copenlu/druid huggingface dataset:
Claim: “This year, it's going to be over $1.5 trillion (that we’ve) reduced the debt." (Joe Biden, 2022-09-18)
Evidence (2011-08-04): Tuesday’s budget compromise creates a joint committee of Congress, which you might have seen referred to as the "super committee." This committee is responsible for developing a bipartisan plan for reducing our deficit by $1.5 trillion over the next 10 years. (That’s on top of about $1 trillion from the down payment that was included in the first phase of the deal.) [...] A: Everything. The joint committee has no restrictions on where it can find ways to reduce our deficit. It can eliminate tax loopholes, just like it can cut spending. President Obama believes that the committee should listen to the vast majority of Americans who support a balanced approach that includes revenue. Q: The first round of deficit reduction was made up entirely of spending cuts. Will the second round be as well?
Claim: “This year, it's going to be over $1.5 trillion (that we’ve) reduced the debt." (Joe Biden, 2022-09-18)
Evidence (2013-01-08): All these direct programmatic spending cuts also have a secondary spending effect on the budget deficit. Reducing the deficit—either through spending cuts or revenue increases—allows the federal government to incur less debt, which in turn means that there will be less interest to pay back to lenders. In this case, that $1.5 trillion in spending cuts will also result in about $200 billion in reduced spending on interest payments. [...] So where does all this deficit reduction leave us? Since the start of fiscal year 2011, Congress and the president have cut about $1.5 trillion in programmatic spending, raised about $630 billion in new revenue, and generated about $300 billion in interest savings, for a combined total of more than $2.4 trillion in deficit reduction. The result is a substantial cut in how much publicly held debt the country is expected to hold 10 years from now. Instead of reaching nearly 93 percent of GDP, debt is now projected to total about 83 percent of GDP—fully 10 points lower. And while that won’t be enough to finally put the budget onto sustainable footing, it is a massive improvement. In fact, it’s about two-thirds of the way toward stabilizing the debt-to-GDP ratio.
Claim: “This year, it's going to be over $1.5 trillion (that we’ve) reduced the debt." (Joe Biden, 2022-09-18)
Evidence (2022-08-26): But we’ve chosen a different path: forward, the future, unity, hope, and optimism. (Applause.) I mean it sincerely. We choose to build a better America. [...] We’ve done all this, but then our critics say "inflation." You mean the global inflation caused by the worldwide pandemic and Putin’s war in Ukraine? [...] Well, guess what we did?. We’ve reduced the deficit. (Applause.) The Inflation Reduction Act lowers the deficit by $300 billion over the next 10 years. (Applause.) And that’s on top of the $350 billion I reduced the deficit last year and the $1.5 trillion dollars reducing it this year. (Applause.)
Claim: “This year, it's going to be over $1.5 trillion (that we’ve) reduced the debt." (Joe Biden, 2022-09-18)
Evidence (2024-01-01): Set a goal to mobilize $1.5 trillion by 2030 – $1 trillion for climate projects and $500 billion for social development
Claim: “This year, it's going to be over $1.5 trillion (that we’ve) reduced the debt." (Joe Biden, 2022-09-18)
Evidence (2024-04-11): In May of 2022, the FOMC laid out its plan for reducing the size of the balance sheet.5 The execution of that plan is proceeding as we had envisioned, with securities holdings decreasing and take-up at the overnight reverse repurchase facility declining. Federal Reserve staff continue to monitor several indicators of abundance of reserves, and they all signal that the current level of reserves remains safely far above the level consistent with the FOMC’s ample reserves regime.6 We’ve so far reduced the size of our balance sheet by about $1.5 trillion. The next step in the execution of the plan will be to slow the pace of decline in our securities holdings.
Claim: “This year, it's going to be over $1.5 trillion (that we’ve) reduced the debt." (Joe Biden, 2022-09-18)
Evidence (2024-06-20): In addition, amid recession fears and tighter bank lending, private credit offers borrowers pricing certainty and speed, which has helped fuel the market’s growth in recent years. The size of the private credit market at the start of 2024 was approximately $1.5 trillion, compared to approximately $1 trillion in 2020, and is estimated to grow to $2.8 trillion by 2028.1
Claim: “This year, it's going to be over $1.5 trillion (that we’ve) reduced the debt." (Joe Biden, 2022-09-18)
Evidence (2023-05-11): MONTANARO: You know, Social Security and Medicare are the biggest drivers of the national debt, the more than $30 trillion in national debt. But neither party really wants to touch either one. I have to say, with Social Security, we've, you know, been through some of these negotiations and fights before. And the Social Security fixes are far easier than the Medicare ones. [...] DAVIS: So the Cassidy-King idea is that you create, essentially, an independent investment fund separate from Social Security. So the fund would bear all the risk, not the taxpayer. And yes, Congress would have to initially seed the fund. He proposes $1.5 trillion, not an insignificant amount of money, over five years, and you let it be managed by people independent from Congress so it would be sort of protected from political influence. And it exists to be invested in the market and grow over the course of literally 70 years, and the idea being that the fund would basically be able to cover up to 75% of the insolvency issues.
