The Senate touts itself as the “cooling saucer” of Congress, where legislation from the House is made more moderate or responsible. If only that were true in this case.
The bad policies of Trump will be with us until at least the mid terms in 2026. It is hard for me to understand why a party that places so much emphasis on religion is so cruel to their fellow man. 65 years ago, I saw firsthand the suffering of my grandfather as he died of cancer with no money. No amount of care or money would have saved him, but a WWI veteran deserved better treatment. Our country can do better and we will. Instead of posting the 10 Commandments they should try following them. Every storm passes.
What bad policies? Getting rid of fraud, and illegals? How is the Republican Party being cruel, by telling the truth? I'd much rather put my trust in a party that has Faith, then a party who supports illegals, gender confused, abortion (murder), and sends billions of dollars to countries who do the same. Do you feel that nothing of what this bill is offering would change what happened to your grandfather, as you said so yourself? You'd be dead wrong. Elderly people on SS are paying taxes on those benefits they earned and were already taxed via FICA when they originally paid into the system, you think that's okay? Veterans are being protected more today then ever before, this bill won't change that, it'll help it. So, please explain what your real beef is....without using the fear mongering lies of the Dem Party, if you can.
No he’s not if this bill doesn’t past it will be biggest tax hike ever . You notice he for got to say how even Biden and the regime kept Trumps tax cuts that have helped everyone not just the rich Jarrad straight up lying to you .
Tax cuts by Republicans are meant to help the rich and corporations. They usually get these tax cuts in by cutting supports for the less fortunate among us. As for the tax cuts you refer to, they did not help most Americans by much. That is how Republicans do it. They make you think you're getting a break with just a little bit of sauce for those who make less than $500,000 per year. Then they start cutting the things that have made you whole and able to survive in this rather callous and cruel era.
It's the misinformed people like you (who probably get your fictitious news from sources like CNN and MSNBC) that continually vote in Dummies like Golden.
Yup, and from the Guardian, CBC, BBC, Washington Post, Boston Globe... funny how none of those seem to be part of the MAGA echo chamber. Golden is not a dummie, and he provides data. MAGA types replying here and slagging Golden have nothing to offer in the way of testable facts.
Jared is saying the same thing all Dems are saying...and they cannot give you facts, because they're bold face lying. And its because they have nothing better to offer the people they pretend to be defending, except more freebies...but, the issue is the less fraud the less kick backs and pay offs they get. But, they aren't going to tell you that.
As a fiscal conservative who hopes that we and our children will NOT be saddled with such debt while the ultra-wealthy bask in tax breaks they don't need, I beg you all to do Everything you can to defeat the Bill. It boggles the mind that Senators and .Representatives with constituents -- individual human beings -- who depend on these services can let this Bill move forward. Thank you for saying No to it.
Too late, our grandchildren will be saddled with debt, no matter who is POTUS. A vote No will destroy Medicaid, Medicare and SS, because the fraud is overwhelming the system. Stop buying into the Dem's fear mongering. They have nothing better to offer except more freebies for the undeserving. What they truly fear is the loss of their kick backs and pay offs. But they won't tell you that.
Here are some facts for you. It isn't Democrats who are irresponsible with federal spending it is Republicans. Democrats tend to direct policy and legislation to help middle and low income people. Republicans just want to help the already wealthy and corporations.
Here is a listing of Democratic Presidents versus Republican Presidents on every economic measure.
More than twice as many jobs are created per year under Democratic Presidents than Republican Presidents (2.1 million jobs/year under Democratic Presidents versus 828,000 jobs/year under Republican Presidents.)
Budget deficits as a percentage of GDP under Republican Presidents are collectively 9% higher than under Democratic Presidents
Since 1961 . . .
GDP growth has been 44% higher under Democratic Presidents.
Business Investment Growth has been 132% higher under Democratic Presidents.
Unemployment has been 5% higher under Republican Presidents.
Average increase in weekly earnings have been positive under Democratic Presidents and negative under Republican Presidents
Job Growth
Democratic Presidents have helped create 43.8 million more jobs than Republican Presidents, and on year-to-year basis jobs have grown more than twice as fast under Democratic Presidents as under Republican Presidents.
