“When the Republicans were in power the last time for eight years, do you know how much discretionary spending increased in those eight years? Zero.”
What PolitiFact found
The increase in discretionary spending was close to zero when measured by “outlays,” or actual federal dollars out the door during a given year, but not for the spending approved in a given year for all future years.
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In short
Kevin McCarthy (House Speaker) made this claim around 10 January 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 18 January 2023, 8 days later. Its rating was “Half True”.
Kevin McCarthy has 34 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 20 of them false or fake, 9 misleading or mixed and 1 true.
Where the claim appeared
- YouTube videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ct1nqt0Mx0c
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