truth,” Vice President Kamala Harris argued that “the cost of living is too expensive for too many people. It has been this way even before the pandemic.”
On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “All In,” Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) argued that Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) “are kind of acting like Republicans” on the Build Back Better reconciliation bill and that it’s arrogant for them
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) scolded the establishment media after he was questioned about President Biden’s $1.9 trillion reconciliation package.
President Biden’s $1.9 trillion reconciling package will reportedly be shelved until 2022 due to Sen. Joe Manchin’s opposition to inflation-exacerbating measures within the deal.
On Monday’s “CNN Newsroom,” House Assistant Whip Brendan Boyle (D-PA) stated that he hopes the benefits in the Build Back Better reconciliation bill are extended beyond their duration as outlined in the original bill and he believes if that happens,
On Friday’s broadcast of Bloomberg TV’s “Wall Street Week,” economist Larry Summers stated that “we’re going to entrench inflation way above 2%, perhaps in the 4% or even higher range, unless something happens to break the current mood,” and the
On Friday’s “CNN Tonight,” economist Larry Summers stated that while he supports the Build Back Better reconciliation bill, runs “incremental deficits for the first few years. That’s not the right thing to be doing and we should scale that back.”
Democrats in the House and Senate are in trouble moving into an election year as registered voters say Republicans are better equipped to handle the economy, inflation, and the border, according to a recent Wall Street Journal poll.
Some Democrats on Wednesday are reportedly questioning if Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) can pass the $1.9 trillion reconciliation package before his self-imposed Christmas deadline.
Democrats are rushing to pass President Biden’s $1.9 trillion reconciliation package before the upcoming campaign year of the 2022 midterms.
Retiring embattled Democrat Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI) slammed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) “hostile work environment” that is “getting worse,” as other Democrats complain about getting work done after the midterms, if the are in the minority.
Democrat Senators on Thursday have complained about Majority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) Senate dysfunction.