Total jobs created under Democratic Presidents: 76,948,000
Total jobs created under Republican Presidents: 33,132,000
Average yearly growth in jobs under Democratic Presidents: 2,080,000
Average yearly growth in jobs under Republican Presidents: 828,000
GDP Growth
Real Gross Domestic Product growth under Democratic Presidents has been 44% higher than during Republican Presidents.
Average GDP growth per year under Democratic Presidents: 3.46%
Average GDP growth per year under Republican Presidents: 2.4%
Business Investment Growth
Real business investment growth under Democratic Presidents has been 132% higher than under Republican Presidents.
Average growth per year under Democratic Presidents: 6.53%
Average growth per year under Republican Presidents: 2.82%
Federal Budget Deficits
Federal budget deficits as a percentage of GDP under Republican Presidents are collectively 9% higher than under Democratic Presidents.
Democratic Presidents’ deficits averaged 2.46% of GDP per year
Republican Presidents’ deficits averaged 2.69% of GDP per year
Unemployment
Unemployment under Republican Presidents has been 5% higher than under Democratic Presidents.
Average unemployment per year during Democratic Presidents: 5.76%
Average unemployment per year during Republican Presidents: 6.07%
Growth in Federal Spending
Federal Spending has increased 221% faster under Republican Presidents than under Democratic Presidents
Democratic Presidents’ annual spending increased by an average of $38.2 billion per year
Republican Presidents’ annual spending increased by an average of $122.6 billion per year
Balance of Trade
Trade deficits under Republican Presidents have been 15% higher than under Democratic Presidents.
Total trade deficit under Democratic Administrations (in millions): $7,013,688
Total trade deficit under Republican Administrations (in millions): $8,065,847
*Jere Glover has been collecting and publishing this data since 1980, 21st Century has been publishing the data on its website for 10 years.
As a former Subcommittee Counsel and Legislative Aide in the House and one who briefed Hill staffers in the spring of 2022 on greenhouse gas removal methods to include in the USDA portion of the IRA, I know that Maine's delegation helped write and enact the Inflation Reduction Act. The IRA was one of the most important and wise laws to be enacted in many years. The GOP reconciliation bill, as you correctly indicate, is among the most harmful, unfair, in fact, sadistic bills conceived in decades. My disabled brother depends on his full Medicaid benefits. Thank you for opposing this bill. Please help ensure that our whole delegation votes against it if you can. Any vote in favor of it will make us all work harder to defeat those who vote that way.
Please explain how "The GOP reconciliation bill, as you correctly indicate, is among the most harmful, unfair, in fact, sadistic bills conceived in decades. ", without using any of the Dem's fear mongering rhetoric, if you can.
Well, as usual the big bucks go to the corporations, the military industrial complex and the very wealthy. To do this, they had to cut somewhere, so they chose to make their cuts in ways that would harm regular people. Millions of people on Medicaid will find themselves without health care coverage. I think that is cruel and sadistic. It is cruel because of that deprivation. It is sadistic because so much pleasure is taken by Republicans in doing the depriving. A high percentage of people on Medicaid are working people. Many people on Medicaid and are also disabled. That is fact. Not some dem fear mongering.
I would prefer to have a legislation in which everyone has health care coverage; our waters are protected from pollution and exhaustion; wealthy people were taxed more, not less. I really don't think that billionaires need tax breaks which will increase their wealth as it destroys the lives of others - those who were put on the chopping block in the legislative process. I would also like to know that our water; public lands and parks; and other resources will not be used up and polluted by lax regulatory measures and greed. They belong to us - the American people, not Donald Trump and company.
Maybe Collins will learn a lesson from King. He was pretty clear in his opinion about this bill. Collins and Murkowski should know better than to be bullied by Trump.
Bullied? By truth and rational thinking for a change...I think not. King is the one in the wrong, as usual. The man needs to retire and relax. Susan does, too, but not because of her stance, just her at her age she should be enjoying what years she has left. Not this thankless job.
