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Republicans Are Tackling the Affordability Crisis Democrats Created
UNDER FOUR YEARS OF PRESIDENT BIDEN, DEMOCRATS WRECKED THE ECONOMY Inflation hit a 40-year high under President Biden, affecting everything from groceries, to gas, to housing. (The Associated Press: US inflation at new 40-year high as price increases spread - 6/10/22) During President Biden’s time in office, costs skyrocketed across the board: All prices rose an average of 20.65%. Grocery prices, measured as “food at home,” increased by 22.32%. Energy prices increased by 30.54%. Ga… Continue Reading
11.19.25
The Fallout From Democrats’ Government Shutdown Continues
THE SHUTDOWN CAUSED IMMENSE AND IRREVERSIBLE HARM TO FEDERAL WORKERS AND FAMILIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY “Overall, there are about 2 million civilian government workers and 1.3 million active-duty members of the military.” (The Wall Street Journal: Federal Workers and Troops to Miss Paychecks Soon. Here’s What to Know. - 10/9/25) Roughly 730,000 federal workers worked without pay during the shutdown while roughly 670,000 were furloughed, also without pay. (ABC News: Government shutdown impac… Continue Reading
11.06.25
Progressives Demand a Longer Shutdown and More Pain
THIS WEEK, THE IMPACTS OF DEMOCRATS’ SHUTDOWN GOT EVEN WORSE FOR SERVICEMEMBERS, FEDERAL WORKERS, AND TRAVELERS “US soldiers in Germany may not receive their November pay and have been given food bank advice as a government shutdown entered a record 37th day. Around 37,000 US soldiers stationed in the country face uncertainty over November salary payments.” (Sky News: US soldiers given food bank advice and could go without pay amid government shutdown - 11/6/25) “More than 650,000 federa… Continue Reading
11.04.25
Disarrayed Democrats Delay Flights and Jeopardize SNAP
DISARRAYED DEMOCRATS ARE CAUGHT BETWEEN THE REAL-WORLD CONSEQUENCES OF THEIR SHUTDOWN AND APPEASING THEIR RESTIVE PROGRESSIVE BASE “Democrats have been increasingly in the hot seat during this standoff, forced to reckon with the blowback they got from their base back in March when Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer led a handful of his members in advancing GOP-backed legislation to avoid a shutdown.” (Politico: ‘Utterly shameful’: Congress to crush US record this week for longest shutdown -… Continue Reading
10.31.25
Democrats Knew Full Well Their Shutdown Would Affect SNAP Benefits
DEMOCRATS, GIVEN THE CHOICE TO REOPEN THE GOVERNMENT AND FUND SNAP OR KOWTOW TO THEIR PROGRESSIVE BASE, HAVE CHOSEN THEIR PROGRESSIVE BASE 13 TIMES “Democrats cannot cave right now.” - Progressive Change Campaign Committee National Press Secretary Sydney Register “The federal government is now in its longest full shutdown ever.” (Fox News: Government enters longest full shutdown in US history with no end in sight - 10/22/25) “Hundreds of thousands of federal workers are going without pa… Continue Reading
10.30.25
Biden’s COVID Bonuses Prioritize Insurance Companies Over Consumers
(Click here to download) SINCE DEMOCRATS CREATED OBAMACARE, THE PROGRAM HAS PRIMARILY BENEFITTED INSURANCE COMPANIES WHILE RAISING COSTS FOR CONSUMERS “When Democrats passed the Affordable Care Act of 2010, President Obama and lawmakers made the same claim over and over: The act would make good, affordable health insurance available to people with pre-existing conditions.” (The Wall Street Journal: Op-ed: ObamaCare Turns Out to Be Affordable Only for the Healthy - 9/12/23) “Supporters o… Continue Reading
10.29.25
Democrats View Food Assistance, Early Education Programs for Children, and Government Paychecks as “Leverage”
(Click here to download) AS DEMOCRATS’ SHUTDOWN ENTERS ITS FIFTH WEEK, UNIONS ARE PLEADING WITH DEMOCRATS TO PASS THE CLEAN CONTINUING RESOLUTION TO REOPEN THE GOVERNMENT “The path forward for Congress is clear: Reopen the government immediately under a clean continuing resolution that allows continued debate on larger issues.” - American Federation of Government Employees President Everett Kelley “Democrats grappled Monday with the first major fraying of their coalition amid the govern… Continue Reading
