Democratic leaders in Congress seem intent on brazenly advancing a partisan $1.9 trillion spending bill that is heavier on long-standing liberal priorities, like doubling the minimum wage and bailing out fiscally irresponsible states, than on actual COVID-19 relief.
This is not a serious proposal. A serious plan would include continued use of energy sources like clean coal, natural gas and nuclear.
Responsible U.S. companies are being forced to either sacrifice market share to global competitors or move production overseas. To reverse course, we must comprehensively reform the way the federal government taxes and regulates the American economy.
The decision to support the debt limit package, the so-called Budget Control Act, was not an easy one, but one that should be regarded as a meaningful and responsible first step on the path back to economic health.
