U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Wednesday that the White House must agree to spending cuts as part of a debt deal.
“You have to spend less than you did last year,” McCarthy said at a news conference. “That’s not that difficult to do, but in Washington, somehow, that is a problem.”
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Friday morning on The Tennessee Star Report, host Michael Patrick Leahy welcomed Representative Andy Ogles (R-TN-05) to the newsmaker line to discuss the passage of a bill that would cut federal spending and raise the debt limit.
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Thursday morning on The Tennessee Star Report, host Michael Patrick Leahy welcomed Representative John Rose (R-TN-06) to the newsmaker line to discuss the vote passed by Republicans in Congress to increase the debt limit contingent upon a cut in spending.
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Friday morning on The Tennessee Star Report, host Michael Patrick Leahy welcomed Bill Pascoe of Tea Party Patriots PAC to the newsmaker line to break down the bill proposed to increase the debt ceiling if spending is cut.
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U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) said she introduced across-the-board spending cuts on Monday as amendments to S. Amdt. 948 to H.R. 3055 for Fiscal Year 2020.
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by Robert Romano “I’d like you to come back with a 5 percent cut. Get rid of the fat. Get rid of the waste, and I’m sure you can do it.” That was President Donald Trump on Oct. 17 ordering his Cabinet secretaries to come up with plans to…
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