Tag Archives: discretionary spending

White House Displays ‘Washington Monument Syndrome’

Posted on December 16, 2011

The White House misleadingly suggests that the Republicans’ plan to pay for a payroll tax cut would result in “forcing cuts to things like education and medical research.” The bill passed by House Republicans mentions no such cuts. And while the bill may or may not require cuts to discretionary …
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Stockman’s Fiery Rhetoric

Posted on March 30, 2011

David Stockman claims that discretionary spending is "out of control."  But it’s up just 1.6 percent this year. The former Reagan administration budget director caught our attention with an incendiary quote to The Fiscal Times news site, where he urged fellow Republicans to shut down the government if necessary to …
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Sunday Replay

Posted on November 8, 2010

The first set of Sunday shows since the midterm elections featured a number of Republicans talking about how they’ll exercise their increased power. We’d just like to set the facts straight — on the budget, the health care law, taxes and other subjects. Democrats, too, weren’t immune from making a …
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Sunday Replay

Posted on September 27, 2010

On this week’s Sunday talk shows, we found false claims on the debt, discretionary spending, foreign-funded attack ads and polling data. Wrong on Debt On ABC’s "This Week," Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell made a false claim about the federal debt — a claim that we debunked in January, when …
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