10.28.25
Democrats’ COVID-Era Obamacare Subsidies Represent a Fraction of Premiums for a Fraction of the Health Insurance Market
DEMOCRATS’ TAXPAYER-FUNDED OBAMACARE SUBSIDIES PRIMARILY BENEFIT ONLY A SMALL SLIVER OF AMERICANS, MANY OF WHOM ARE IN “HIGHER INCOME BRACKETS” Only 6% of all Americans have the type of health insurance sold on Obamacare’s marketplaces. (KFF: The Uninsured Population and Health Coverage - 10/8/25) “In March 2021, at the height of the pandemic, the American Rescue Plan temporarily extended premium subsidy eligibility to those with incomes above 400% of the federal poverty level, allowi… Continue Reading
10.23.25
The Pain Is the Point: Democrats Put Politics Over Paying Troops and Federal Workers
(Click here to download) DEMOCRATS HAVE VOTED AGAIN NOT TO PAY FEDERAL WORKERS DURING THIS SHUTDOWN, OPTING FOR FLOOR THEATRICS INSTEAD OF REAL SOLUTIONS “People in this chamber, people in this building, had to stay here night before last, all night - all night - to listen to some Democrats drone on. One Democrat senator read the same poem four times. They were here all night, not getting paid… federal employees - in this building, had to stay here all night, work through the night and into th… Continue Reading
10.22.25
The Real Cause of High Health Care Costs? Obamacare
THANKS TO OBAMACARE, PREMIUM COSTS HAVE BEEN RISING FOR YEARS “Democrats are panicking about a looming 75% average increase in the out-of-pocket cost of insurance premiums next year for the roughly 6% of the population that shops for coverage on Obamacare’s exchanges. Their panic led them to shut down the government at the end of September.” (Forbes: How Obamacare Set In Motion Today’s Premium Crisis - 10/14/25) “The real problem is that the Affordable Care Act was never actually afforda… Continue Reading
10.21.25
Democrats’ Government Shutdown Drags On
(Click here to download) THREE WEEKS INTO THEIR GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN, DEMOCRATS ARE “TERRIFIED” OF GETTING “HAMMERED” BY THEIR PROGRESSIVE BASE “People are going to get hammered.” - Anonymous Senate Democrat “As Washington’s stalemate continues into its fourth week with no end in sight, it’s looking like this could become one of America’s longest funding lapses.” (The New York Times: Shutdown With No Clear End Poses New Economic Threat - 10/21/25) “There’s no resolution in sight to the … Continue Reading
10.16.25
Senate Democrats Block Military Pay and Resources – Again
DESPITE PASSING OUT OF COMMITTEE WITH AN OVERWHELMINGLY BIPARTISAN 26-3 VOTE, DEMOCRATS BLOCKED CONSIDERATION OF THE CRITICAL FY26 DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT “I won’t vote just for the defense appropriations bill, even though that’s my bill.” - Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee Ranking Member Chris Coons (D-Del.) “Senate Democrats on Thursday turned an annual Pentagon funding bill into the collateral damage of a fierce shutdown battle... The defense funding bill — including a milita… Continue Reading
10.16.25
High Health Care Costs? Thank a Democrat
(Click here to download) DEMOCRATS’ 15-YEAR TRANSFORMATION OF AMERICA’S HEALTH CARE SYSTEM HAS UTTERLY FAILED AND LED TO HIGHER PREMIUMS “The real problem is that the Affordable Care Act was never actually affordable.” (The Washington Post: Editorial: The shutdown conversation no one wants - 10/5/25) “Almost every promise Obama made about what [Obamacare] would do has proven false. It has not cut the budget deficit, slowed medical spending, saved lives, lowered health insurance premiums… Continue Reading
10.15.25
Democrats’ Government Shutdown Enters Week Three
