{"id":2739,"date":"2026-05-24T04:11:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T01:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/dem-whip-avoids-question-on-cutting-spending-to-lower-rates\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T04:11:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T01:11:01","slug":"dem-whip-avoids-question-on-cutting-spending-to-lower-rates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/dem-whip-avoids-question-on-cutting-spending-to-lower-rates\/","title":{"rendered":"Dem Whip Avoids Question on Cutting Spending to Lower Rates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Speaking on CNBC&#8217;s &#8220;Squawk Box&#8221; on Friday, <strong>Clark<\/strong> addressed concerns about affordability as families struggle with elevated gas prices and rising interest rates. When co-host Becky Quick pressed the Massachusetts representative on how Democrats plan to tackle these twin pressures\u2014noting that lower interest rates would typically require government spending restraint\u2014<strong>Clark<\/strong> pivoted to foreign policy as a solution.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;The fastest thing we can do to lower costs for Americans right now is end this war and get to a resolution of it, open the Strait of Hormuz, and bring those gas prices down,&#8221;<\/em> she stated.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Clark<\/strong> then illustrated the broader affordability crisis through a personal account. She recounted meeting a Phoenix mother earning $100,000 annually who nonetheless faces severe financial hardship. Despite her substantial income, the family&#8217;s situation deteriorated when her husband lost employment. Today, he sells plasma to help cover expenses including childcare, mortgage payments, and student loan obligations\u2014a sign, <strong>Clark<\/strong> suggested, of widespread economic desperation across the country.<\/p>\n<p>The congresswoman referenced a failed effort to advance a war powers resolution, attributing its withdrawal to Republican concerns about voter backlash over energy prices and military spending. She characterized the administration&#8217;s response to these domestic struggles as dismissive, suggesting policymakers have lost focus on ordinary citizens&#8217; immediate needs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:right\"><em>With information from <a href=\"https:\/\/breitbart.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Breitbart News<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Democratic Whip Katherine Clark called for ending an ongoing conflict and reopening the Strait of Hormuz to reduce gas prices and ease the affordability crisis facing American households.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":2738,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[122],"tags":[2654,2656,2655,2571,2576,280,209],"nfg_topic":[135],"class_list":["post-2739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-democratic-whip","tag-energy-costs","tag-inflation-reduction","tag-katherine-clark","tag-massachusetts","tag-strait-of-hormuz","tag-united-states","nfg_topic-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2739\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2739"},{"taxonomy":"nfg_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/nfg_topic?post=2739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}