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Schumer Doubles Down On His Debt Limit Hypocrisy
'Some Democrats Are Trying To Rewrite History And Pretend That Republicans' Demands For Negotiations Are Unusual. But That's Just False.… The Pelosi-Schumer Playbook For The Debt Limit [Was To] Demand Negotiations' SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "Some Democrats are trying to rewrite history and pretend that Republicans' demands for negotiations are unusual. But that's just false. Back in 2017, the Senate Democratic Leader said the debt ceiling gave Democrats, quote, … Continue Reading
01.25.23
Schumer’s Hypocritical Debt Limit History
In 2017, Sen. Chuck Schumer Talked About Using The Debt Limit 'As Leverage,' In Stark Contrast To His Categorical Assertions Today That 'Using It As A Bargaining Chip' 'Should Be Off The Table' SEN. CHUCK SCHUMER (D-NY): "[T]hey know there is no reason-no reason, no argument, no logic-to justify flipping your position 180 degrees and calling it some kind of principle. It is not. It is utterly craven …" (Sen. Schumer, Remarks, 9/21/2020) In 2017, Schumer Bragged About Democrats U… Continue Reading
12.21.22
Because Of Leader McConnell And A Majority Of The Senate Preserving The Filibuster, Partisan Democrat Priorities Were Kept Out Of The Appropriations Bill
A Bipartisan Majority Of The Senate Agreed With The Reasoning Of Leader McConnell And Others About The Fundamental Importance Of The 60-Vote Threshold To The Senate And Its Continued Presence Has Shaped Another Major Piece Of Legislation, Forcing The Majority Party To Negotiate With The Minority Party Leader McConnell: 'The Filibuster Is About More Than What Gets Blocked; It Shapes Almost Everything The Senate Does Pass' SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "The filibuster is … Continue Reading
10.19.22
As Americans Face The ‘Costliest Winter In Decades’ They’ll Know Democrats’ Energy Policies Are To Blame
The Biden Administration Has Spent Nearly Two Years Strangling Affordable American Energy Production And Infrastructure, Leaving Families Facing Huge Double-Digit Increases In Prices For Almost Every Fuel They Use To Heat Their Homes SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "Families across America have felt the brunt of this all-Democratic government's failed energy policies…. American families and small businesses know their electricity bills skyrocketed this spring and summer.… Continue Reading
10.12.22
Democrats Angriest At Saudis Have Voted Over And Over To Choke U.S. Oil Production
Senate Democrats Who Are Now Raging The Loudest At OPEC Cuts To Oil Production Have Voted Repeatedly Over The Last Two Years To Make Energy More Expensive For Americans Senate Democrats Are Venting Their Rage At OPEC And Saudi Arabia For Cutting Oil Production SEN. RICHARD BLUMENTHAL (D-CT): "This simple yet urgent measure would halt U.S. arms sales to Saudi Arabia … Saudis must reverse their oil supply cuts, which aid & abet Russia's savage criminal invasion, endanger the worl… Continue Reading
09.29.22
Americans Are Paying For Biden’s Failed Energy Policies
Americans Already Paying More To Fill Up Their Cars, Heat Their Homes, And Keep Their Lights On Are Likely To Pay Even More For Those Things This Winter, As Families Continue To Suffer The Consequences Of President Biden's Failed Energy Policies SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "Families across America have felt the brunt of this all-Democratic government's failed energy policies…. Here's what working families in Kentucky know: That a gallon of gas costs over a full do… Continue Reading
09.21.22
Another Show Vote On The Unconstitutional DISCLOSE Act Yet Again Exposes Democrats’ Extreme Dark Money Hypocrisy
Democrats' Unabashed Embrace Of Dark Money Demonstrates That Today's Show Vote On Their Unconstitutional DISCLOSE Act Is Just Another Election Year Stunt SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "[W]ith all these national crises hammering families, the Democratic majority is using the Senate schedule to demonstrate that they do not care. The Democratic Leader is not spending floor time on a bill to combat Democrats' inflation crisis, or their immigration crisis, or their violent cri… Continue Reading
