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Search results for "Republicans want a 1.5 trillion military budget"

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Randy Forbes stated on October 12, 2011 in a web ad.:
"1.53 million jobs are at risk (from potential defense cuts)."
By Sean Gorman• October 29, 2011
Democratic National Committee stated on April 03, 2026 in a post on X:
President Donald Trump's proposed 2027 military budget would be "the largest spending increase since World War II.”
By Zoe Weyand• April 20, 2026
Elizabeth Warren stated on January 02, 2019 in an interview on MSNBC's Rachel Maddow Show:
With the Republican tax law, "the rich folks got $1.5 trillion."  
By Jon Greenberg• January 9, 2019
Barack Obama stated on April 13, 2011 in a speech.:
"Foreign aid makes up about 1 percent of our entire budget."
By Jacob Geiger• April 13, 2011
Mark Warner stated on December 16, 2013 in an interview.:
"The largest enterprise in the world is the federal government of the United States of America"
By Nancy Madsen• January 24, 2014
Eric Cantor stated on August 01, 2011 in a message on Twitter:
"There are no tax increases in this debt limit bill. Period."
By Angie Drobnic Holan, David G. Taylor• August 2, 2011
Barack Obama stated on October 22, 2012 in a presidential debate:
Says Mitt Romney wants to add $2 trillion to defense budget that the military hasn’t asked for.
By Jon Greenberg• October 24, 2012
Barack Obama stated on October 03, 2012 in a presidential debate in Denver:
Says Romney wants to add $2 trillion to the defense budget that the military hasn’t asked for.
By Jon Greenberg• October 5, 2012
Rick Perry stated on November 02, 2010 in in "Fed Up! Our Fight to Save America from Washington":
"The (federal) debt is growing by more than $4 billion a day."
By Ciara O'Rourke• November 17, 2010
Janet Yellen stated on July 24, 2022 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
"We've cut the deficit by a record $1.5 trillion this year."
By Louis Jacobson• July 28, 2022
Adam Hasner stated on August 08, 2011 in a news release:
"George LeMieux voted against the majority of Republicans and joined with Democrats to create a 'Task Force For Responsible Fiscal Action' that looks strikingly similar to the 'Super Committee' now being set up in Washington to justify massive tax hikes."
By Becky Bowers• August 10, 2011
Glen Sturtevant stated on August 18, 2015 in a candidates' forum.:
"Last year, we had zero percent growth in GDP in Virginia ...The only states that did worse than us were Alaska and Mississippi."
By Warren Fiske, Sean Gorman• August 25, 2015
Marco Rubio stated on March 30, 2011 in an opinion article in the 'Wall Street Journal':
To pay for government growth, leaders of both parties "borrowed $4 billion a day, leaving us with today's $14 trillion debt."
By Laura Figueroa• April 15, 2011
John McCallum stated on March 18, 2014 in a video:
"A child born in America today will inherit $1.5 million in debt the moment they're placed in their mother's arms."
By Eric Stirgus• March 26, 2014
Jacky Rosen stated on August 13, 2018 in a campaign endorsement event:
Says Sen. Dean Heller "wants to cut programs like Social Security and Medicare to pay for tax cuts for his ultra-wealthy donors."
By Jon Greenberg• August 16, 2018
Donald Trump stated on January 02, 2018 in an email from the White House:
The new tax law is "kicking the American economy into high gear with $5.5 trillion in tax cuts."
By Louis Jacobson• January 3, 2018
Bill Cassidy stated on February 07, 2021 in remarks on NBC's "Meet the Press":
“New York, for all of their complaining, Gov. Cuomo's complaining, has only had a 1.5% decrease in revenue” due to the coronavirus pandemic.
By John Pullano• February 26, 2021
Joe Biden stated on September 18, 2022 in an interview with CBS' "60 Minutes":
“This year, it's going to be over $1.5 trillion (that we’ve) reduced the debt."
By Louis Jacobson• September 20, 2022
Larry Kudlow stated on July 29, 2018 in an interview on CBS's Face the Nation:
"Even the CBO numbers show now that the entire $1.5 trillion tax cut is virtually paid for by higher revenues and better nominal GDP."
By Jon Greenberg• July 31, 2018
Lindsey Graham stated on December 12, 2021 in an interview on Fox News Sunday:
“The CBO says (the Build Back Better Act) is $3 trillion of deficit spending.”
By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson• December 14, 2021

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