Highlights From House Rules Committee Hearing

Aug 24, 2021 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    18% Somewhat Conservative

  • Reliability

    N/AN/A

  • Policy Leaning

    28% Moderately Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    92% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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  •   Conservative
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"Smith argued that this goes against the notion that the bill would not raise taxes on average Americans, saying that Inflation is a direct tax on every American."
Negative
-20% Liberal
"He listed several primary examples: the lack of Republican cooperation on the Affordable Care Act during the Obama administration, and the lack of Republican cooperation on the Jan. 6th commission to investigate the alleged insurrection during the Stop the Steal rally that day."
Negative
-34% Liberal
"Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) argued that H. 4 was a federal power grab."
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0% Conservative
"Under Biden, he continued, the government asks What do we need to do for the American people?"
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-2% Liberal
"A major concern for committee Republicans was the attempt by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to tie the infrastructure bill and budget resolution together."
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-4% Liberal
"He praised the Biden administration for having changed the way we think about government."
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-6% Liberal
"The chairman of the committee, Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) said that Democrats were tired of the [Republican] talking point that 'we look forward to working with you' because [they] don't."
Negative
-6% Liberal
"Rep. John Yarmuth (D-Ky.), the sponsor for the budget resolution in the House, said that Congress must act quickly [to pass the resolution] because America caot wait any longer."
Negative
-8% Liberal
"Rep. Jason Smith (R-Mo.) said that Democrats abused the budget process and wanted only to conjure up a way to use 51 votes in the Senate to enact a radical agenda [that] no one actually wants."
Negative
-20% Liberal
"But Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) said that the bill was necessary in the wake of an onslaught of discriminatory laws and practices that have happened since the Supreme Court's (SCOTUS) Shelby v. Holder decision."
Negative
-20% Liberal
"He also said that the Trump administration did nothing on infrastructure because Republicans in Congress refused to work with Democrats on any bills for infrastructure."
Negative
-30% Liberal
"Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.) raised concerns about the infrastructure bill."
Negative
-32% Liberal
"He listed several primary examples: the lack of Republican cooperation on the Affordable Care Act during the Obama administration, and the lack of Republican cooperation on the Jan. 6th commission to investigate the alleged insurrection during the Stop the Steal rally that day."
Negative
-26% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

40% : Smith argued that this goes against the notion that the bill would not raise taxes on average Americans, saying that "Inflation is a direct tax on every American."
33% : He listed several primary examples: the lack of Republican cooperation on the Affordable Care Act during the Obama administration, and the lack of Republican cooperation on the Jan. 6th commission to investigate the alleged "insurrection" during the "Stop the Steal" rally that day.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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