09.15.22
Biden Administration Keeps Promoting Their New Turbo-Charged, Audit-Obsessed IRS
Instead Of Attempting To Relieve The Pressures Of Inflation, Securing Our Border, Or Protecting Citizens From Criminals, Democrats Voted To Unleash A Horde Of IRS Agents To Audit American Families And Small Businesses Democrats Keep Trying To Sell Rightly Skeptical Americans On Super-Sizing The IRS "Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen will make her first visit to an Internal Revenue Service facility on Thursday as the Biden administration embarks on an $80 billion overhaul of the tax coll… Continue Reading
09.14.22
Biden And Democrats Did Nothing While The Crime Wave Continued This Summer
As Violent Crime Continued To Increase In American Cities This Summer, President Biden Did Nothing And Senate Democrats Refused To Redirect Any Of The Money In Their Reckless Taxing And Spending Spree Towards Fighting Crime SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "While Democrats' economic policies have waged war on working families' financial security, their soft-on-crime policies have eroded Americans' physical security. Cities, towns, and neighborhoods across the country are reel… Continue Reading
09.13.22
As Families Struggle, Out-Of-Touch Democrats Celebrate Doing Nothing About The Inflation Their Policies Caused
As Democrats Gather At The White House To Again Celebrate Imposing Their Reckless Taxing And Spending Spree On The Country, The Latest Inflation Report Shows American Families Are Still Suffering From Soaring Cost Increases For Their Homes, Their Food, Their Energy, And Their Medical Care SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "Just a few minutes ago, yet again, the American people received a monthly inflation report that was even worse than the expert predictions. The expectation … Continue Reading
08.16.22
Reality Check: What Biden’s Reckless Taxing And Spending Spree Will And Won’t Do
The Partisan Bill President Biden Signs Into Law Today Will Do Nothing For American Families Already Suffering From Record Inflation, While Saddling Them With Higher Taxes, Higher Energy Bills, And Aggressive IRS Audits SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "The last time Senate Democrats tried to remake the economy on party lines, they shoved American families into the worst inflation in 40 years. Democrats got all-you-can-eat liberal spending and working families got stuck with t… Continue Reading
08.10.22
With Inflation ‘Strangling Kitchen-Table Budgets,’ Democrats Just Voted To Make Things Worse
July's Inflation Report Showed 'Prices Remained Near The Highest Level In 40 Years,' With Food And Housing Costs Particularly Causing Hardship, Yet Senate Democrats All Just Voted For A Reckless Taxing And Spending Spree That Will Cause Prices To Rise More In The Coming Months 'Inflation Is Still Abnormally High' As 'Prices Remained Near The Highest Level In 40 Years' THE NEW YORK TIMES: "[I]t's easy to overstate how much July's slowdown matters. Inflation is still abnormally high." (The… Continue Reading
08.07.22
Democrats Vote To Make Inflation Worse At The Worst Possible Time
All 50 Senate Democrats Voted Against Sen. Hoeven's Motion To Delay The Painful Effects Of Democrats' Reckless Taxing And Spending Spree Until Prices For Groceries, Gasoline, Diesel, Home Heating Oil, And Housing Have Returned To Their January 2021 Levels All 50 Senate Democrats voted against Sen. John Hoeven's (R-ND) motion to commit the bill to the Finance Committee with instructions delaying its implementation until rising prices for groceries, gasoline, diesel, home heating oil, and hous… Continue Reading
08.07.22
Democrats Refuse To Protect Americans From A Nationwide Crime Surge
