2022 CA Senate race: on Budget & Economy


Alex Padilla: These aren't stimulus checks; they're basic survival checks

The other thing I want to be clear on is these are not stimulus checks. These are basic survival checks. Folks that don't know where the next meal is coming from, folks that don't know if, you know, they're going to be evicted at the end of the month. This $2,000 direct assistance is just survival for now, but we're going to need a lot more direct aid for many months, until we get to the other side of this pandemic.
Source: Washington Post on 2022 California Senate race Mar 23, 2021

Mark Meuser: The Federal Government needs to start balancing its budget

Mueser said the federal government could use a little more finance savvy. "The Federal Government needs to start balancing its budget like the state and businesses do, and we do at home," explained Meuser. "When the Federal Government spends money we don't have, it increases money supply which is one of the leading factors behind inflation.
Source: NBC San Diego on 2022 California Senate race May 26, 2022

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GA:Chambliss(R)
IA:Harkin(D)
MI:Levin(D)
MT:Baucus(D)
NE:Johanns(R)
OK:Coburn(R)
SD:Johnson(D)
WV:Rockefeller(D)

Resigned from 113th House:
AL-1:Jo Bonner(R)
FL-19:Trey Radel(R)
LA-5:Rod Alexander(R)
MA-5:Ed Markey(D)
MO-9:Jo Ann Emerson(R)
NC-12:Melvin Watt(D)
SC-1:Tim Scott(R) 		Retired House to run for Senate or Governor:
AR-4:Tom Cotton(R)
GA-1:Jack Kingston(R)
GA-10:Paul Broun(R)
GA-11:Phil Gingrey(R)
HI-1:Colleen Hanabusa(D)
IA-1:Bruce Braley(D)
LA-6:Bill Cassidy(R)
ME-2:Mike Michaud(D)
MI-14:Gary Peters(D)
MT-0:Steve Daines(R)
OK-5:James Lankford(R)
PA-13:Allyson Schwartz(D)
TX-36:Steve Stockman(R)
WV-2:Shelley Capito(R) 		Retired House as of Jan. 2015:
AL-6:Spencer Bachus(R)
AR-2:Tim Griffin(R)
CA-11:George Miller(D)
CA-25:Howard McKeon(R)
CA-33:Henry Waxman(D)
CA-45:John Campbell(R)
IA-3:Tom Latham(R)
MN-6:Michele Bachmann(R)
NC-6:Howard Coble(R)
NC-7:Mike McIntyre(D)
NJ-3:Jon Runyan(R)
NY-4:Carolyn McCarthy(D)
NY-21:Bill Owens(D)
PA-6:Jim Gerlach(R)
UT-4:Jim Matheson(D)
VA-8:Jim Moran(D)
VA-10:Frank Wolf(R)
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