Claim: “This year, it's going to be over $1.5 trillion (that we’ve) reduced the debt." (Joe Biden, 2022-09-18)
Evidence (1998-05-26): As Gene mentioned a few minutes ago, the choice now is after we fix Social Security first, do we reduce the debt further or do we invest in other important national priorities. And that's a healthy debate to have. We've turned the corner. It is a very different debate than: what do we cut to balance the budget? And it doesn't mean that we don't ask the questions about the national debt. It is precisely what we should be doing after we fix Social Security first. [...] MR. SPERLING: The public-held debt in 1997 was $3.771 trillion. And for this year now it is projected to go down to $3.746.7 trillion. That's a remarkable event in our country's fiscal history to actually have a reduction in the level of publicly-held debt, and that's what having a surplus means. [...] Q Gene, the national debt number is over $5 trillion; isn't it?
Claim: “This year, it's going to be over $1.5 trillion (that we’ve) reduced the debt." (Joe Biden, 2022-09-18)
Evidence (2022-09-23): "By the way, we’ve also … reduced the deficit by $350 billion my first year. [...] "By the way, when you hear your Republican friends or anybody else tell you, ‘Boy, they’re spending a lot of money,’ guess what? We cut the budget [deficit] $350 billion last year," he said at an infrastructure event in Boston on Sept. 12. At a fundraising event in the city, Biden said: "Our Republican friends talk about, well, ‘Big Spendin’ Biden.’ Well, guess what? I lowered your deficit by $350 billion the first year and over $1 trillion this year." [...] The president is playing a rhetorical shell game. He’s trying to dazzle listeners with impressive-sounding numbers. But the reality is he’s increased the budget deficit, not reduced it.
Claim: “This year, it's going to be over $1.5 trillion (that we’ve) reduced the debt." (Joe Biden, 2022-09-18)
Evidence (2011-09-01): Under the Administration's Mid-Session Review, the gap between spending and revenues is set to persist throughout the decade with barely any change in that gap, even if potentially $1.5 trillion in savings from the Super Committee materializes. Also noteworthy is that both spending and revenues will exceed their historical averages over the past few decades of about 21 percent of GDP for spending and about 18 percent of GDP for revenues. Even if the Super Committee were to achieve its $1.5 trillion target (a target which we've shown is not up to the challenge of stabilizing and reducing our debt as a share of the economy) and the savings were allocated roughly 2/3 and 1/3 between spending and revenues, respectively, spending would still exceed 22 percent of GDP by 2021 and would be on an upward path.
Claim: “This year, it's going to be over $1.5 trillion (that we’ve) reduced the debt." (Joe Biden, 2022-09-18)
Evidence (2023-08-29): The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) – whose job it is to provide Congress with estimates for the cost of its policy decisions – predicts this year’s budget deficit will be $1.4 trillion. The budget deficit is essentially the amount that will be borrowed when Congress spends more than it takes in from taxes and other revenues. This is sort of like using credit cards to keep spending at a level that exceeds your income. CBO predicts the budget deficit will more than double to $2.85 trillion by 2033. In short, the nation’s credit card bills are adding up, and the debt is snowballing downhill. [...] As you know, when you borrow money, you almost always accumulate interest on that debt. Last year, Congress paid more than $475 billion in interest on the public debt. That amounted to more than was spent on education, transportation, or veterans services combined. Assuming no change to projected spending, in ten years, the government will spend $1.4 trillion on interest. To put this in perspective, in the last fiscal year, Congress spent approximately $1.5 trillion on all discretionary domestic and defense accounts.
Claim: “This year, it's going to be over $1.5 trillion (that we’ve) reduced the debt." (Joe Biden, 2022-09-18)
Evidence (2024-08-12): Treasury: $1.5 Trillion Deficit in First 10 Months of Fiscal Year The United States borrowed $1.5 trillion in the first ten months of fiscal year 2024, including $244 billion in July, according to the latest Monthly Treasury Statement from the Treasury Department. [...] America is sleep-borrowing $5 billion a day. Despite the number of warnings about our fiscal health, the message continues falling on deaf ears. Our elected officials have slept through so many alarm bells that we’ve racked up over $1.5 trillion in deficits this year, and the interest on our debt alone is more than we spend on national defense.
