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Search results for "They put a stop, at least temporarily, to this insane military spending bill"

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Donald Trump stated on January 12, 2018 in a tweet:
In a government shutdown, "what they are really doing is shutting down our military."
By Louis Jacobson• January 17, 2018
Rick Scott stated on July 26, 2021 in a press release:
“Thanks to the insane tax-and-spending spree of President Joe Biden and Democrats in Washington, we are seeing six straight months of raging inflation.”
By Jon Greenberg• July 29, 2021
Rand Paul stated on October 28, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.:
The debt limit deal "allows President Obama to borrow unlimited amounts of money."
By Louis Jacobson• November 2, 2015
Donald Trump stated on March 04, 2023 in a speech:
“We banned transgender” people from serving in the military.
By Maria Ramirez Uribe• March 8, 2023
Matt Gaetz stated on October 21, 2019 in a tweet:
"Barack Obama put a permanent stop on this military aid to the Ukraine - he never allowed it to go."
By Amy Sherman• October 25, 2019
Ron Paul stated on July 20, 2011 in an interview.:
Says members of the military have sent him more campaign contributions than they’ve sent President Barack Obama and more than twice what they’ve sent other Republican presidential candidates.
By W. Gardner Selby• July 23, 2011
Ted Cruz stated on June 24, 2013 in an interview with Fox News:
The Senate immigration bill "has immediate legalization ... and the border security is sometime in the future, and just like in 1986, it's designed never to come into being."
By Jon Greenberg• June 27, 2013
Nicholas Burns stated on July 11, 2018 in comments on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":
European allies "pay us $2.5 billion a year to keep our forces there. It would cost us more money to bring the troops home than to keep them in Europe."
By Louis Jacobson• July 12, 2018
Tony Evers stated on October 06, 2022 in Campaign email:
Says “Tim Michels wants to defund public education — calling it ‘the definition of insanity’ to continue to fund public schools.”
By Madeline Heim• October 17, 2022
John Carter stated on March 10, 2016 in a commentary published in the Round Rock Leader:
"This is not a joke: the president wants to house illegal aliens on our nation’s military installations."
By Nicole Barrios• May 4, 2016
Barack Obama stated on January 11, 2012 in a page on the Obama campaign website:
"Mitt Romney, Rick Perry, and Newt Gingrich all say they would cut foreign aid to Israel — and every other country — to zero."
By Louis Jacobson• January 12, 2012
Reince Priebus stated on November 14, 2016 in an MSNBC interview:
"President-elect Trump's immigration policies are very similar to policies that are sitting right in the Senate and the House today to temporarily suspend immigration from countries that harbor terrorism, to temporarily suspend immigration from Syria until we get better vetting."
By Miriam Valverde• November 18, 2016
Tennessee Democratic Party stated on May 31, 2018 in an email from the Tennessee Democratic Party:
Says Marsha Blackburn "voted against military pay raise."  
By Jon Greenberg• June 5, 2018
Sheila Bynum-Coleman stated on September 05, 2019 in a TV ad.:
Kirk "Cox joined special interests to deny teachers raises."
By Warren Fiske• September 24, 2019
Tom Cotton stated on July 08, 2014 in a television ad:
Says he "voted for disaster relief and full funding of FEMA."
By Lauren Carroll• July 9, 2014
Larry Elder stated on August 19, 2021 in a tweet:
“California voters to be able to download ballots at home for recall election, sparking security concerns.”
By Chris Nichols• August 27, 2021
Jim DeMint stated on August 03, 2011 in an interview with "The State" newspaper:
The debt-ceiling bill "doesn’t cut the debt. It will add about $7 trillion in new debt over the next 10 years."
By Louis Jacobson• August 8, 2011
X posts stated on October 22, 2024 in posts on X:
A photo shows The Atlantic published a story headlined “Trump is Literally Hitler.”
By Madison Czopek• October 23, 2024
Threads posts stated on June 17, 2024 in a Threads post:
All men aged 18 to 26 “have been automatically registered in the U.S. Army.”
By Loreben Tuquero• June 24, 2024
Instagram posts stated on September 05, 2023 in an Instagram post:
“California Democrats have proposed Bill 553, which makes it ILLEGAL to confront or fight back against looters, burglars and shoplifters.”
By Sara Swann• September 19, 2023

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