March 19, 2024

Fmr. Obama Treasury Counselor Rattner: We’ll Have ‘Higher Rates for the Foreseeable Future,’ Inflation Isn’t Declining Due to Stimulus

On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Steve Rattner, who served as counselor to the Treasury Secretary in the Obama administration, predicted higher interest rates “for the foreseeable future,” and said that inflation isn’t declining in part due to people still spending the large amounts of stimulus they got during the pandemic. Rattner also stated that

Exclusive – Ted Cruz Amendment Would Block Stimulus Checks for Illegal Aliens in Coronavirus Package

An amendment by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) to the proposed coronavirus relief package passed out of the House last week would ensure that stimulus checks are not awarded to illegal aliens living in the United States, Breitbart News has exclusively learned. Senate Democrats opened debate on the $1.9 trillion relief package without any GOP support,…

Biden’s $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Plan: Here’s What’s In It

The House of Representatives is expected to vote Wednesday on the American Rescue Plan, a $1.9 trillion package designed to provide economic relief from the COVID-19 pandemic. The bill was sent Tuesday to the House after it passed the Senate in a 50-49 vote Saturday, according to CBS News. Proponents of the legislation have touted…

Democrats Vote Against Ted Cruz’s Amendment to Stop Stimulus Checks for Illegal Aliens

Democrats voted against his amendment to the proposed coronavirus relief package that would have stopped American taxpayers’ money from going to illegal aliens in $1,400 stimulus checks, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said Saturday. Sen. Cruz announced the news in a Facebook post, referencing a tweet from the Senate Republican Cloakroom Staff: Democrats just voted against…

Cotton: ‘Partisan and Radical’ Dems Voting for Giving Money to Schools That Don’t Reopen, Stimulus Checks for Illegals

On Thursday’s “Fox News Primetime,” Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) said that Senate Democrats voting against withholding COVID relief money from schools that don’t reopen after their teachers are vaccinated and most Senate Democrats voting against prohibiting illegal immigrants from receiving stimulus checks show “just how partisan and radical the Democrats in Joe Biden’s Washington are…

Democrats Push Massive Stimulus Package Over Republican Objections

President Joe Biden’s administration and Democrats in Congress have vowed to press forward with the president’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package, allowing them to do so without any GOP votes. Though Biden campaigned on a message of unity and bipartisanship, he has argued that the relief package is not only popular among a majority of…

The Case for Vetoing the Stimulus Without the Checks

Sens. Josh Hawley and Bernie Sanders have rushed in at the eleventh hour demanding personal stimulus checks. It’s a high wire act. It could kill the bill. Senator Josh Hawley, R-Mo., asks a question during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing titled Police Use of Force and Community Relations, in Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington,…

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