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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Mar 4, 2025

We're going to find out where that money is going, and it's not going to be pretty.

newsweek.com
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
@alexandriaocasiocortez· Democratic · NY· Mar 4, 2025

Don’t you think if you found a bunch of money in the couch cushions that you would put that to expanding Medicaid, improving schools, fixing our roads? Right? But that’s not what they’re planning on doing.

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Josh Brecheen
@joshbrecheen· Republican · OK· Mar 4, 2025

But what we're saying is, don't ask the taxpayer to pay for it and then also expect the taxpayer to pick up the tab for the resulting health consequences.

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Gregorio Casar
@gregoriocasar· Democratic · TX· Mar 2, 2025

A guy who makes $8 million a day off the government thinks seniors getting $65 a day they worked their whole lives to earn is a 'Ponzi scheme.' Protect Social Security. Fire Elon Musk.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Feb 25, 2025

Fight back. No cuts to Medicaid. No tax breaks for billionaires.

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Henry Johnson
@henryjohnson· Republican · LA· Feb 23, 2025

I think we need to pay down the credit card, right?

vox.com
Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Feb 23, 2025

What they were doing was so terrible. Where they were spending the money was so terrible.

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Feb 22, 2025

Make no mistake, Los Angeles will use this money wisely.

nbcnews.com
Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Feb 21, 2025

We're thinking about giving 20% back to the American citizens and 20% back to pay down debt

bbc.com
Chip Roy
@chiproy· Republican · TX· Feb 20, 2025

Are we going to get enough cuts, and how real are those?

nbcnews.com
Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Feb 18, 2025

Billions and billions, hundreds of billions of dollars over budget.

newsweek.com
Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Feb 12, 2025

When you get down to it, it's going to be probably close to a trillion.

commondreams.org
Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Feb 11, 2025

USAID IS DRIVING THE RADICAL LEFT CRAZY, AND THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO ABOUT IT BECAUSE THE WAY IN WHICH THE MONEY HAS BEEN SPENT, SO MUCH OF IT FRAUDULENTLY, IS TOTALLY UNEXPLAINABLE. THE CORRUPTION IS AT LEVELS RARELY SEEN BEFORE. CLOSE IT DOWN!

newsweek.com
Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Feb 11, 2025

The president has no authority to make that offer. There's no budget line item to pay people who are not showing up for work.

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Isaac Jordan
@isaacjordan· Republican · OH· Feb 9, 2025

No one wants to defend the waste, fraud and abuse, so they attack the guy who’s exposing all the waste, fraud and ridiculous things we’re spending money on.

cnn.com
Bill Hagerty
@billhagerty· Republican · TN· Feb 8, 2025

Clearly, the American public needs to see more accountability, more visibility, more performance for their taxpayer dollars.

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Ro Khanna
@rokhanna· Democratic · CA· Feb 6, 2025

We should make it very clear that until there is an ironclad agreement that everything that the House appropriates and authorizes will be dispersed, we will not vote to increase the debt ceiling.

democracynow.org