Senator Warnock Has Sponsored or Co-Sponsored Nearly 500 Bills in the Senate
What has Senator Raphael Warnock done in the Senate? He’s sponsored or co-sponsored 499 bills during his 2-year term. Of those bills, he’s single-handedly sponsored 93 and cosponsored 406. In those 93 bills, we looked at a few examples of what Warnock has been fighting for: Rent Relief for Americans: S.4728 – Rent Relief Act…
Read MoreWhy the Keystone XL Pipeline Would Not Lower Your Gas Prices Now or in the Future
The surge in gas prices has caused a lot of speculations on the reason and many Republicans like to blame Biden for stopping the development of the last 25% of the Keystone Pipeline known as Keystone XL. In order to better understand why the Keystone XL Pipeline will not lower your gas prices now or…
Read MoreRon Johnson doesn’t think Wisconsinites deserve well-paying jobs
In February, Senator Johnson refused to support efforts to bring Oshkosh Defense to Wisconsin to manufacture the next generation of USPS service trucks. At the time, Wisconsin Senator Tammy Baldwin, the UAW and the Wisconsin AFL-CIO were working together in an effort to convince Oshkosh to open their new manufacturing facility in Wisconsin. Had the…
Read MoreDemocrats Are Lowering Drug Costs
What’s behind the drive to raise the cost of drugs? Drugs Americans need to stay well and recover from illnesses, or to cope with permanent health issues, such as diabetes. The answer is: Special Interests. Special interest lobbyists in the Pharmaceutical industry. The Pharmaceutical industry spent $187 million on lobbying in 2022. The Pharmaceutical industry…
Read MoreJ.D. Vance’s Plan Would Close Down Manufacturing Plants in Ohio
Ohio Republican Senate candidate J.D. Vance has called for the elimination of tax credits that are already creating jobs in his own state. Ford, General Motors and LG have already begun implementing plans that would create thousands of jobs in Ohio. Those plans are the direct result of Democratic legislation that requires domestic production of…
Read MoreLet’s save the economy from Republicans who want to cut jobs and put more money in the pockets of the largest corporations.
Republicans have a reputation for being pro-big business, and that is exactly what makes them worse for the American economy. In fact, Republican policies put profits over people, exacerbate inequality and make life harder for all but the richest Americans. The few policy positions outlined by Republicans hoping to take back congress would only continue…
Read MoreThe Inflation Reduction Act Lowers Medical Cost and Increases Energy Production
Democrats have taken action on inflation but the media seems to ignore it and focus on the horse race lies from the GOP. The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 is designed to make a historic down payment on deficit reduction. That fights inflation. It invests in domestic energy production and manufacturing. That fights inflation. It…
Read MoreRepublicans Will Help Oil Companies Keep Gas Prices High Until 2024. Here’s Why…
Right now, oil companies are pumping millions of dollars into the Republicans’ midterm campaigns. Meanwhile, Shell and other companies are reporting record-breaking profits and handing out billions of dollars in stock buybacks. In fact, big oil has already handed out checks for votes to GOP Congressman Ted Budd who is running for Senator for North…
Read More97% of Republicans Voted Against Your Right to Birth Control
The Right to Contraception Act is a short bill introduced in the House as H.R.8373 – Right to Contraception Act. The bill guarantees your right to contraception and family planning. That’s it. No provision of the bill relates to abortion or any procedures used to end a pregnancy and yet, all but 8 Republicans voted…
Read MoreFox Business Said The UK had a “Terrific Economic Plan” and Compared It to the GOP’s. UK’s Inflation Rate is Nearly 2% Higher than U.S.
The U.K’s inflation rate is now 2% higher than the U.S. after implementing a disastrous conservative economic agenda which Fox Business compared to the GOP’s plan. As of September, the U.K.’s inflation rate was 10.1% vs the U.S. which reported 8.2%. The inflation rate in the U.S. is down 0.9% since its high in July…
Read MoreDemocrats Helped Small Businesses Re-Open. Every Republican Voted No.