This is a joke right? You voted for every garbage bill your party has brought for to cripple this country for multiple generations. Get off your soap box. You're a a coward and thief of American tax dollars
You must have a pretty warped and ignorant idea of US history if you think Democrats crippled the US for multiple generations. Trump/MAGA/spineless Republican enablers have done more harm to the US in under a year than any administration before.
Oh Tad, youre presenting all the classic signs of a low T libtard but I'll entertain this for a moment of amusement at your expense. Im glad you brought up history and who sits on the right side of that debate. Lets start with...slavery. please tell me who fought to free them and who fought to keep them in chains? Checkmate.
Crucial that you vote NO ... and strongly encourage other Reps to do so, too! Thanks for letting us know where you stand and that it represents your constituents' beliefs.
I recall that Speaker Pelosi brought her spending bills out at midnight , gave the minority a couple of hours to review roughly 3000 pages and then voted. She has been quoted many times that ‘ you will know what’s in it once its voted on’. You are a hypocrite as suhas already stated.
Unfortunately, both sides have resorted to these tactics we must insist on standards to remedy this. We the people deserve to know the truth . Everyone thinks they are right....not always how it plays out....long term consequences.....can be deceiving. We pay the price.
this bill has been discussed for weeks in many different venues - main stream media aka Fake news and independent news. That said they are all too long and should be limited in size, numbers of line items and there should be accountability on how money is spent. for example the high speed train in Cali that has never been built for well over a decade but has had billions spent, the inflation reduction act that had billions for EVchargers but only a handful built ( literally) . This would allow we the people to see how our tax dollars are being spent
Yes, this bill, or any bill should be short and to the point; made into multiples when necessary. Hundreds-thousands of pages is just a cover up for someone's hidden agendas and pockets, regardless of the party.
But did he read it? Was he even present when it had to be read in the chamber? With an unbiased viewpoint? Doesn't appear that way, as he is spouting the same fear mongering all the other Dems are spouting...because they have nothing better to offer the people they pretend to care about.
I was thanking you for asking the question about sources. I was about to ask the same thing and you saved me the time to do that. Beyond that the reason I was going to ask the question was because the statements contradict everything I have read from a variety of sources….most of which try to be balanced…..whether opinions or factual analysis. I find divergent opinions informative when they are given with thoughtfulness and kindness.
Thank you Jared for your communication. I have been contacting Susan Collins office today and emailing her. This is a horrible bill that will be devastating to our state as well as the rest of the country. Thank you for voting against it.
Please describe how this bill will be "devastating to our state as well as the rest of the country", without using any of the Dem fear mongering rhetoric, if you can.
It is unbelievable. The red states who voted for Trump are mostly poor and will get hit the hardest. My mother always said the republicans vote against themselves .
Would imagine they are accustomed to struggling, expect they assume others can to....make something out of nothing,I don't know that that is the truth anymore....many in our society are so dependent now....children are obese, sick, don't have a clue what to do if they run out of something....can't fix anything....the cuts would be a death sentence. Cruel.
What cuts? You meant the fraud cuts...otherwise the truly needy won't be affected. That's the Dem's fear mongering you're buying into. Hmmm, perhaps some of those alleged "dependent" people could get some self confidence and integrity if they would EARN for a living. If not, they've signed their own death warrant. Yes, I personally know many who are milking the system.
The bad policies of Trump will be with us until at least the mid terms in 2026. It is hard for me to understand why a party that places so much emphasis on religion is so cruel to their fellow man. 65 years ago, I saw firsthand the suffering of my grandfather as he died of cancer with no money. No amount of care or money would have saved him, but a WWI veteran deserved better treatment. Our country can do better and we will. Instead of posting the 10 Commandments they should try following them. Every storm passes.
Craig Snow
Hampden
What bad policies? Getting rid of fraud, and illegals? How is the Republican Party being cruel, by telling the truth? I'd much rather put my trust in a party that has Faith, then a party who supports illegals, gender confused, abortion (murder), and sends billions of dollars to countries who do the same. Do you feel that nothing of what this bill is offering would change what happened to your grandfather, as you said so yourself? You'd be dead wrong. Elderly people on SS are paying taxes on those benefits they earned and were already taxed via FICA when they originally paid into the system, you think that's okay? Veterans are being protected more today then ever before, this bill won't change that, it'll help it. So, please explain what your real beef is....without using the fear mongering lies of the Dem Party, if you can.
