August 30, 2021 WaPo editorial: Democrats' 'just-fund-everything approach' could add trillions to national debt The Washington Post editorial board implored Congressional Democrats to take advantage of the opportunity to ambitiously push through a “historic reshaping of the federal government” while they hold power, but to pay for their reforms and not throw the federal budget "further out of whack."
August 16, 2021 Jason Chaffetz: Dear Republican Trump haters – What did you get for your trade? A little less than a year ago, a significant number of independent and Republican voters decided to trade bad tweets for bad policy.
July 28, 2021 Jason Chaffetz: Dems' spending spree – here's how the states can take charge of our financial fate With another debt ceiling deadline approaching at the end of July, everyone's least favorite subject will again rear its ugly head: our financial fate.
April 26, 2021 Renewed Republican debt ceiling fight is shift from Trump-era spending Senate Republicans are proposing to adopt a new party rule that requires spending cuts in order to raise the debt ceiling – but some are slamming the move as hypocritical, saying Republicans' position on the matter is in stark contrast to their debt-ceiling record under the Trump administration.
March 3, 2021 McConnell blasts COVID relief bill as 'wildly out of proportion' with America's needs The $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package passed by the House is "a wildly out-of-proportion response to where the country is at the moment," Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., told "The Story" Wednesday.
December 23, 2020 Justin Haskins: COVID relief bill is reckless, disgusting – who will save our economy? Sending people "stimulus" checks when government refuses to allow much of the economy to operate normally is not only a fool’s errand, it’s cronyism at its worst.
December 5, 2019 Rand Paul unveils bill to allow penalty-free 401(k) withdrawals to pay off student debt Senator Rand Paul, R-Ky., said Thursday that his new bill to allow 401(k) withdrawals without penalty for college debt is more likely to pass than 2020 Democrats' proposal of eliminating debt and "free college."
September 8, 2019 Jim Mattis cites 'contempt' among Americans as top national security concern Former Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis said political disagreements and growing "contempt" among Americans is one of the biggest national security threats to the country, during a Sunday interview on "Face the Nation."
May 4, 2019 David Ditch: Yes to infrastructure, but not if it means $2 trillion in new debt The federal government has a long history of blowing federal taxpayer dollars on projects that should be funded by state or local governments or the private sector.
May 2, 2019 Reps. Johnson and Banks: Our debt is deadly. It's time to tackle it -- Dems have been derelict in their duty Democrats have been derelict in their duty to the American people, and this is more than a stunning lack of leadership. It is dangerous.
