Fighting for an economy that puts workers and families first. The latest news from Ranking Member @SenJeffMerkley and Senate Budget Committee Dems.
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Senate Budget Democrats retweeted
A pocket rescission is an illegal line item veto.
It is the president saying that he and he alone will convert a bipartisan spending bill (that has been signed into law) into a partisan spending bill.
He is canceling the lines of spending he doesn't like.
This violates the core separation of powers embedded in our constitution in which it is the Congress, not the president, who decides what programs are designed and at what level they are funded.
Republican colleagues said they would never let this happen. Well here it is.
They should ask themselves: "How would I like to have a Democratic president canceling out the Republican flavored programs he or she doesn't like in a bipartisan spending bill that has been signed into law?"
If they have any integrity or any spine, they will join us in ending this practice.
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Trump’s reckless war in Iran is making everything more expensive and pressing families to the wall. From gas to groceries and housing, Trump has created an America that is less affordable and less secure.
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🚨These numbers are a FIVE-ALARM fire for every member of Congress: a 1% jump in interest rates adds $39 TRILLION to our national debt.
But there's a path forward—it starts with reversing Republicans’ tax breaks for billionaires.
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We need to put forth a real vision to lower costs—not another empty promise from a failing, desperate man.
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He's not kidding. Trump has a pattern of withholding federal funding based on states that did or didn't vote for Republicans.
It's all right here:
Trump: "We spent more than $2 billion in FEMA funding. You're waiting for some additional funding. I'm gonna get that to you. Now if Michael loses, I'm not sending it."
Crowd: *groans*
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Senate Budget Democrats retweeted
Trump and his family are raking in BILLIONS as he guts the resources families across the country count on.
Just plain wrong, any way you slice it.
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$3,800.
That’s how much MORE families have paid for essentials, like groceries and health care, since Trump took office, while he is focused on pretty much anything other than lowering your costs.
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Another example of Trump's war making Americans less safe. The Administration is wasting precious resources in Iran that limit our military readiness. And all Trump can say is that it's fake news.
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NEW: Families will pay 9% more just to heat their homes this winter due to Trump’s war in Iran. You have less money in your pocket because of the chaos Trump created.
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Senate Budget Democrats retweeted
Record diesel prices—$6 a gallon—are pressing families to the wall. When the price of diesel goes up, the price of just about everything else—from groceries to clothes—goes up, too.
Trump’s war of choice with Iran is making life more expensive for you and your family.
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Despite their lectures on fiscal responsibility, Republicans repeatedly ran up debt with endless wars and tax cuts for the rich.
Stabilizing our debt is an essential step to investing in what families really want: housing, health care, and education.
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Senate Budget Democrats retweeted
Inflation just got worse, AGAIN.
The good news? We know what’s causing it: Trump’s illegal war in Iran has spiked prices everywhere.
The bad news? He & Republicans refuse to end it.
To lower prices, protect our troops, & save civilians in the region, we must end this war NOW.
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Senate Budget Democrats retweeted
While you never got that $2,000 tariff refund check that Trump promised, here’s who did:
Walmart: $2.9 billion
Apple: $2.2 billion
Nike: $986 million
Amazon: $600 million
GM: $500 million
UPS: $500 million
The Trump Administration: Of, by, and for the billionaire class.
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Senate Budget Democrats retweeted
Trump wants $1.5 trillion for war. But not a cent more for child care.
I'm tossing his budget into the trash.
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Health care, housing, groceries, and energy—the essentials families need—have collectively cost $3,800 MORE since Trump took office.
Meanwhile, his billionaire friends are getting richer and richer. That’s Trump's agenda: Families lose, billionaires win.
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Senate Budget Democrats retweeted
The price of gas and groceries are through the roof, and what’s Trump focused on? Spending your tax dollars on a monument to his ego. Just wrong.
We are pleased to announce that after a very long wait (over 125 years!), we are preparing to start, over the next two-week period, the excavation work necessary for the Great Triumphal Arch and Military Observation Deck, at Memorial Circle on Columbia Island between the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery. This will be one of the Great Pieces of American Architecture, honoring the history and significance of Arlington Cemetery and befitting the most powerful Capital in the World.
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In April, Russ Vought promised to follow the law and provide debt and deficit projections in OMB’s mid-session review.
The review is out, but the projections are nowhere to be found.
He doesn’t want to confirm what we already know: Trump’s Big, Ugly Bill blew up the deficit.
MERKLEY: You didn't include deficit numbers in the budget. Why not?
VOUGHT: We didn't want to confuse the country.
MERKLEY: The deficit can be extracted if you do the math—it's $2.2 TRILLION in 2027. Perhaps you didn't include it because you didn't want to draw attention to it.
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