Republican super PACs are using an outdated Congressional Budget Office estimate to falsely claim in TV ads that Democrats voted to raise taxes by $20 billion on “lower- and middle-income families.”
Person: Mitch McConnell
Democrats Misleadingly Claim ‘Republicans’ Plan’ Would ‘End’ Social Security, Medicare
As part of his plan to downsize the federal government, Republican Sen. Rick Scott says he wants all federal legislation to “sunset” in five years, and “[i]f a law is worth keeping, Congress can pass it again.” Well, Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid were all created by legislation. And now Democrats are saying Republicans want to end those programs.
Republicans Mischaracterize Proposed Financial Reporting Requirement
To help detect unreported income and narrow the gap between federal taxes collected and owed, the Biden administration has proposed expanding annual reporting requirements for banks and other financial institutions to include the total amounts of money flowing in and out of all business and personal accounts worth at least $600.
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Kentucky Attorney General Is Not Related to Mitch McConnell
Dueling Ads in the Kentucky Senate Race
Ditch Fund
A Democratic PAC dedicated to defeating Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
Senate Leadership Fund
A Republican super PAC that was established in 2015 by allies of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
False and Misleading Claims at Impeachment Trial
Trump’s Inaccurate Claims About His ‘Perfect’ Call
President Trump’s request that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky investigate Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and his son, Hunter, has triggered an impeachment inquiry. Since then, the president has made a series of inaccurate claims about his phone call with Zelensky, which he calls “perfect.”