2020 State of the Union address: on Budget & Economy


Gretchen Whitmer: If economy doesn't work for working people, it doesn't work

When the president says the economy is strong, my question is, strong for whom? Strong for the wealthy who are reaping rewards from tax cuts they don't need? The American economy needs to be a different kind of strong. Michigan invented the middle class, so we know: if the economy doesn't work for working people, it just doesn't work. Who fights for working, hard-working Americans? Democrats do. In the House, Democrats passed a bill on equal pay, another bill to give 30 million Americans a raise by increasing the minimum wage, and legislation to give Medicare the power to negotiate lower drug prices. Those bills and more than 275 other bills are gathering dust on Mitch McConnell's desk. Senator McConnell, America needs you to move those bills.
Source: CNN on Democratic response to 2020 State of the Union Feb 4, 2020

Gretchen Whitmer: Kid with a shovel did more for infrastructure than GOP

Monte Scott is 13. Monte's street was covered in potholes. He got tired of waiting for them to get fixed, so he grabbed a shovel and filled them in himself. Everyone benefits when we invest in infrastructure. Congressional Democrats have presented proposals to keep us moving forward, but President Trump and the Republicans in the Senate are blocking the path. When it comes to infrastructure, Monte has tried to do more with a shovel than the Republicans have with the Oval Office and the Senate.
Source: CNN on Democratic response to 2020 State of the Union Feb 4, 2020

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Gov.Jeb Bush(FL)
Dr.Ben Carson(MD)
Gov.Chris Christie(NJ)
Sen.Ted Cruz(TX)
Carly Fiorina(CA)
Gov.Jim Gilmore(VA)
Sen.Lindsey Graham(SC)
Gov.Mike Huckabee(AR)
Gov.Bobby Jindal(LA)
Gov.John Kasich(OH)
Gov.Sarah Palin(AK)
Gov.George Pataki(NY)
Sen.Rand Paul(KY)
Gov.Rick Perry(TX)
Sen.Rob Portman(OH)
Sen.Marco Rubio(FL)
Sen.Rick Santorum(PA)
Donald Trump(NY)
Gov.Scott Walker(WI) 		Democrats:
Gov.Lincoln Chafee(RI)
Secy.Hillary Clinton(NY)
V.P.Joe Biden(DE)
Gov.Martin O`Malley(MD)
Sen.Bernie Sanders(VT)
Sen.Elizabeth Warren(MA)
Sen.Jim Webb(VA)

2016 Third Party Candidates:
Gov.Gary Johnson(L-NM)
Roseanne Barr(PF-HI)
Robert Steele(L-NY)
Dr.Jill Stein(G,MA)
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