Keep communicating like this, Jared. Everyone in our district needs to know you are fighting for us.
No he’s not if this bill doesn’t past it will be biggest tax hike ever . You notice he for got to say how even Biden and the regime kept Trumps tax cuts that have helped everyone not just the rich Jarrad straight up lying to you .
Tax cuts by Republicans are meant to help the rich and corporations. They usually get these tax cuts in by cutting supports for the less fortunate among us. As for the tax cuts you refer to, they did not help most Americans by much. That is how Republicans do it. They make you think you're getting a break with just a little bit of sauce for those who make less than $500,000 per year. Then they start cutting the things that have made you whole and able to survive in this rather callous and cruel era.
It's the misinformed people like you (who probably get your fictitious news from sources like CNN and MSNBC) that continually vote in Dummies like Golden.
Yup, and from the Guardian, CBC, BBC, Washington Post, Boston Globe... funny how none of those seem to be part of the MAGA echo chamber. Golden is not a dummie, and he provides data. MAGA types replying here and slagging Golden have nothing to offer in the way of testable facts.
Apparently you liked the last 4 years???
Just facts!!
No that s you and jarred easy to check it out instead of saying what you hear
Jared is saying the same thing all Dems are saying...and they cannot give you facts, because they're bold face lying. And its because they have nothing better to offer the people they pretend to be defending, except more freebies...but, the issue is the less fraud the less kick backs and pay offs they get. But, they aren't going to tell you that.
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Thank you for opposing this horrible bill, and for sharing this information with your constituents.
No truth to the information he shared
You are misinformed- the information he shared is spot on!
Fear mongering is not factual.
Prove. Dont talk with nothing to back it. U have a point make it.
You go first.
Exactly Thank you!!!
Prove. Dont talk with nothing to back it. U have a point make it.
You go first.
Your sources?
Facts, not fear mongering.
Please describe why this bill is "horrible" without using any of the Dem fear mongering rhetoric, if you can.
Please describe what's horrible about this bill, without using any of the Dem fear mongering rhetoric, if you can.
As a fiscal conservative who hopes that we and our children will NOT be saddled with such debt while the ultra-wealthy bask in tax breaks they don't need, I beg you all to do Everything you can to defeat the Bill. It boggles the mind that Senators and .Representatives with constituents -- individual human beings -- who depend on these services can let this Bill move forward. Thank you for saying No to it.
Too late, our grandchildren will be saddled with debt, no matter who is POTUS. A vote No will destroy Medicaid, Medicare and SS, because the fraud is overwhelming the system. Stop buying into the Dem's fear mongering. They have nothing better to offer except more freebies for the undeserving. What they truly fear is the loss of their kick backs and pay offs. But they won't tell you that.
Here are some facts for you. It isn't Democrats who are irresponsible with federal spending it is Republicans. Democrats tend to direct policy and legislation to help middle and low income people. Republicans just want to help the already wealthy and corporations.
Here is a listing of Democratic Presidents versus Republican Presidents on every economic measure.
Since World War 2 . . .
Ten of the last eleven recessions have begun under Republican Presidents (http://www.nber.org/cycles.html)
More than twice as many jobs are created per year under Democratic Presidents than Republican Presidents (2.1 million jobs/year under Democratic Presidents versus 828,000 jobs/year under Republican Presidents.)
Budget deficits as a percentage of GDP under Republican Presidents are collectively 9% higher than under Democratic Presidents
Since 1961 . . .
GDP growth has been 44% higher under Democratic Presidents.
Business Investment Growth has been 132% higher under Democratic Presidents.
Unemployment has been 5% higher under Republican Presidents.
Average increase in weekly earnings have been positive under Democratic Presidents and negative under Republican Presidents
Job Growth
Democratic Presidents have helped create 43.8 million more jobs than Republican Presidents, and on year-to-year basis jobs have grown more than twice as fast under Democratic Presidents as under Republican Presidents.
