{"id":191894,"date":"2021-03-05T23:15:13","date_gmt":"2021-03-06T04:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=191894"},"modified":"2021-03-05T23:15:19","modified_gmt":"2021-03-06T04:15:19","slug":"sen-ernst-on-dem-infrastructure-bill-democrats-spending-cash-like-its-monopoly-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-ernst-on-dem-infrastructure-bill-democrats-spending-cash-like-its-monopoly-money\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Ernst on Dem infrastructure bill: Democrats spending cash like its monopoly money"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsen-ernst-on-dem-infrastructure-bill-democrats-spending-cash-like-its-monopoly-money%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=191894&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2382691\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2382691\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 MARCH 05: U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) (L) speaks as Senate Minority Whip Sen. John Thune (R-SD) listens during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on March 5, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Wong\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 8:05 PM PT \u2013 Friday, March 5, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) unleashed on the price tag of Democrats\u2019 forthcoming infrastructure bill. In an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/shows\/kudlow\">Larry Kudlow<\/a> this week, the Iowa senator said Democrats are spending cash \u201clike its monopoly money.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">With a one party monopoly of Washington, Democrats are back to their old spending games.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the 1.9 trillion dollars within the Democrats\u2019 &#8220;COVID&#8221; package has absolutely nothing to do with COVID. WATCH: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aSf74vQbAw\">pic.twitter.com\/aSf74vQbAw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joni Ernst (@SenJoniErnst) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenJoniErnst\/status\/1366913149178421248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 3, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This came after analysts from Goldman Sachs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/sarahhansen\/2021\/03\/01\/bidens-infrastructure-bill-could-be-2-trillion-behemoth-heres-what-goldman-sachs-is-expecting\/?sh=51d1c8376071\">projected<\/a> that the package could cost anywhere between $2 to $4 trillion dollars. Ernst said that money will ultimately come out of taxpayer\u2019s wallets and urged her Democrat colleagues to instead focus on passing a COVID relief bill first.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2382692\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2382692\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2382692 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/AP21064637341731.jpg\" alt=\"Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, left, and Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., head to the chamber as the Senate holds a voting marathon on the Democrats' $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill that's expected to end with the chamber's approval of the measure, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, March 5, 2021. (AP Photo\/J. Scott Applewhite)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"724\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2382692\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, left, and Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., head to the chamber as the Senate holds a voting marathon on the Democrats\u2019 $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill that\u2019s expected to end with the chamber\u2019s approval of the measure, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, March 5, 2021. (AP Photo\/J. Scott Applewhite)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In the meantime, D.C. insiders have said the infrastructure bill is rumored to include more Democrat wish list items, including health care and education initiatives.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/johnson-not-seeking-3rd-term-in-2022-is-probably-my-preference\/\">Johnson: Not Seeking 3rd Term In 2022 Is Probably My Preference<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 MARCH 05: U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) (L) speaks as Senate Minority Whip Sen. 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