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The President’s ‘Affordability’ Speech
MSNBC - 12/15/2025 - The Weeknight - The President’s ‘Affordability’ Speech “The @GOP 's "tax giveaways for the rich...cost far more than the health tax credits for working people" they want to end.” - Andrew Bates
Dec 15, 20251 min read
Bipartisan Cost Coalition Statement Ahead of Trump's Pennsylvania Speech
Statement from Cost Coalition Advisers Terry Holt, a Republican, and Andrew Bates, a Democrat, on Trump speaking about affordability today after raising prices and calling the issue a "hoax": “The real 'hoax' is that Donald Trump and his cronies ever cared about affordability. He raised the prices he ran on lowering, and now he's about to make health care skyrocket more. Billionaires get tax breaks and drug traffickers get pardons, while everyone else picks up the tab.”
Dec 9, 20251 min read
Bipartisan, anti-Trump group carrying 2025 momentum into midterm ‘affordability’ blitz
Washington Examiner - 11/13/2025 - Bipartisan, anti-Trump group carrying 2025 momentum into midterm ‘affordability’ blitz Since Cost Coalition’s launch in May, the group appears to have made a significant impact. The group endorsed both Governors-elect Mikie Sherill (D-NJ) and Abigail Spanberger (D-VA)... Affordability messaging certainly resonated with voters last Tuesday, with exit polls consistently ranking elevated prices as the top issue this cycle.
Nov 13, 20251 min read
Bipartisan Cost Coalition Congratulates Endorsee and New Jersey Governor-elect Mikie Sherrill
The Cost Coalition endorsed Sherrill in October, as reported by Fox News . Former George W. Bush and Boehner spokesperson Terry Holt and former Biden spokesperson Andrew Bates released the following statement congratulating Sherrill: “When Washington Republicans cut off funding for the Gateway Tunnel project, Mikie Sherrill fought for New Jersey’s economy. But Jack Ciattarelli gave those policies an ‘A+.’ That’s not leadership; that’s weakness. “Mikie Sherrill is a proven
Nov 4, 20251 min read
Bipartisan Cost Coalition Congratulates Endorsee and Virginia Governor-elect Abigail Spanberger
The Cost Coalition endorsed Spanberger in October, as reported by Bloomberg News . Former George W. Bush and Boehner spokesperson Terry Holt and former Biden spokesperson Andrew Bates released the following statement congratulating Spanberger: “By actually listening to voters about their top priority - costs - Abigail Spanberger did what Washington failed to do. Spanberger put Virginians’ pocket books and Virginia’s economy above politics, standing against tariffs, unpreceden
Nov 4, 20251 min read
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