Senator Mike Braun

Senator Mike Braun @SenatorBraun

D.C.'s spending spree is a debt and inflation bomb. https://t.co/s8DZHbDljc — PolitiTweet.org

Senator Mike Braun @SenatorBraun

RT @cvpayne: Market Lower Amazon Misses Savings Dip Fed Guessing Game Congress Scrambles Investors Mischaracterized Best Retailer Ideas @Co… — PolitiTweet.org

Senator Mike Braun @SenatorBraun

RT @elwasson: Braun outlines problems with infrastructure payfors https://t.co/A6Wzvpu9zg — PolitiTweet.org

Senator Mike Braun @SenatorBraun

RT @poetrypainter: Must read. https://t.co/ejLcpv1vSC — PolitiTweet.org

Senator Mike Braun @SenatorBraun

RT @CShadegg: I wish more members would do this. Great thread from @SenatorBraun walking through the pay-fors, or lack of, in the bipartisa… — PolitiTweet.org

Senator Mike Braun @SenatorBraun

Caruso’s in Angola can’t get people to work because Indiana was forced to continue extra federal government money that pays people not to work. https://t.co/ClmmP2FZzL — PolitiTweet.org

Senator Mike Braun @SenatorBraun

RT @AFPhq: Thank you @SenatorBraun, for taking a principled stand against the reckless so-called infrastructure framework! https://t.co/clD… — PolitiTweet.org

Senator Mike Braun @SenatorBraun

RT @nanswift: .@SenatorBraun lays out the facts when it comes to emergency spending - that we need! - and the broken budget process that le… — PolitiTweet.org

Senator Mike Braun @SenatorBraun

The CDC is losing credibility. They need to be transparent on what led to their counter-productive decision on mask wearing. I joined @SenRubioPress's bill. https://t.co/3VH7BRHtBW — PolitiTweet.org

Senator Mike Braun @SenatorBraun

"Despite the bipartisan compromise, some Republicans criticized the package over its cost. "'Emergencies arise, and the biggest threat to dealing with them, in my opinion, is fiscal irresponsibility in D.C.'" https://t.co/YT0v3BYWuR — PolitiTweet.org

Senator Mike Braun @SenatorBraun

Even if these rosy CBO estimates are accurate, that still leaves us a day late and several hundred billion dollars short. The bipartisan infrastructure bill is NOT paid for. — PolitiTweet.org

Senator Mike Braun @SenatorBraun

This $550 billion of spending is on top of the baseline which already isn't paid for. The Highway Reauthorization has a $100B deficit. Real pay-fors in this bill (future spectrum auctions, Bitcoin tax, GSE fees, and a Superfund tax) should be used to cover that shortfall. — PolitiTweet.org

Senator Mike Braun @SenatorBraun

9. CLAIM: $2.9 billion interest rate smoothing options for defined benefit pension plans FACT: Interest rate smoothing is a creative accounting gimmick that rears its head in Washington every few years. It was a gimmick then, it's a gimmick now. — PolitiTweet.org

Senator Mike Braun @SenatorBraun

8. CLAIM: $3 billion in savings from reducing Medicare spending on discarded medications FACT: $2.8 billion is estimate of Medicare drugs thrown away every year due to single use vials. Setting aside concerns about safety, this dollar amount will certainly not reach $3 billion. — PolitiTweet.org

Senator Mike Braun @SenatorBraun

7. CLAIM: $6 billion in sales from Strategic Petroleum Reserve. FACT: This is liquidating an asset we previously paid for, and we will have to pay to replace. — PolitiTweet.org

Senator Mike Braun @SenatorBraun

6. CLAIM: $8.7 billion from mandatory sequester. FACT: Wishful thinking. These "mandatory" sequesters never get done because D.C. doesn't follow any of our own budget rules. — PolitiTweet.org

Senator Mike Braun @SenatorBraun

5. CLAIM: $56 billion in economic growth I'm glad CBO is using dynamic scoring to take into account economic effects, which they should have done on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Tax cuts create far more growth in the economy than federal spending. This is a rosy estimate at best. — PolitiTweet.org

Senator Mike Braun @SenatorBraun

4. CLAIM: $53 billion from states returning unused federal enhanced unemployment benefits. FACT: Repurposing unused COVID relief funds we borrowed in the first place is not a real pay-for. — PolitiTweet.org

Senator Mike Braun @SenatorBraun

3. CLAIM: $49 billion in savings from delaying the Medicare Part D rebate rule. FACT: Raising drug prices on seniors is not a pay-for, it's wrong. — PolitiTweet.org

Senator Mike Braun @SenatorBraun

2. CLAIM: Funding from recouping fraudulent enhanced federal unemployment payments. FACT: Just like the "tax-gap," estimates for how much fraudulent UI was paid and how much can be recouped is conjecture. Repurposing money the federal government previously wasted doesn't count. — PolitiTweet.org

Senator Mike Braun @SenatorBraun

1. CLAIM: $205 billion from repurposing unused COVID relief funds. FACT: We should be repurposing COVID relief funds, but reshuffling money we borrowed in the first place doesn't count as a pay-for. — PolitiTweet.org

Senator Mike Braun @SenatorBraun

Infrastructure investment is great when it's paid for. This bipartisan infrastructure package's pay-fors are either completely phony or don't quite cut the mustard. Thread: — PolitiTweet.org

Senator Mike Braun @SenatorBraun

Rather than funding infrastructure investment with real pay-fors like we did in Indiana, Congress would rather put it on the credit card. @VarneyCo https://t.co/9mESEAj3jJ — PolitiTweet.org

Senator Mike Braun @SenatorBraun

We need to pay our Capitol Police, repay our National Guard, and protect our allies who kept our troops safe. And we will. But our broken spending process is our biggest threat to dealing with these important emergencies. I raised a point of order today to speak up about it. https://t.co/XJuDr8Wbcd — PolitiTweet.org

Senator Mike Braun @SenatorBraun

This process stinks, and it's driving us deeper in debt. https://t.co/kkk4nJullF — PolitiTweet.org

Senator Mike Braun @SenatorBraun

Democrats are trying to replace the functional economy with the federal government. @BrianBrenberg https://t.co/NAvSBGCij4 — PolitiTweet.org

Senator Mike Braun @SenatorBraun

"Indiana Senator Mike Braun is not backing the bill — saying even though there are infrastructure needs across the U.S. — Congress needs to stop spending money it doesn’t have." https://t.co/B0Q7pnNLfS — PolitiTweet.org

Senator Mike Braun @SenatorBraun

Caruso's in Angola can't get people to work because Indiana was forced to continue extra federal government money that pays people not to work. "It really impacts your business to a level that's not sustainable as far as labor costs." @BillHemmer @DanaPerino @americasnewsroom https://t.co/D2YMXvOclN — PolitiTweet.org

Senator Mike Braun @SenatorBraun

RT @SenateGOP: RECKLESS. This is the only way to describe the Democrats’ tax and spending spree. https://t.co/t0xBAIU2fm — PolitiTweet.org

Senator Mike Braun @SenatorBraun

We don't need a repeat of the heavy-handed, damaging way government dealt with COVID restrictions before. https://t.co/iUEwfunPXy — PolitiTweet.org