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@ThirdWayTweet's Economic Program - We focus on making sure everyone, everywhere has the opportunity to earn a good life.
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Joined December 2009
*Triple* the number of non-college people are out of work compared to college grads. This is just one of the headwinds non-college workers face today. @AColavi and @KendallEcon explore this dichotomy.
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RT @ThirdWayTweet: As the Big Ugly Bill heads back to the House, we made a quick cheat sheet for Dems to use when speaking out against the….
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RT @PeteButtigieg: It shouldn't get lost that just today, Senate Republicans have voted to close nursing homes, close rural hospitals, and….
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“The next president is going to be stuck dealing with Social Security. The fiscal situation is so bad that they’re going to have a bad time.”. TW's @econwonk on how the GOP’s $5T tax plan blows up the debt, making it even harder to protect Social Security.
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RT @ThirdWayKessler: "This Republican bill is effectively a partial repeal of the Affordable Care Act to help pay for tax cuts, and should….
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Americans are begging for relief from high prices, and Republicans are responding by snatching away health care coverage from 16 million Americans, hiking up energy bills, and blowing up our national debt. Full statement here:
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RT @ThirdWayTweet: Democrats outshine Republicans when it comes to fighting waste, fraud, and abuse in the federal government. So why does….
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RT @ThirdWayTweet: As @ElissaSlotkin said at @CAPAction: things aren’t off because Americans have stopped working hard. It’s because the go….
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RT @CEO_policy: Immigrant entrepreneurs are starting businesses, creating jobs, and boosting innovation. Trump's mass deportations and vis….
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RT @ThirdWayTweet: You may have heard the Senate has started its Byrd Bath process for the budget bill. Want to know what the process entai….
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From our analysis: CNBC’s @LorieKonish wrote that some families will suffer from $22,800 in medical debt due to Republican health care cuts.
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It's really about protecting President Trump if he wants to violate impoundment law again with illegal cuts. And it would tilt the balance of power away from Congress towards the Executive Branch.
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Beyond the notable budget cuts, the Leg Branch approps bill specifically bars GAO from bringing civil action on impoundments unless Congress votes to allow it. They claim it will "curtail the agency’s self-directed, liberal initiatives."
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It's bad that the Trump administration wants to disarm the GAO. But they now appear to be getting help from a GOP Congress.
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The Trump administration tried to withhold money from Ukraine in 2019 in violation of the Impoundment Control Act, the GAO found. He was even impeached over it.
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Trump vowed to revive the use of impoundments, even though the 1974 Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act bars him from doing so. The law was enacted to similarly curtail Nixon.
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Impoundments refer to a presidential administration withholding money that Congress has legally appropriated. There’s a legal process for this to happen. But the Trump admin wants to go further.
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Why the huge cuts? They want to tie GAO's hands when it comes to overseeing President Trump's use of taxpayer money (i.e. impoundments).
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GAO plays a key role in keeping waste, fraud, & abuse under control. The House Appropriations Committee's Legislative Branch bill cuts Government Accountability Office funding by 49%!.
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One huge attack on the government’s ability to fight waste is going unnoticed! 🔎. Here’s why you should pay attention to the GOP attack on the Government Accountability Office (GAO) 🧵.
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