Democracy Quote by Bernie Sanders

When Republicans used reconciliation in 2001 for the Bush tax cuts, they used it to increase the deficit. The whole purpose of reconciliation is…

— Kent Conrad

In 1996, Republicans used reconciliation to pass major legislation that ended six decades of welfare policy.

— Bernie Sanders

Welfare reform happened with reconciliation; half the Democrats voted for it. The Bush tax cuts happened with reconciliation; twelve Democratic Senators voted for it.…

— Tom Coburn

When George W. Bush became president, Republicans authorized a series of massive tax cuts that ballooned the federal deficit and worsened income equality, and…

— Neera Tanden

Republicans are not going to play I-told-you-so, but it is pretty obvious that the tax reductions passed in 2003 helped Americans dig out of…

— Marsha Blackburn

Contrary to the myth that Mr. Bush cut taxes only for the wealthy, the 2001 tax cut reduced taxes for every income-tax payer in…

— Ari Fleischer

That's an important Obama accomplishment: he raised taxes back to Bill Clinton levels, and made a major dent in inequality doing so. That's certain…

— Jonathan Chait

“Obama accused the Republicans of giving “more than $1 trillion in new tax breaks to the wealthy” and argued that it was “less about…

— Jane Mayer

In 2005, Republicans passed a 360-page reconciliation bill without a single Democratic vote that provided deep cuts to Medicaid and raised premiums on Medicare beneficiaries.

— Bernie Sanders

Even if Bush could be forgiven for taking America, and much of the rest of the world, to war on false pretenses, and for…

— Joseph Stiglitz

Bet a lot of Republicans would've preferred a deal that was $10 in spending cuts for every $1 in tax increases.

— Anonymous

In the 1980s, Democrats enthusiastically helped President Reagan pass his tax reforms, which made the tax system fairer and more efficient in addition to…

— Kayleigh McEnany