Graham on Biden Economic Agenda: Tax Cuts for the Rich, Inflation for the Middle Class
WASHINGTON – Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today reacted to a report from the Tax Policy Center on the Democrats’ tax proposals in the latest version of their Reckless Tax and Spend legislation. Graham noted that under the Biden Administration and Congressional Democrats’ plan, changes to the State and […]
Smith, Graham Call for CBO Score on True Cost of Democrat Tax & Spending Bill
WASHINGTON – In a letter today to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the top Republicans on the House and Senate Budget Committees pushed the agency to provide a true cost estimate of the Democrats’ tax and spending reconciliation bill if provisions within the bill were made permanent, as is the intent of Democrats. House Budget […]
Graham: “I Will Do Everything I Can To Stop” Dems’ Reckless Tax and Spend Bill
WASHINGTON – Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today spoke with members of the media about the Democrats’ Reckless Tax and Spend bill. GRAHAM: “This reconciliation bill is a fraud. It’s going to be pouring gasoline on the inflation problems we have in the country and it rewards special interests at the […]
Graham on Democrats’ Sweetheart Union Deal Disguised as Electric Vehicle Tax Credit
WASHINGTON – Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today made this statement on Democrats’ touting a sweetheart union deal in the form of an additional $4,500 tax credit for people who buy electric vehicles made by unions, which they hope to include in the reckless taxing and spending bill. “Electric cars have […]
In Case You Missed It: New Penn Wharton Model Estimates Democrat Spending Bill Price Tag More than Double
WASHINGTON – While the Biden administration and Congressional Democrats continue to haggle over the size of their reckless taxing and spending bill, new estimates show that Democrats are using budget gimmicks to hide the real price tag. New budget models from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business show that the taxing and spending […]
Graham: We Need to See True Cost for Democrats’ Reckless Taxing and Spending Bill
WASHINGTON – Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today made this statement after Senator Joe Manchin (D-West Virginia) expressed concerns over House Democrats trying to vote on their Reckless Taxing and Spending bill without knowing the true cost of the bill. “To my House Democratic colleagues: I hope you understand that without […]
Graham: “I don’t understand why we’re folding here.”
WASHINGTON – Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today made these comments on raising the debt ceiling. GRAHAM: “I don’t understand why we [Republicans] are folding here. For two months Republicans have been saying Democrats want to spend $3.5 trillion without any Republican input. If they are going to do that — they need […]
Statement from Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Graham
WASHINGTON – Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today made this statement. “I worked with my Democratic colleagues to spend trillions of dollars to fight COVID because it was necessary. I worked with my Democratic colleagues to produce an infrastructure bill dealing with America’s roads, bridges, ports, and other vital infrastructure because […]
Graham Statement on Parliamentarian’s Guidance on Democrats’ Plan to Grant Legal Status to Illegal Immigrants in $3.5 Trillion Tax and Spend Plan
WASHINGTON – Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today made this statement on the Senate Parliamentarian’s guidance that will not allow Democrats’ to grant legal status to illegal immigrants in their massive tax and spend bill. “I’m very glad to hear that the Parliamentarian provided guidance to the Senate that granting legal […]
Graham Amendment to Democrats’ Reckless Tax and Spend Agenda Would Improve Broken Asylum System
WASHINGTON – Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today introduced an amendment to the Democrats’ fiscal year 2022 budget resolution to improve our broken asylum system. “The asylum system is being abused. This wave of illegal immigration will never stop unless we fix our laws. “Hundreds of thousands of people are flocking to the […]