Tag: Republican proposal

White House Blasts GOP Debt-Ceiling Proposal: ‘Blueprint to Devastate’ American Families

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre has issued a sharply critical statement on the Republican debt-ceiling proposal, calling it a “blueprint to devastate hard-working American families” and accusing the GOP of “holding the American economy hostage” in order to push for spending cuts. Her statement, issued on Thursday, builds on a rebuke of the Republican plan…


Senate Republicans Propose $618 Billion in Pandemic Relief as Counter to Biden’s $1.9 Trillion Plan

Ten Senate Republicans on Monday unveiled their $618 billion counterproposal to President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion pandemic relief plan, which some members of the GOP have panned as an unworkable, liberal wish-list. Biden has proposed $160 billion for vaccines and testing, $170 billion for schools and universities, and funds to give certain Americans a $1,400-per-person…