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Wed May 6, 2026, 02:59 PM Wednesday

'Party of Fiscal Responsibility' [View all]

Sara McGee for Texas HD 132 @SaraForTexLege
If there is ever a social phenomenon that needs to be studied, it is how the GOP has been able to hoodwink people for decades into thinking that they the party of “fiscal responsibility” when there is absolutely ZERO evidence to support that claim.

And I mean ZERO.

Jake Sherman @JakeSherman
CBO says the Senate Republicans' new reconciliation bill will increase deficits by $71.7B over the next 10 years. That's what the bill costs, so that makes sense.

https://cbo.gov/system/files/2
026-05/HSGAC-and-Judiciary-Reconciliation.pdf



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