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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks with reporters following a closed-door caucus lunch, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP senators warn Schumer-Manchin spending bill with spur inflation

Republican senators are speaking out against the Schumer-Manchin reconciliation bill, while asserting that it’s an “inflation machine” that will only hurt the economy further. One America’s John Hines caught up with several lawmakers and has more from Capitol Hill.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks with reporters following a closed-door caucus lunch, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 22, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Sen. McConnell slams Democrats over reconciliation bill push

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said it’s as if Democrats are trying to make “absolutely sure” the nation falls into a recession. In a Senate floor speech Monday, the Kentucky lawmaker accused Democrats of wanting to redesign the economy along purely partisan lines through reconciliation.