As family-owned businesses were getting back up and running, congress was working on legislation to offer them the support they needed. Democrats passed the American Rescue Plan without any Republican votes in the House or Senate. This package invested heavily in small businesses by offering the following grants: Small Business Support Voted Against by Every…
Read MoreWhen Your Monthly Child Tax Credit Payments Ended, Republicans Refused to Renew It
Democrats passed the Enhanced Child Tax Credit in 2021 in the American Rescue Plan. “The measure increased the child tax credit from $2,000 to $3,600 for qualifying children under 6 years old, and $3,000 for other children under 18 years old who qualify,” as reported by The Hill. In 2021, the program lifted 3.7 million…
Read MoreRepublicans promise to lower taxes on the largest corporations, and it will make inflation worse
The GOP is vowing to lower corporate taxes immediately if they retake Congress in November, another warning sign that Republican leadership will destabilize the economy and make inflation worse if they are allowed to take charge. Their vows to lower taxes on big businesses prove that Republicans have no understanding of the underlying causes of…
Read MoreBig Oil Has Paid Marco Rubio $250,000
Florida’s Republican Senator Marco Rubio has received over $250,000 in donations from the oil and gas industries since he began his senior Senator seat in 2011. Oil companies are price gouging and making billions in profits this year. They are not using the record number of drilling permits granted to them by the Biden administration.…
Read MoreFact: Democrats Reduced the Federal Deficit by 50%
The U.S. Treasury released the deficit figures for the end of fiscal year 2022. “The federal deficit went up every single year in the Trump administration — every single year he was president,” President Biden said. “It went up before the pandemic. It went up during the pandemic. It went up every single year on…
Read MoreYou don’t have to choose between saving democracy and fighting inflation. Democrats will give you both.
The choice between combatting inflation and protecting democracy is false. The 2022 midterms are one of the most important elections of our lifetimes — democracy hangs in the balance. Almost 300 Republicans running for election this year are election deniers. Some of these candidates running for state-wide office will have the power to determine whether…
Read MoreTed Budd’s Votes Have Been Bought by Big-Pharma, Big Oil, and Special Interest Groups
Ted Budd took money from big pharma after voting to prevent lower drug prices. The cost of prescription drugs is a flashpoint for Americans needing medications but cannot afford them due to the ever-increasing prices. Congressman Ted Budd voted against H.R. 3, the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act of 2019, which would…
Read MoreTed Budd Calls Violent January 6th Insurrection “just patriots standing up.”
On Todd Starnes’s radio show, Ted Budd said Americans should “take a real look at what happened on Jan. 6,” Budd said. “It was nothing. And it was just patriots standing up.” Fueled by the lies of Donald Trump, thousands stormed the U.S. Capital to overthrow the election after Biden won by over 10 million…
Read MoreTed Budd’s Family Business Left Farmers with $50 Million in Losses
“We got screwed and there was not a freaking thing we could do about it. There was no way to fight multimillionaires,” said Scott Scheuerman, a farmer who had urged fellow growers to send their crop to the company, which had bought up dozens of processing plants. “We were the little guy. We were just…
Read MoreTed Budd Takes Paycheck from Big Pharma After Voting Against Lower Drug Prices
Congressman Ted Budd voted against H.R. 3, the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act of 2019, which would lower the cost of prescription drugs and insulin. Days later he received a significant influx of cash from pharmaceutical political action committees. On December 12, 2019, H.R. 3 passed, by a vote of 230-192. The…
Read MoreOil Companies Back Ted Budd to Keep Profits and Your Gas Prices High
Ted Budd, Congressman from North Carolina and current senate candidate, has taken over $195,000 from the oil, gas, and energy industries. In May, he hosted a private fundraiser with Continental Resources PAC, the major fossil fuel company’s political action committee that contributed to his campaign just one day before he voted against legislation that would…
Read MoreAdam Laxalt Will Be Big Oil’s Best Friend in the Senate
Adam Laxalt and his wife own tens of thousands of dollars worth of stock in Chevron Corporation, ExxonMobil, and other oil and gas businesses. He works at Cooper & Kirk, PLLC, a major conservative law firm that calls itself, “the ‘go-to-firm’ to sue the federal government.” Laxalt has not disclosed his client list; however, the…
Read MoreMarco Rubio Wants All Abortions Banned For Any Reason
Senator Marco Rubio was asked if he would support a Federal abortion ban with no exceptions – a position he clearly holds as an anti-abortion absolutist. Rubio, who has previously suggested he would support a total abortion ban, calls himself a 100 percent pro-life advocate. But he does not articulate policy and further suggests that…
Read MoreSocial Security works for Americans. Republicans promise to cut it. Democrats have a plan to strengthen it.
Social Security is one of America’s most successful anti-poverty programs. Seniors are obvious beneficiaries, but children and people with disabilities are helped by Social Security as well. And since the program was enacted, Republicans have been opposed to those vital benefits. In fact, Republicans have had the demise of Social Security and Medicare in their…
Read MoreRepublicans Can’t Stop Talking About Cutting Social Security
Representative Jason Smith (R-Mo.), and other House Republicans told Bloomberg News last week that they are willing to default on the nation’s debt, causing domestic and international economic turmoil, so they can cut your Social Security and Medicare benefits. The GOP did not publish an official platform in 2020. In the years since, Republicans have…
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