Given The Opportunity To Fund Law Enforcement To Keep Americans Safe From A Rising Tide Of Crime Across The Country, Democrats Instead Chose To Funnel Money To Their Green New Deal Boondoggles All 50 Senate Democrats voted against Sen. Marco Rubio's (R-FL) motion to commit the bill to the Judiciary Committee to spend some of the hundreds of billions of dollars in the legislation on fighting crime. (H.R. 5376, Roll Call Vote #304: Motion Rejected 50-50: D 0-48; R 50-0; I 0-2, 8/07/2022) Am… Continue Reading
08.07.22
Democrats Vote AGAIN To Keep Americans’ Energy Bills High
After Rejecting An Earlier Amendment To Stop The Biden Administration's Constant Delays And Obstruction Of Oil And Gas Development On Federal Lands, Democrats Then Voted Against Sen. Kennedy's Amendment To Require The Administration To End Its Blockade Of Offshore Drilling For Oil And Gas All 50 Senate Democrats voted against Sen. John Kennedy's (R-LA) amendment to force the Biden Administration to hold offshore oil and gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska. (S. Amdt. 5387, H.R. 5… Continue Reading
08.07.22
Democrats Vote For Socialist Price Controls, Which Will Starve Americans Of Life-Saving Medications
Democrats Voted Against Protecting Patients Who Rely On Innovative New Drugs From Having Breakthroughs Limited By A Socialist Price Control Scheme All 50 Senate Democrats voted against Sen. Roger Marshall's (R-KS) amendment to protect drugs that treat diseases like cancer, Alzheimer's, HIV and AIDS, and Parkinson's from the socialist price control scheme in Democrats' reckless taxing and spending bill. (S. Amdt. 5389, H.R. 5376, Roll Call Vote #298: Amendment Rejected 50-50: D 0-48; R 50-0; … Continue Reading
08.07.22
Democrats Vote To Sic A Horde Of IRS Auditors On American Families And Small Businesses
All 50 Senate Democrats Voted Against Sen. Crapo's Amendment To Prevent The New Army Of IRS Auditors Their Legislation Authorizes From Going After Americans Making Less Than $400,000 A Year, Which Data Shows Will Otherwise Clearly Happen All 50 Senate Democrats voted against Sen. Mike Crapo's (R-ID) amendment to prevent their newly supersized IRS from going after Americans who earn less than $400,000 per year in income for the revenue Democrats want to raise. (S. Amdt. 5404, H.R. 5376, Roll … Continue Reading
08.07.22
Democrats Vote Again To Allow Chaos On The Southern Border To Continue
Democrats Voted Against Sen. Lankford's Amendment To Transfer Just Some Of The Money From Their Multi-Billion Spending Spree To Title 42 Authority That Allows People Crossing The Border Illegally To Be Quickly Turned Away All 50 Senate Democrats voted against Sen. James Lankford's (R-OK) amendment to shift money to maintain Title 42 authority in order to address the crisis on the southern U.S. border. (S. Amdt. 5384, H.R. 5376, Roll Call Vote #294: Amendment Rejected 50-50: D 0-48; R 50-0; I… Continue Reading
08.07.22
Democrats Vote To Continue Biden’s War On Coal
Democrats Voted To Protect A $45 Million Slush Fund In Their Legislation That Is Attempting To Circumvent This Year's Supreme Court Ruling That The EPA Lacks Statutory Authority To Control Greenhouse Gas Emissions Through Regulations On Power Plants All 50 Senate Democrats voted for a slush fund to continue the Biden administration's War on Coal in an attempt to circumvent the Supreme Court's ruling that the EPA has no authority to regulate power plant greenhouse emissions under this statute… Continue Reading
08.07.22
Democrats Vote To Keep Americans’ Energy Bills High
Senate Democrats Voted To Continue President Biden's War On Fossil Fuels By Rejecting Sen. Barrasso's Amendment That Would Have Reversed The Biden Administration's Assault On Oil & Natural Gas Development On Federal Lands All 50 Senate Democrats voted against Sen. John Barrasso's (R-WY) amendment to force the Biden Administration to hold onshore lease sales as required by law. (S. Amdt. 5409, H.R. 5376, Roll Call Vote #291: Amendment Rejected 50-50: D 0-48; R 50-0; I 0-2, 8/07/2022) … Continue Reading
