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Biden Lays Out $2 Trillion in Measures to Cut Deficits

March 8, 2023 at 7:28 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“President Biden on Thursday will propose policies aimed at trimming federal budget deficits by at least $2 trillion over the next 10 years as his administration embraces the politics of debt reduction amid a fight with Republicans over raising the nation’s borrowing limit,” the New York Times reports.

“Mr. Biden’s plans, which will be detailed as part of his budget blueprint, are expected to rely heavily on a familiar batch of tax increases on corporations and high earners along with savings from some spending reductions, including efforts to save money on federal health care programs by expanding legislation he signed last year that allows Medicare to negotiate the price of certain prescription drugs.”

The Hill: Biden launches battle on Capitol Hill with call for Medicare tax hike.

A Cold War Over Social Security

March 8, 2023 at 7:25 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Politico: “Congress, whose members struggle to accomplish simple tasks like funding the government and raising the debt ceiling, is suddenly talking about changes to Medicare and Social Security. There’s plenty of reasons to be skeptical that any of that big talk will pay off.”

Is a Democrat Really Favored in Kentucky?

March 8, 2023 at 7:25 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is entering his reelection contest in a rare position for a red state Democrat: the frontrunner,” Politico reports.

“It is a remarkable chain of events for Beshear, the son of a popular former governor who upset then-Republican Gov. Matt Bevin by just 5,000 votes in 2019. Beshear is riding into his reelection bid with sky high popularity, not just for a Democratic governor in a state that Donald Trump carried by nearly 26 points in 2020, but for any governor generally.”

No Labels Party Qualifies for Arizona Ballot in 2024

March 8, 2023 at 6:53 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“A centrist political party that has some Democrats concerned about the potential for it to play a spoiler role has made the ballot in Arizona in 2024,” The Hill reports.

Related? ABC News reports former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan declined on Tuesday to close the door on a third-party presidential bid in 2024 after he said Sunday that he would not seek the Republican nomination.

House GOP Faces a New Headache

March 8, 2023 at 6:43 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Politico: “Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s decision to release thousands of hours of security footage from that day to Fox News has reopened a painful fault line that his party has repeatedly tried to mend. Two years after the violent assault on the Capitol by Donald Trump’s supporters, with most of its members no longer openly parroting the former president’s false claims that Joe Biden’s win was illegitimate, the GOP is still stuck reliving Jan. 6.”

“Inside McCarthy’s conference, few if any members would say outright on Tuesday night that their speaker made a mistake by sharing the footage with Carlson — in fact, only a handful admitted to watching the segment at all.”

Trump Holds Big Lead in New Hampshire

March 8, 2023 at 6:36 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

A new Emerson College poll in New Hampshire finds Donald Trump way ahead in the Republican presidential primary with 58%, followed by Ron DeSantis at 17% and Chris Sununu at 7%.

DeSantis Delivers His State of the State Address

March 8, 2023 at 6:33 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Politico: “DeSantis couldn’t ask for a better runway for a national Republican primary than Florida. The Republican-dominated Legislature over the past two years has handed him almost anything he wanted as he has ascended through the national conservative ecosystem and appears poised to continue the trend.”

“Both Florida Republican House Speaker Paul Renner and Senate President Kathleen Passidomo opened their speeches Tuesday by praising DeSantis, which has become common among the state’s Republican leaders.”

Orlando Sentinel: DeSantis declares Florida “Number 1 State in the Nation” in speech.

Ukraine Seeks to Reassure U.S. Lawmakers Over Graft

March 8, 2023 at 6:28 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“A year into Russia’s full-scale invasion, Ukrainian Finance Minister Sergii Marchenko is steadily gathering enough financial aid from the U.S. and other international allies to ensure the Ukrainian state can keep functioning. His new challenge is to assuage doubts about the country’s history of corruption,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“Graft scandals at the Ukrainian Defense Ministry and other government agencies have added to calls in the U.S. for stricter controls over assistance for Ukraine, as more American voters and lawmakers are growing skeptical about the cost of financial and military support for the country’s defense against Russia’s invasion.”

Extra Bonus Quote of the Day

March 7, 2023 at 10:24 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“We are very, very close to being able to ignore Trump most nights. I truly can’t wait. I hate him passionately.”

— Tucker Carlson, quoted by the Washington Post, in a text two days before the January 6 Capitol riot.

Oklahoma Voters Reject Legalizing Marijuana

March 7, 2023 at 10:22 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Voters in Oklahoma on Tuesday rejected a measure to legalize the recreational use of marijuana, a defeat that marks a significant setback for the marijuana legalization movement,” the Washington Post reports.

McCarthy Doesn’t Regret Giving Video to Tucker Carlson

March 7, 2023 at 8:53 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) said he does not regret sharing footage from the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol with Fox News’ Tucker Carlson despite receiving bipartisan blowback, arguing that the decision was made for transparency, The Hill reports.

House Preparing for Possible Debt Ceiling Default

March 7, 2023 at 6:18 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“The House Ways and Means Committee is soon taking up a bill that would require the government to keep making certain payments if it breaches the debt ceiling,” Semafor reports.

“Per a notice sent to committee members reviewed by Semafor, the panel will be marking up a three-page bill from Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Calif., that would authorize the Treasury Department to continue making interest payments on the national debt in the event of a default.”

FTC Wants Elon Musk’s Internal Communications

March 7, 2023 at 4:48 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“The Federal Trade Commission has demanded Twitter turn over internal communications related to owner Elon Musk and detailed information about layoffs and other business decisions as part of a wide-ranging investigation into the company,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

House GOP Chair Wanted Trump to Bomb Mexico

March 7, 2023 at 4:43 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

House Oversight Committee chairman James Comer (R-KY) told Fox & Friends that it was too bad that Donald Trump didn’t launch a military attack on Mexico to try to stop drug traffickers.

Said Comer: “One of the things we learned post-Trump presidency is that he had ordered a bombing of a couple of fentanyl labs, crystal meth labs, in Mexico, just across the border and for whatever reason, the military didn’t do it.”

He added: “I think that was a mistake.”

Extra Bonus Quote of the Day

March 7, 2023 at 4:40 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“I thought it was an insurrection at that time. I still think it was an insurrection today.”

— Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD), quoted by the Washington Post, on Tucker Carlson’s attempt to whitewash the January 6 riots.

U.S. Ends Covid Testing for Travelers from China

March 7, 2023 at 4:32 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“U.S. officials are set to relax coronavirus testing requirements on travelers from China as soon as Friday, a decision that comes amid declining covid cases in that country,” the Washington Post reports.

Hill Democrats Blindsided by White House Again

March 7, 2023 at 3:02 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Punchbowl News: “We reported this morning that the White House blindsided House Democratic leadership about President Joe Biden’s intention to sign the GOP-authored disapproval resolution overturning D.C.’s new criminal code.”

“Guess what? Top House and Senate Democrats were caught completely off guard by this New York Times story disclosing that the Biden administration is considering bringing back the Trump-era policy of detaining migrant families as the situation at the U.S.-Mexico border worsens. And they’re not happy about it.”

McConnell Says Fox News Made a ‘Mistake’

March 7, 2023 at 3:01 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said Fox News made “a mistake” by depicting Jan. 6, 2021 as largely peaceful, The Hill reports.

Said McConnell: “I want to associate myself entirely with the opinion of the chief of the Capitol police about what happened on Jan. 6… Clearly the chief of the Capitol Police, in my view, correctly described what most of us witnessed first hand on Jan. 6.”

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