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🗓️ 29 July 2021
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Democrats are trying to push both a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill and a $3.5 trillion reconciliation package through Congress.
While the former provides funding for traditional infrastructure, such as roads and bridges, the larger latter package provides trillions of dollars for a laundry list of left-wing priorities, Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., says.
“They have fudged on other numbers within it, so it's probably more like [a] $5.5 trillion [bill],” Lummis says of the larger spending package. “It is the Green New Deal. It is new entitlement programs, and it really is a terrifying, inflation-causing, big government-motivated spending bill.”
If the American government does not stop spending at such a rampant pace, the “best-case scenario is that our dollars will go less far,” Lummis says, adding that the “worst-case scenario is that we put the dollar at risk as the world reserve currency.”
Lummis joins the show to explain what you need to know about the two spending bills. She also share a bit about her journey to public office and what it’s like to be the first female senator from Wyoming.
Also on today's show, Doug Blair talks with Tom Jones, co-founder of American Accountability Foundation. They discuss President Biden's radical cabinet nominees and wasteful government spending.
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0:00.0 | This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Thursday, July 29th. |
0:09.3 | I'm Regent Elgida. |
0:10.3 | And I'm Virginia Allen. |
0:11.9 | Congress continues to debate over the $3.5 trillion spending bill. |
0:17.0 | Wyoming Senator Cynthia Lumbas joins the show today to break down what you need to know |
0:22.2 | about the left's large spending package and the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill. |
0:28.8 | She also shares a bit about her journey into public office and what it's like being |
0:33.3 | Wyoming's first female senator. |
0:36.4 | Don't forget, if you're enjoying this podcast, please be sure to leave a review or a five-star |
0:40.5 | rating on Apple Podcasts and encourage others to subscribe. |
0:44.1 | And now onto today's top news. |
0:53.4 | About 50,000 illegal immigrants who crossed into the United States illegally have been released |
0:58.3 | into the country without a court date, according to an exclusive report from Axios. |
1:03.2 | Although illegal immigrants are told to report to an immigration and customs enforcement |
1:07.1 | office instead, just 13% have shown up so far Axios reported. |
1:12.8 | This group from Axios notes that it's unprecedented for agents to release migrants without an |
1:17.7 | official notice to appear in court. |
1:20.4 | Where it has occurred recently, migrants have instead been given a list of addresses |
1:23.8 | and contacts for ICE offices across the country and told report to one of them. |
1:29.0 | Republican and Democrat senators have reached an agreement on the $1.2 trillion infrastructure |
1:34.2 | bill. |
1:35.2 | After weeks of debate, Senate Republicans say they are ready to hold a procedural vote |
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