Claim: “This year, it's going to be over $1.5 trillion (that we’ve) reduced the debt." (Joe Biden, 2022-09-18)
Evidence (2023-10-04): The only place, sadly, where there’s seemingly bipartisanship would be on the dereliction on budget. Most avoid the tough decisions that have taken us to annual trillion dollar deficits, which now baseline at 1.5 trillion. We were 18 trillion in debt when I got here and are now at 30 trillion. Biden put a budget out that no one, including Republicans, even seemed to shrug their shoulders over. That’s the thing that’s most bothersome to me, being from a place like Indiana, which runs a much different operation with a rainy day fund, cash reserves, budget, regular order process, and a good product each year that doesn’t have to borrow money to finance what you’re spending. [...] For instance, in February of this year—four months after we should’ve had the budget done—we finally agreed behind closed doors to increase spending for both defense and discretionary domestic by 6.2%. That was terrible—the economy was so distorted that it was hard to figure out what was real growth and what wasn’t. That is how we went from $18 trillion to $30 trillion in debt.
Claim: “This year, it's going to be over $1.5 trillion (that we’ve) reduced the debt." (Joe Biden, 2022-09-18)
Evidence (2021-10-04): In four years, they incur- — they incurred nearly $8 trillion. In four years, $8 trillion in additional debt and bills we have to now pay off. That’s more than a quarter of the entire debt incurred now outstanding after more than 200 years. And Republicans in Congress raised the debt three times when Donald Trump was President, and each time with Democrat support. But now they won’t raise it even though they are responsible for more than $8 trillion in bills incurred in four years under the previous administration. That’s what we’d be paying off. [...] Q Regarding your Build Back Better agenda, we know the topline figure from Senator Manchin is $1.5 trillion. Senator Kyrsten Sinema has yet to really give that number where she’s willing to go to go or how high she’s willing to go. But she says she’s negotiating in good faith with the White House. What is her figure?
Claim: “This year, it's going to be over $1.5 trillion (that we’ve) reduced the debt." (Joe Biden, 2022-09-18)
Evidence (2024-03-07): "We’ve already cut the federal deficit – we’ve already cut the federal deficit of over $1 trillion," he said. [...] The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office projects that the deficit will decline slightly in fiscal 2024, to about $1.5 trillion. Regardless, all of the Biden-era deficits are among the biggest in US history. Factors out of a president’s control, like interest rates hikes, have played a role in keeping deficits high under Biden. And Biden has signed some deficit-fighting bills; his signature Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 is expected to bring down deficits by a total of more than $230 billion over a decade, while the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 is expected to cut a cumulative $1.5 trillion from federal deficits over a decade.
Claim: "Kamala just launched her presidential campaign on RuPaul's Drag Race." (Social media posts, 2024-07-25)
Evidence (2024-07-25): Several news outlets reported Vice President Kamala Harris’ appearance on "RuPaul’s Drag Race" was recorded weeks before she announced she was running for president. Harris launched her presidential campaign at an event in Wilmington, Delaware.
Claim: "Kamala just launched her presidential campaign on RuPaul's Drag Race." (Social media posts, 2024-07-25)
Evidence (2024-09-09): It's official: The grand finale of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 9 features a special appearance from Vice President Kamala Harris, now the presumptive Democratic nominee for president after President Joe Biden exited the presidential race on Sunday. Harris kicks off the All Stars 9 finale with a segment encouraging Drag Race fans to make their voices heard and cast their vote in the 2024 elections. For this segment, the vice president is joined by Michelle Visage, Jamal Sims, Lance Bass, Leslie Jones, and Cheyenne Jackson. [...] "Hi, everyone. It's Kamala Harris! Each day, we're seeing our rights and freedoms under attack, including the right of everyone to be who they are, love who they love, openly and with pride. So, as we fight back against these attacks, let's all remember: no one is alone. We are all in this together, and your vote is your power. So please make sure your voice is heard this November and register to vote at vote.gov."
Claim: "Kamala just launched her presidential campaign on RuPaul's Drag Race." (Social media posts, 2024-07-25)
Evidence (2024-07-26): Harris makes a pre-taped appearance on ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars’ to urge Americans to vote WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris crashed the season finale of "RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars," urging Americans to vote in an appearance that was taped before President Joe Biden dropped his reelection bid. [...] The scene cuts to the Democratic vice president smiling broadly and saying into the camera, "Hi, everyone. It’s Kamala Harris. Each day, we’re seeing our rights and freedoms under attack, including the right of everyone to be who they are, love who they love — openly and with pride."
Claim: "Kamala just launched her presidential campaign on RuPaul's Drag Race." (Social media posts, 2024-07-25)
Evidence (2024-07-26): Kamala Harris makes her guest-star appearance days after announcing her candidacy to become the Democratic presidential nominee. You think you just fell out of a coconut tree? Nope, you read it right -- Kamala Harris is making history on the RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars season 9 finale as the first sitting Vice President to appear on RuPaul's Drag Race. [...] "Hi everyone, it's Kamala Harris. Each day, we're seeing our rights and freedoms under attack, including the right of everyone to be who they are, love who they love -- openly and with pride," said Harris during her appearance, which is set to air Friday night, sitting alongside judge Michelle Visage, pop star Lance Bass, actor Cheyenne Jackson, choreographer Jamal Sims and actress Leslie Jones.
