MERKLEY: You didn't include deficit numbers in the budget. Why not?
VOUGHT: We didn't want to confuse the country.
MERKLEY: The deficit can be extracted if you do the math—it's $2.2 TRILLION in 2027. Perhaps you didn't include it because you didn't want to draw attention to it.
I love this for Illinois.
And I love this for the rest of us.
Juliana Stratton is already on record saying she will NOT support Chuck Schumer as leader if she is elected to the Senate.
New energy. New pressure. New reality.
Lemme get this straight…
Republicans have control of Congress.
Democrats introduce a clean bill to fully fund TSA.
Republicans block it.
Then they blame Democrats for long wait times at airports?
This is on them.
MERKLEY: What effect did the Big, Ugly Betrayal bill have on debt over 10 years?
DUKE: CBO shows that it adds $4.7 TRILLION to the deficit.
MERKLEY: 30 years?
DUKE: $30 TRILLION
MERKLEY: Over 30 years, what if interest rates are 1% higher?
DUKE: $50 TRILLION.
Robin Kelly has stood by SDAIL and the students of Illinois every day that she has been in Congress.
In the Senate she will continue to be that tireless leader for gun violence prevention an we could not be more happy that she has received the Gun Sense Candidate Distinction.
I'm begging my fellow politicians, Illinoisans, and Americans to realize that right now, we aren't fighting over policy or political party.
We're fighting over whether we're going to be a country rooted in empathy and kindness — or one rooted in cruelty and rage.
Today’s American History Lesson: Puerto Rico has been part of the U.S. since 1898, and Puerto Ricans have been U.S. citizens since 1917 🇵🇷 🇺🇸
We’ve cheered many non-Americans at the #SuperBowl. Bad Bunny isn’t one of them.
🏈 🎤