DEMOCRATS ARE STILL VOTING TO APPEASE THEIR PROGRESSIVE BASE BY KEEPING THE GOVERNMENT CLOSED “This is Day 15 of the government shutdown. There’s no resolution in sight to the crisis.” (Punchbowl News: AM: A massive week in the battle for control of the House - 10/15/25) Senate Democrats have voted nine times against funding the government via a clean continuing resolution (CR) the House has already passed. (H.R. 5371: Roll Call Vote #572 - 10/15/25; H.R. 5371: Roll Call Vote #571 - 10/1… Continue Reading
10.10.25
Democrats’ Shutdown Causes Uncertainty for Military Families
FOR THE FIRST TIME “IN MODERN TIMES,” AMERICA’S MILITARY SERVICE MEMBERS ARE SET TO GO WITHOUT PAY, ALL THANKS TO DEMOCRATS’ GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN “Many of our service members are serving in harm’s way at this very moment. All of them stand ready to rush into danger at a moment’s notice to protect the rest of us. They and their families make numerous sacrifices to serve our country. The idea - the very idea, Mr. President - that they won’t get a paycheck because Democrats can’t bring themselves t… Continue Reading
10.09.25
Chuck Schumer on the Democrats’ Shutdown: “Every Day Gets Better For Us”
AS DEMOCRATS’ GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN DRAGS ON, LEADER SCHUMER AND PROGRESSIVES CELEBRATE “Every day gets better for us.” - Senate Democrat Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) “It’s Day 9 of the government shutdown. There’s no resolution in sight to this crisis.” (Punchbowl News: AM: Schumer on the shutdown: 'Every day gets better for us' - 10/9/25) “It’s important to note that Democrats instigated this shutdown. They rejected a ‘clean’ funding proposal and demanded significant and expensive heal… Continue Reading
10.08.25
Democrats’ Shutdown Wreaks Havoc on Air Travel and Essential Workers
ONE WEEK IN, DEMOCRATS’ GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN IS INCREASINGLY IMPACTING AIR TRAVEL ACROSS THE COUNTRY “Travelers across the U.S. are beginning to feel the impacts of the government shutdown.” (NPR: The government shutdown keeps snarling air travel. Officials say it could get worse - 10/8/25) “Staffing shortages led to more flight delays at airports across the U.S. on Tuesday as the federal government shutdown stretched into a seventh day, while union leaders for air traffic controllers and… Continue Reading
10.07.25
Senate Republicans Clear the Nominations Backlog
(Click here to download) THE SENATE JUST CONFIRMED 107 TRUMP NOMINATIONS, EFFECTIVELY CLEARING THE CIVILIAN NOMINATIONS BACKLOG On Tuesday, the Senate confirmed a batch of 107 nominations by a vote of 51-47. (Senate Cloakroom: post on X - 10/7/25) This is the second en bloc batch of nominations approved by the Senate this year, following Senate Republicans’ rules reform. (119th U.S. Senate: Roll Call Vote #526 - 9/18/25; Senate Cloakroom: post on X - 10/7/25) Confirmation of thes… Continue Reading
10.07.25
Democrats Have Voted Five Times to Shut Down the Government
HEADING INTO THE SECOND WEEK OF THE SCHUMER SHUTDOWN, SENATE DEMOCRATS APPEAR DUG IN TO HOLDING GOVERNMENT FUNDING HOSTAGE “There’s no deal in sight to end the crisis.” (Punchbowl News: AM: Shutdown Day 6: Will Democrats blink? - 10/6/25) The Senate voted for a fifth time Monday evening on whether to fund the government, with all but three Democrats opposing the clean continuing resolution (CR). (H.R. 5371: Roll Call Vote #545 - 10/6/25) Republicans’ CR “would keep federal agencies … Continue Reading
10.03.25
Democrats Rail Against the Health Care System They Created
THE HISTORY IS CLEAR: DEMOCRATS CREATED OBAMACARE WITHOUT A SINGLE REPUBLICAN VOTE, AND IT HAS UTTERLY FAILED TO ACHIEVE ANY OF THEIR STATED GOALS “This bill will cut health care costs, preserve Medicare, and reduce the federal deficit to boot. History will look back on this bill as the moment we turned things around in America.” - Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) (11/19/09) When Democrats passed Obamacare, they did so without a single Republican vote. (U.S. Senate: Roll Call Vote #396 - 12/24/09… Continue Reading