Total jobs created under Democratic Presidents: 76,948,000
Total jobs created under Republican Presidents: 33,132,000
Average yearly growth in jobs under Democratic Presidents: 2,080,000
Average yearly growth in jobs under Republican Presidents: 828,000
GDP Growth
Real Gross Domestic Product growth under Democratic Presidents has been 44% higher than during Republican Presidents.
Average GDP growth per year under Democratic Presidents: 3.46%
Average GDP growth per year under Republican Presidents: 2.4%
Business Investment Growth
Real business investment growth under Democratic Presidents has been 132% higher than under Republican Presidents.
Average growth per year under Democratic Presidents: 6.53%
Average growth per year under Republican Presidents: 2.82%
Federal Budget Deficits
Federal budget deficits as a percentage of GDP under Republican Presidents are collectively 9% higher than under Democratic Presidents.
Democratic Presidents’ deficits averaged 2.46% of GDP per year
Republican Presidents’ deficits averaged 2.69% of GDP per year
Unemployment
Unemployment under Republican Presidents has been 5% higher than under Democratic Presidents.
Average unemployment per year during Democratic Presidents: 5.76%
Average unemployment per year during Republican Presidents: 6.07%
Growth in Federal Spending
Federal Spending has increased 221% faster under Republican Presidents than under Democratic Presidents
Democratic Presidents’ annual spending increased by an average of $38.2 billion per year
Republican Presidents’ annual spending increased by an average of $122.6 billion per year
Balance of Trade
Trade deficits under Republican Presidents have been 15% higher than under Democratic Presidents.
Total trade deficit under Democratic Administrations (in millions): $7,013,688
Total trade deficit under Republican Administrations (in millions): $8,065,847
*Jere Glover has been collecting and publishing this data since 1980, 21st Century has been publishing the data on its website for 10 years.
As a former Subcommittee Counsel and Legislative Aide in the House and one who briefed Hill staffers in the spring of 2022 on greenhouse gas removal methods to include in the USDA portion of the IRA, I know that Maine's delegation helped write and enact the Inflation Reduction Act. The IRA was one of the most important and wise laws to be enacted in many years. The GOP reconciliation bill, as you correctly indicate, is among the most harmful, unfair, in fact, sadistic bills conceived in decades. My disabled brother depends on his full Medicaid benefits. Thank you for opposing this bill. Please help ensure that our whole delegation votes against it if you can. Any vote in favor of it will make us all work harder to defeat those who vote that way.
You are full of BS
Please explain how "The GOP reconciliation bill, as you correctly indicate, is among the most harmful, unfair, in fact, sadistic bills conceived in decades. ", without using any of the Dem's fear mongering rhetoric, if you can.
Well, as usual the big bucks go to the corporations, the military industrial complex and the very wealthy. To do this, they had to cut somewhere, so they chose to make their cuts in ways that would harm regular people. Millions of people on Medicaid will find themselves without health care coverage. I think that is cruel and sadistic. It is cruel because of that deprivation. It is sadistic because so much pleasure is taken by Republicans in doing the depriving. A high percentage of people on Medicaid are working people. Many people on Medicaid and are also disabled. That is fact. Not some dem fear mongering.
I would prefer to have a legislation in which everyone has health care coverage; our waters are protected from pollution and exhaustion; wealthy people were taxed more, not less. I really don't think that billionaires need tax breaks which will increase their wealth as it destroys the lives of others - those who were put on the chopping block in the legislative process. I would also like to know that our water; public lands and parks; and other resources will not be used up and polluted by lax regulatory measures and greed. They belong to us - the American people, not Donald Trump and company.
Thank you for doing the right thing. Hope your Senate colleague will do so as well.
Maybe Collins will learn a lesson from King. He was pretty clear in his opinion about this bill. Collins and Murkowski should know better than to be bullied by Trump.
Bullied? By truth and rational thinking for a change...I think not. King is the one in the wrong, as usual. The man needs to retire and relax. Susan does, too, but not because of her stance, just her at her age she should be enjoying what years she has left. Not this thankless job.
She won't/didn't.
