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Coons: It ‘Will Be Difficult’ to Accept Cuts to Domestic Spending
Breitbart ^ | 05/25/2023 | IAN HANCHETT

Posted on 05/26/2023 6:21:08 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “The Story,” Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) said that a debt ceiling deal that is only about cuts to domestic spending “will be difficult, because, for many of us, investing in education, workforce, health care is important.”

Host Martha MacCallum asked, “[I]sn’t it incumbent upon all of you to figure out a way to cut some spending? Clearly, there’s waste in government spending.”

Coons answered, “Martha, there [are] two parts of balancing any budget…there’s revenue and there’s spending. And our challenge here is that the House Republican majority is determined to make the Trump tax cuts permanent. That’s at a cost of $3.5 trillion in additional lost revenue over a decade. President Biden has continued to try and put on the table different proposals, ways that we could close tax loopholes or promote tax fairness or ensure that those who owe taxes are paying them –.”

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: coons; cuts; debtceiling; difficult; spending
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This from a guy that let Biden sniff his daughters hair
1 posted on 05/26/2023 6:21:08 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Oh, I thought this was a black topic.


2 posted on 05/26/2023 6:22:41 AM PDT by Karliner (Heb 4:12 Rom 8:28 Rev 3, "...This is the end of the beginning." Churchill)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

He sniffs Bidet’s butt


3 posted on 05/26/2023 6:24:32 AM PDT by beethovenfan (The REAL Great Reset will be when Jesus returns. )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

And yet, Fitch threatens a downgrade on US debt because Republicans are “playing politics” with the debt ceiling. This is like saying that an alcoholic’s real problem is that his family tries to stop him from getting more booze.


4 posted on 05/26/2023 6:24:51 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

It will be difficult for Democrats because such a huge percentage of their voters are net benefit recipients. Any cut at all damages their voter turnout - and their fraud efforts will have to be made more obvious to compensate.


5 posted on 05/26/2023 6:26:42 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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To: ChicagoConservative27

If the Democrats hang tough, the federal government may go back its 1923 levels of spending for health care, education and voter bribery.


6 posted on 05/26/2023 6:28:17 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: Opinionated Blowhard
This is like saying that an alcoholic’s real problem is that his family tries to stop him from getting more booze.

There are a lot of high functioning alcoholics so long as you keep them in single malt or the best bourbon.

7 posted on 05/26/2023 6:28:56 AM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Isn’t this the guy who thought he was so clever eating a bucket of fried chicken on the house floor?


8 posted on 05/26/2023 6:30:35 AM PDT by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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Let’s cut foreign spending first and see how it goes .


9 posted on 05/26/2023 6:30:37 AM PDT by escapefromboston (Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.)
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To: bk1000

No, that guy was from KY i think


10 posted on 05/26/2023 6:31:55 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Coons needs a refresher at Alcoholics Anonymous.


11 posted on 05/26/2023 6:36:42 AM PDT by existentially_kuffer
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The ‘rats say they need almost 3 trillion more per year than they did in 2019, and there’s no way to cut a dime.

Eff these people, they’re trying to kill us. Just do it.


12 posted on 05/26/2023 6:37:35 AM PDT by skeeter
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To: bk1000

No, that was another oddball.


13 posted on 05/26/2023 6:39:05 AM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14/12 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Steve Cohen https://youtu.be/TxTTT7rPAxM


14 posted on 05/26/2023 6:42:04 AM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14/12 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Cut foreign aid first idiots. I so despise these people. Looking at them makes me queasy.


15 posted on 05/26/2023 6:46:52 AM PDT by dforest (Get kiryandil back on FR.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Yes, well, if Coons wants more spending, let him offer a proposal to pay for it.


16 posted on 05/26/2023 6:47:03 AM PDT by Jim Noble (You Don't Need a Weatherman to Know Which Way the Wind Blows)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Agricultural Library
National Agricultural Statistics Service
National Archives and Records Administration
National Cancer Institute
National Capital Planning Commission
National Cemetery Administration
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health
National Constitution Center
National Council on Disability
National Credit Union Administration
National Defense University
National Defense University iCollege
National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Humanities
National Flood Insurance Program
National Gallery of Art
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
National Guard
National Health Information Center
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
National Indian Gaming Commission
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
National Institute of Corrections
National Institute of Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
National Institute of Justice
National Institute of Mental Health
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
National Institute of Standards and Technology
National Institutes of Health
National Intelligence University
National Interagency Fire Center
National Labor Relations Board
National Laboratories
National Library of Medicine
National Marine Fisheries Service
National Mediation Board
National Nuclear Security Administration
National Ocean Service
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Park Foundation
National Park Service
National Passport Information Center
National Pesticide Information Center
National Prevention Information Network
National Railroad Passenger Corporation
National Reconnaissance Office
National Science Foundation
National Security Agency
National Security Council
National Technical Information Service
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
National Transportation Safety Board
National War College
National Weather Service
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Natural Resources Revenue, Office of
Navy
NOAA Fisheries
Northern Border Regional Commission
Northern Command
Northwest Power and Conservation Council
Northwest Power Planning Council
Nuclear Energy, Office of
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board

https://www.usa.gov/agency-index/n

Can you find discretionary spending to cut?


17 posted on 05/26/2023 6:55:58 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: Karliner

I thought it was about trash pandas. But I guess that would have been ‘Coons.


18 posted on 05/26/2023 7:03:33 AM PDT by LIConFem (This Space For Rent)
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To: Brian Griffin

Of your list the only ones with any significant amount of money are:

National Reconnaissance Office
National Security Agency
Navy

All 3 are in the Defense budget.


19 posted on 05/26/2023 7:04:45 AM PDT by Reily (!!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

“Recipients are any entity that has received federal money in the form of contracts, grants, loans, or other financial assistance.”

“AZ ST. SEC. OF STATE RC5JBKFSQPM6 072459266 $21,645,394,819”

https://www.usaspending.gov/recipient


20 posted on 05/26/2023 7:06:08 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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