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A Real China Competition Bill Would Focus On Defense
Senate Democrats Are Talking About Another Bill To Boost U.S. Competition With China, But Are Focused On More Industrial Policy And Domestic Spending, But The United States Must Out-Compete China Most Of All In Military Capabilities And Senate Democrats Keep Failing To Prioritize Defense SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "Our Democratic friends like to invoke America's competition with China whenever they're seeking to justify huge outlays of domestic spending. But they push t… Continue Reading
05.05.23
Chuck Schumer’s Gas Stove Gaslighting
As Progressives Were Advancing Bans On Gas Appliances Earlier This Year, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) Mocked Republican Concerns, But 8 Weeks Later, New York Democrats Proved Republicans Right, And Schumer Wrong In February, Schumer Smugly Mocked Republicans Alarmed At Proposals Advanced By Progressives To Ban Gas Appliances SEN. CHUCK SCHUMER (D-NY), February 3: "Nobody is taking away your gas stove. Shameless and desperate MAGA Republicans are showing us they will cook up any distraction t… Continue Reading
05.03.23
Senate Republicans Are Shoulder-To-Shoulder With Speaker McCarthy On Debt Limit Negotiations
As Democrats Are Fracturing Over Their Leadership's Complete Failure To Act On The Debt Ceiling, Senate Republicans Stand Squarely With Speaker McCarthy SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "Our Republican colleagues in the House passed a responsible bill. It's the only legislation currently in existence that can pass even one chamber of Congress, let alone both. … Senate Democrats and Leader Schumer can give all the angry speeches they want. But they have no bill. Leader … Continue Reading
05.02.23
After Months Of Delay, Biden Finally Blinks On The Debt Ceiling Following Speaker McCarthy’s Action
Senate Republicans Are United In Supporting Speaker McCarthy, While Senate Democrat Leaders Continue To Offer Absolutely Nothing But Angry Rhetoric And Show Hearings SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "[L]et's be perfectly clear about where we are. The House has passed a bill which raises the debt ceiling and outlines House Republican priorities. Many people thought that wouldn't happen, it has. The message to the President at this point is also pretty clear. You've got a choic… Continue Reading
05.01.23
Powerful Teachers’ Unions Can’t Distort The Facts: They Worked With Democrats To Keep Schools Closed
Randi Weingarten, Teachers' Unions, And Democrats 'Are Trying To Rewrite History' On Pandemic School Closures As The Public Understands Just How Harmful They Were To Children And To Their Educations 'Ms. Weingarten And Others Are Trying To Rewrite History Because They Realize Now, Far Too Late, That Their Lockdowns Are Unpopular … But It's Important For Democratic Accountability That They Don't Get Away With It' RANDI WEINGARTEN, President of the American Federation of Teachers: "W… Continue Reading
04.25.23
Democrats To Biden: Stop Dodging Responsibility And Negotiate On The Debt Limit
More Democrats In Congress Are Urging President Biden To Meet With Speaker McCarthy: ‘Get It Done For The Sake Of The Country’ SEN. JOE MANCHIN (D-WV): President Biden Refusing To Meet With Speaker McCarthy ‘Signals A Deficiency Of Leadership, And It Must Change’ SEN. JOE MANCHIN (D-WV): “America is facing a historic economic crisis brought on by an abject failure to address our exploding national debt, chronic inflation, a looming recession, and the mor… Continue Reading
04.18.23
Schumer Vows To Bury Affordable Energy In A Senate Graveyard
As Americans Continue To Struggle With High Energy Prices And With President Biden Doing Everything He Can To Raise Them Further, House Republicans Passed A Major Energy Bill To Increase Domestic Energy Production And Lower Costs, Yet Sen. Chuck Schumer Refuses To Bring This Legislation Up In The Senate, Instead Spending Time On Political Stunts And Low-Level Nominations House Republicans Recently Passed The Lower Energy Costs Act, Which 'Restores American Energy Leadership' And 'Makes It … Continue Reading
02.01.23
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
