What Caused it?
Extremist Republicans and the new House speaker are making a stink about the debt ceiling because
they want to use it as an excuse to slash Social Security and Medicare.
Raising the debt ceiling would not authorize a single cent of new spending.
It would let the U.S. pay the bills that Kevin McCarthy and Donald Trump ALREADY ran up with tax breaks for billionaires and giant corporations.
Kevin McCarthy himself voted to raise the debt ceiling three times under Donald Trump.
He understood then what’s still true today: if the U.S. were to default on its debt, it would crash our economy. He didn’t want that to happen while Republicans controlled the White House.
But he isn’t afraid to blast working families with an economy-killing cannon if it could make Joe Biden look bad.
Earlier Democrats passed legislation to make the ultra-wealthy and big corporations start to pay their fair share and lower the debt.
With McCarthy's new House majority, 221 House Republicans voted this week to undo that legislation to make the ultra-wealthy and big corporations start to pay their fair share in taxes,
A change that would add $114 billion to the deficit!
INFLATION REDUCTION ACT:
The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 will tackle inflation, lower costs for American families, and reduce the deficit.
This law allows Medicare to negotiate lower drug prices for millions of seniors, saving hundreds of millions of dollars, and lowers health insurance costs for 13 million Americans by an average of $800 a year, under the Affordable Care Act.
The law caps seniors’ Medicare out-of-pocket expenses for prescription drugs at $2,000 a year.
The law will improve our energy security and tackle our climate crisis – by providing tax credits and investments for energy projects, and creating thousands of new jobs and helping lower energy costs in the future.
The law will reduce the deficit beyond the record setting $1.7 trillion deficit reduction this year, which will help fight inflation as well.
And will pay for all of this by requiring big corporations to pay their fair share of taxes.
The Virginia Health Department will receive $46 million in federal funding to replace lead water lines throughout the state, in an effort to fight contamination in the commonwealth’s drinking water.
Virginia will receive Hundreds of Millions to improve roads and rail service.
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The FCDC is responsible for recruiting, nominating and assisting in the election of Democrats to the local governing body, to the Virginia General Assembly, the statewide offices of Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General, the upper and lower houses of the U.S. Congress, and the offices of U.S. President and Vice President.
The FCDC engages Fauquier County communities before and during elections to share democratic policies with our neighbors. We make phone calls, knock doors, and host fundraisers and watch parties to win elections. Click here for Volunteer Opportunity.
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