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Joy Reid explains what may happen when Republicans threaten to not raise the debt ceiling.
While McCarthy’s federal revenue numbers are technically true, implementing more taxes on billionaires—even by a little—could boost America’s revenue by a huge amount in the next decade. #usa #republican #politics | A reporter asking about taxing the rich was met with laughter by Republican lawmakers after being shut down by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. | Republicans Were Asked If They'd Tax the Rich. They Literally Laughed | McCarthy said that taxing the rich wasn't needed, because the U.S. had a federal revenue of 20 percent of GDP, compared to 17 percent in previous years. | He then blamed inflation on Democrats spending $6 trillion after winning the 2020 election. | Raising taxes on the wealthy, even a small amount, can bring in huge revenue. | For example, a 3 percent wealth tax on billionaires, as proposed by Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders in 2021, would produce around $3 trillion in revenue in the next 10 years. | House Speaker Kevin McCarthy R—California | *University of Berkeley study
During a CNN town hall, former President Donald Trump told Republican lawmakers to "do a default" if the White House doesn't agree to Republicans' spending cuts. #trump #donaldtrump #trumptownhall #debt
Several Republicans react to the recent events of Trump’s sex abuse verdict.
Rachel Maddow addresses how republicans are tackling mental illness instead of gun control.
Joe Biden formally launched his re-election campaign, putting him on the path to a potential rematch with former President Donald Trump. In Biden’s video announcement, he focused on casting Republicans as a danger to democracy and abortion rights. Republicans countered that the presidential contest would pivot on the faltering economy and Biden’s age, 80. Already the oldest president in American history, Biden would be 86 at the end of a second term. #biden #trump #democrats #republicans #reelection #whitehouse #abortion #politics #wsj #wallstreetjournal #thewallstreetjournal 🎥: Joe Biden/YouTube, 📷: AP
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre asked on Morning Joe, “How many more kids need to die before Republicans in Congress act?”
Mika breaks down the “old overused stigma” that Republicans use when describing what abortions are.
Vice President Kamala Harris slammed Republican lawmakers in her speech at the National Action Network Annual Convention in New York, saying "extremists" are attacking "fundamental freedoms." #CNN #News #KamalaHarris #Republicans
The Nashville Metropolitan Council voted to return Justin J. Pearson to the state Legislature after he was removed last week by Republicans for protesting gun violence on the House floor. #TennesseeThree
The Nashville Metropolitan Council on Monday voted to return #JustinJones to the #Tennessee state Legislature after he was removed last week by Republicans for protesting gun violence on the House floor.
Tennessee House Republicans took steps toward expelling three Democratic state representatives after they participated in protests at the state Capitol calling for more gun control in the wake of the deadly mass shooting at Nashville's Covenant School. CNN’s Poppy Harlow talks to one of the lawmakers facing expulsion, Justin Jones. #cnn #news #tennessee #protest #justinjones #democrat #republican #gop
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