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Checked by Washington Post19 Jan 2023United States
Kevin McCarthy, House Speaker (R-Calif.)

“Just in the last four years that Democrats were in the majority, they increased discretionary spending by 30 percent. When Republicans were in the majority for the eight years prior, they didn’t increase it by $1.”

Washington Post rated this: Three Pinocchios

Washington Post says: McCarthy is relying on a technicality here but he is ignoring what Republican leaders actually did when they controlled Congress.