Jeff Merkley actually said...

If I spend $5,000 on affordable housing on a tax credit, and I spend $5,000 that I appropriate, isn't it basically the same $5,000?

Merkley highlights the equivalence of tax credits and direct spending on budget impact.

02/13/2013

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I mean, here you have 100 talented people coming together with all their experience in the world, and we just spend an incredibly, tediously...

this expanding tension in which warfare is conducted by the minority against the President...is just not serving our democracy well.

the challenge is a reflection of almost tribal-level warfare between the parties.

this expanding tension in which warfare is conducted by the minority against the President...is just not serving our democracy well.