This is a joke right? You voted for every garbage bill your party has brought for to cripple this country for multiple generations. Get off your soap box. You're a a coward and thief of American tax dollars
You must have a pretty warped and ignorant idea of US history if you think Democrats crippled the US for multiple generations. Trump/MAGA/spineless Republican enablers have done more harm to the US in under a year than any administration before.
Oh Tad, youre presenting all the classic signs of a low T libtard but I'll entertain this for a moment of amusement at your expense. Im glad you brought up history and who sits on the right side of that debate. Lets start with...slavery. please tell me who fought to free them and who fought to keep them in chains? Checkmate.
and you are an idiot
Oh, you got me, marsha!
Name calling is SOOO mature.
Crucial that you vote NO ... and strongly encourage other Reps to do so, too! Thanks for letting us know where you stand and that it represents your constituents' beliefs.
Except it doesn't represent his constituents beliefs...not in the majority of the 2nd District, unless you live in Hallowell.
I recall that Speaker Pelosi brought her spending bills out at midnight , gave the minority a couple of hours to review roughly 3000 pages and then voted. She has been quoted many times that ‘ you will know what’s in it once its voted on’. You are a hypocrite as suhas already stated.
Unfortunately, both sides have resorted to these tactics we must insist on standards to remedy this. We the people deserve to know the truth . Everyone thinks they are right....not always how it plays out....long term consequences.....can be deceiving. We pay the price.
this bill has been discussed for weeks in many different venues - main stream media aka Fake news and independent news. That said they are all too long and should be limited in size, numbers of line items and there should be accountability on how money is spent. for example the high speed train in Cali that has never been built for well over a decade but has had billions spent, the inflation reduction act that had billions for EVchargers but only a handful built ( literally) . This would allow we the people to see how our tax dollars are being spent
Yes, this bill, or any bill should be short and to the point; made into multiples when necessary. Hundreds-thousands of pages is just a cover up for someone's hidden agendas and pockets, regardless of the party.
Your commentaries on Bills are mostly mistruths and out and out lies.
Please be specific and quote your sources.
He is in Congress and has access to the bill. And do some research yourself.
But did he read it? Was he even present when it had to be read in the chamber? With an unbiased viewpoint? Doesn't appear that way, as he is spouting the same fear mongering all the other Dems are spouting...because they have nothing better to offer the people they pretend to care about.
Thank you. I was just going to ask the same.
Forgive me, but I don't know if we are agreeing or disagreeing. Either is fine.
I was thanking you for asking the question about sources. I was about to ask the same thing and you saved me the time to do that. Beyond that the reason I was going to ask the question was because the statements contradict everything I have read from a variety of sources….most of which try to be balanced…..whether opinions or factual analysis. I find divergent opinions informative when they are given with thoughtfulness and kindness.
And you’re “educated “????
Thank you Jared for your communication. I have been contacting Susan Collins office today and emailing her. This is a horrible bill that will be devastating to our state as well as the rest of the country. Thank you for voting against it.
Please describe how this bill will be "devastating to our state as well as the rest of the country", without using any of the Dem fear mongering rhetoric, if you can.
It is unbelievable. The red states who voted for Trump are mostly poor and will get hit the hardest. My mother always said the republicans vote against themselves .
They'll get hit harder if this bill doesn't pass. Too much fraud going on, it needs to be reigned in.
Would imagine they are accustomed to struggling, expect they assume others can to....make something out of nothing,I don't know that that is the truth anymore....many in our society are so dependent now....children are obese, sick, don't have a clue what to do if they run out of something....can't fix anything....the cuts would be a death sentence. Cruel.
What cuts? You meant the fraud cuts...otherwise the truly needy won't be affected. That's the Dem's fear mongering you're buying into. Hmmm, perhaps some of those alleged "dependent" people could get some self confidence and integrity if they would EARN for a living. If not, they've signed their own death warrant. Yes, I personally know many who are milking the system.
Excellent ... Thank you very much, Jared.
Thank you for voting NO
We agree we need change but this Big Bad Bill is NOT the answer!
I feel so sad for America. .
Please describe how this bill is "Bad", without using any of the Dem fear mongering rhetoric, if you can.
Thank you
You're spot-on; thank you.