This week, House committees are marking up pieces of the American Rescue Plan to provide desperately needed relief to American families. Today, two House Committees are marking up their portions of the American Rescue Plan, while the Ways & Means Committee continues marking up their piece. As you cover these markups, we wanted to be sure you had a few stats in mind:
PRESS STAFF BLOG: Feb 10, 2021
From the Majority Leader Press Shop: This week, House committees are marking up pieces of the American Rescue Plan to provide desperately needed relief to American families. Today, four House Committees are marking up their portions of the American Rescue Plan. As you cover these markups, we wanted to be sure you had a few stats in mind:
PRESS STAFF BLOG: Feb 10, 2021
From the Majority Leader Press Shop: This week, House committees begin marking up pieces of the American Rescue Plan to provide desperately needed relief to American families. The House Education and Labor Committee holds their markup at 3:00 p.m. today, and we wanted to be sure you had a few stats in mind as you cover the markup:
PRESS STAFF BLOG: Jul 31, 2020
With over 30 million Americans – that’s one in FIVE workers – set to lose a critical lifeline after today, we wanted to be sure you saw this quote from Senator McConnell back in May.
"Obviously a lot of Americans have lost their jobs, so we need to make sure we have unemployment properly funded for as long as we need. And that could well lead to yet another bill.”
PRESS STAFF BLOG: Feb 11, 2020
The reviews of the President’s budget are in, and they are not kind. They point out the unrealistic economic growth assumptions, the massive deficits and debt, and his broken promise to protect programs like Medicare. Check it out:From Politico:
“President Donald Trump sent another fantasy budget to Congress on Monday, thumbing his nose at the very spending levels he signed into law last summer.”From USA Today:
PRESS STAFF BLOG: Feb 11, 2020
President Trump’s budget released yesterday clearly outlines his priorities: the wealthiest Americans come first, while working families are left behind. After he promised to protect Medicare, Medicaid, and access to affordable health care, the President’s budget proposes destructive cuts to these programs and continues this Administration’s assault on American’s health care. With the budget revealing even more of the President’s hypocrisy, we know you are dying to see how far the GOP will go to defend him. Don’t worry, we’ve got some questions already prepared for you:
Do you support President Trump’s cuts to Medicare, a program he promised to protect? How will you justify those cuts to seniors?
PRESS STAFF BLOG: Feb 5, 2020
Axios provided a reality check for President Trump this morning: you can’t protect Americans with pre-existing conditions if you sabotage them in court:President Trump claimed during the State of the Union that he will "always protect patients with pre-existing conditions" — a statement that's misleading at best, writes Axios' Caitlin Owens.
PRESS STAFF BLOG: Jan 31, 2020
During a special order hour led by Mr. Hoyer, House Democrats took to the Floor and discussed newly-released reports from the Joint Economic Committee this week. One report focuses on how President Trump continues to take credit for an economy he inherited from President Obama, and the second details the failure of the GOP tax scam to deliver on its promises.
PRESS STAFF BLOG: Jan 23, 2020
Tax cuts have never paid for themselves, but that’s not stopping the Trump Administration from repeating that falsehood over and over again. Today’s editorial from the New York Times calls out the Administration for repeatedly claiming that the GOP tax scam would not add to the deficit, even after they caused the deficit to exploded.
PRESS STAFF BLOG: Dec 3, 2019
Trump must not remember the last one because – get this – he is threatening ANOTHER government shutdown. Politico Playbook PM reports: