Sanders Calls Republican Budget ‘Absolute Disaster’
WASHINGTON, May 5 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement today after Senate Republicans passed a budget resolution: “This Republican budget throws 27 million Americans off health insurance, slashes $5 trillion over the coming decade from programs that help working families, cuts taxes on the […]
Congress Approves First 10-Year Balanced Budget Since 2001
WASHINGTON, DC – Congress this week approved its first 10-year balanced budget since 2001. The joint agreement between the U.S. House and Senate balances the budget within 10 years without raising taxes, strengthens our national defense, protects our most vulnerable citizens, improves economic growth and opportunity for hardworking families and stops the federal government’s out […]
Sanders review of Republican Budget Conference Agreement Shows It Takes Us in the Wrong Direction
The Republican Budget Conference Report: more tax breaks for millionaires; more pain for the middle class The Republican budget conference report moves this country in exactly the wrong direction. At a time of massive wealth and income inequality, it gives huge tax breaks to millionaires and billionaires, while making devastating cuts to education, Medicare, affordable […]
Chairmen Enzi and Price Announce Balanced Budget Agreement
WASHINGTON, DC – Senate Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi (R-WY) and House Budget Committee Chairman Tom Price, M.D. (R-GA) today announced that the Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Conference has reached an agreement on a joint Congressional balanced budget resolution. The Chairmen noted that the budget conference agreement balances within 10 years, does not raise taxes, […]
Sanders Warns Governors About Devastating Budget Cuts
WASHINGTON, April 27 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today warned all 50 governors about the devastating cuts their states will face if the Republican budget plan becomes law. In a series of letters, Sanders explained what the cuts would mean for working families, the elderly, children, the sick and the poor if the budget blueprint […]
Enzi: Balanced Budget Will Help Restore Trust of Hardworking Taxpayers
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY), Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, said today, during the joint Senate-House FY 2016 Budget Conference, that passing a balanced budget will help restore the trust of hardworking taxpayers. “Passing a balanced budget is about restoring the trust of the American people, because the federal government’s chronic […]
Sanders: Republican Budgets Would be ‘Total Disaster’ for Working Americans
WASHINGTON, April 20 – As the Senate Budget Committee conference meets for the first time today, Ranking Member Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) called the House and Senate budget resolutions a “total disaster” for the working families of our country. Sanders said: “Both the Senate and the House budget resolutions would make the rich richer and cause […]
Senate-House Budget Conference to Meet on Monday, April 20
WASHINGTON, DC – Senate Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi (R-WY) and House Budget Committee Chairman Tom Price (R-GA) today announced that conferees for the Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Conference will meet on Monday, April 20, 2015 at 3:00pm in Room 106 – Dirksen Senate Office Building. WHO: Senate-House Budget Conferees WHAT: Fiscal Year 2016 […]
Sanders Statement on House Passage of Tax Break For Super Rich
WASHINGTON, April 16 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today after the House voted 240-179 to provide $269 billion in tax breaks for the families of the wealthiest 0.2 percent of Americans. “At a time of increasing inequality, it is beyond belief that Congress would provide hundreds of billions of dollars in […]
Enzi Statement On Joint Budget Resolution and Appointment of Budget Conferees
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY), Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement after Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced the conferees for the Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Conference: “Last month, the Senate Budget Committee took an important first step in helping to change the way we do business here […]