Biden hits back at GOP agenda rollout
President Biden on Friday sought to dismantle the agenda proposed hours earlier by House Republican leaders should they take back the House, hitting Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) for dodging key issues and warning that a GOP majority would try to strip away fundamental rights and government programs. Biden, in remarks at a Democratic National Committee event at the National Education Association, issued a point-by-point rebuttal to the agenda unveiled by McCarthy. “We didn't hear a mention of the right to choose. We didn't hear a mention of Medicare. We didn'
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MONONGAHELA, Pa. – House Republicans avoided sore subjects like abortion, election denialism and former President Trump as they rolled out their “Commitment to America” midterm messaging and policy platform on Friday. Instead, the GOP leaned into the topics it wants on voters’ minds this fall: inflation, the border and the IRS. “On our very first bill, we're going to repeal 87,000 IRS agents,” House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said at the event, referencing language in the Inflation Reduction Act that includes $80 billion aimed at boosting the IRS workforce
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