Members of the GOP conference in the House of Representatives met on Tuesday to discuss issues relating to the debt ceiling crisis — though much of their time was focused on auctioning off a used tube of lip balm for campaign fundraising. Politico reporter Olivia Beavers revealed on her Twitter feed that, during the Republican conference on Tuesday afternoon, $100,000 was raised by auctioning lip… Source Source / Read More: GOP Lawmakers Auction McCarthy’s Chapstick for $100K During Debt Crisis Meeting
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Sanders Takes Aim at Manchin’s Argument Against Build Back Better: “Not True”
Sen. Bernie Sanders on Thursday countered fellow Sen. Joe Manchin’s recent Fox News appearance with an op-ed on the right-wing outlet’s website aimed at rebutting the West Virginia Democrat’s falsehood-laden talking points against the Build Back Better Act. “Manchin, the Republicans, and corporate America say this bill will add to our national debt and make inflation worse. Not true,” wrote Sanders (I-Vt.), the chair of the Senate Budget Committee. “Unlike the bloated military budget that Manchin recently voted for, which adds $778 billion to the deficit this year alone and costs four times more than the Build Back Better Act…