This morning on CNN, Democratic Congressman and candidate for Senate Tim Ryan made a compelling case for why voters should punish his party and elect Republicans up and down the ballot this fall: Ryan: “I think there is a great deal of frustration on the ground, with families, in Ohio and across the country because of the mixed […]
WSJ on $1.75 Trillion Boondoggle: “‘Fully paid for’ is the lie of the year”
Democrats have insisted that Joe Biden’s reckless $1.75 trillion spending bill must and would be fully paid for. Then the nonpartisan analysts got a look at their bill. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) recently found that if Democrats’ budget gimmicks weren’t included and the programs contained within the bill were made permanent, it would add an […]
Democrats Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place: CBO Shows Spending Bill Isn’t Paid For
Democrats have insisted for months that the massive multi-trillion dollar spending bill pushed by President Biden would be fully paid for. But today the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) blew a giant hole in their promise to pay for all this spending, showing it would add **$367 billion** to the national deficit. Now these Democrats have to […]
Tim Ryan Abandons House Moderates on Pelosi’s Spending Spree
Tim Ryan is all about “know[ing] the economic effects of the bills before we vote…” until Nancy Pelosi tells him otherwise. As a group of moderate Democrats hold up Pelosi’s trillions in spending over concerns that she is attempting to ram the bill through without an official Congressional Budget Office score to examine the economic […]
So-Called “Moderate” House Democrats Surrender to Pelosi While Running for Senate
As Congress comes back into session this week, it’s worth remembering the “moderate” Gang of Nine House Democrats are driving the discussion in the House Democratic Caucus by standing up to Speaker Nancy Pelosi, demanding a vote on the bipartisan hard infrastructure package passed by the Senate before the $3.5 trillion Bernie Sanders-authored reconciliation plan. […]