From 2017-early 2020, Trump signed into law $4.7 trillion of new debt, above & beyond what US had been expected to borrow absent new laws
About half of that $4.7T in new debt was through spending increases.
This was all *before* covid hit.
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BREAKING: The House of Representatives has voted to pass a new set of rules that will severely weaken the ability of the Office of Congressional Ethics to investigate members of Congress for potential wrongdoing, including stock trading.
George Santos said he will vote "yes" on the MAGA House Rules Package. The House Rules Package will essentially dismantle the Ethics Committee. In other words, Santos will no longer be investigated by the Ethics Committee. It is an abomination that he was sworn into Congress.
Kevin McCarthy just agreed to hold the entire US economy hostage to force cuts to Social Security and Medicare. That’s what he’s agreeing to.
Republicans are economic terrorists coming for seniors. The media needs to report it as such.
Kevin McCarthy's deal with his defectors reportedly gives them the opportunity to force the U.S. to default on its debt and crash the global economy.
They plan to use the threat of default to force massive cuts to Social Security and Medicare.