Claim: "Kamala just launched her presidential campaign on RuPaul's Drag Race." (Social media posts, 2024-07-25)
Evidence (2024-07-25): Kamala Harris makes surprise appearance on ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ finale Kamala Harris — who made history this week as the first Black female to become a presumptive presidential candidate — has done it once again, courtesy of "RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars." [...] Taped weeks before she announced her bid for the presidency on Sunday, the episode began streaming Friday on Paramount+.
Claim: "Kamala just launched her presidential campaign on RuPaul's Drag Race." (Social media posts, 2024-07-25)
Evidence (2024-07-26): Vice President Kamala Harris crashed the season finale of "RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars," urging Americans to vote in an appearance that was taped before President Joe Biden dropped his reelection bid. [...] The scene cuts to the Democratic vice president smiling broadly and saying into the camera, "Hi, everyone. It’s Kamala Harris. Each day, we’re seeing our rights and freedoms under attack, including the right of everyone to be who they are, love who they love — openly and with pride."
Claim: "Kamala just launched her presidential campaign on RuPaul's Drag Race." (Social media posts, 2024-07-25)
Evidence (2024-07-25): Kamala Harris Makes Surprise Appearance on ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Vice President Kamala Harris will appear at the start of the Season 9 finale of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars on Friday, July 26, with an important message for viewers. "Each day we are seeing our rights and freedoms under attack, including the right of everyone to be who they are, love who they love, openly and with pride," she says in an early clip from the episode. "So as we fight back against these attacks, let’s all remember no one is alone. We are all in this together, and your vote is your power. So please make sure your voice is heard this November, and register to vote."
Claim: "Kamala just launched her presidential campaign on RuPaul's Drag Race." (Social media posts, 2024-07-25)
Evidence (2024-09-25): Vice President Kamala Harris made an appearance on Friday’s season finale of RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars, addressing viewers in a prerecorded message. Less than a week after announcing her 2024 presidential bid—shortly after President Joe Biden dropped out of the race—the presumptive Democratic nominee showed up in a clip on the beloved reality show to remind viewers about the importance of voting. [...] In the six days since she announced her run for president, Harris has proved her memeability is one of her political strengths. Between her "coconut tree" speech and her embrace of Charli XCX’s Brat summer, she has commanded attention online, especially from young voters. Her Drag Race appearance seems to be on the same wavelength, driving some much-needed momentum for the Democratic Party.
Claim: "Kamala just launched her presidential campaign on RuPaul's Drag Race." (Social media posts, 2024-07-25)
Evidence (2024-07-25): Vice President Kamala Harris‘ eventful week just got a little busier. Harris — who, in the wake of President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the 2024 presidential election, may become the Democratic Party’s nominee — will stop by the RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Season 9 finale on Friday, encouraging viewers to vote in the upcoming election this fall. [...] "My very first decision as the party nominee in 2020 was to pick Kamala Harris as my Vice President. And it’s been the best decision I’ve made," he wrote. "Today I want to offer my full support and endorsement for Kamala to be the nominee of our party this year. Democrats — it’s time to come together and beat Trump. Let’s do this."
Claim: "Kamala just launched her presidential campaign on RuPaul's Drag Race." (Social media posts, 2024-07-25)
Evidence (2024-07-25): "RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars" ends its ninth season on Friday, but not without a PSA from a VIP: Vice President Kamala Harris. [...] "Drag Race" has even seen multiple contestants impersonate former President Donald Trump. "Drag Race UK" winner The Vivienne ran away with the coveted Snatch Game challenge with her textured impersonation of Trump. And on Season 11, the queens performed "Trump: The Musical," which skewered the former president’s family and political allies. Though the tone of the series leans toward silly and heartfelt, "Drag Race" does not shy away from politics. Most episodes of "Drag Race" end with the queens on the runway, hoisting signs with phrases like "You better vote!" with the vote.gov link, through which users can register to vote. Previous seasons have included faux political debates and nods to policies like "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell."
Claim: "Kamala just launched her presidential campaign on RuPaul's Drag Race." (Social media posts, 2024-07-25)
Evidence (2024-07-25): TV Kamala Harris makes history on All Stars 9 as first sitting Vice President to appear on RuPaul's Drag Race Harris will guest-star on Friday's "All Stars 9" finale, days after announcing her candidacy to become the Democratic presidential nominee. By Joey Nolfi Joey Nolfi Entertainment Weekly's Oscars expert, 'RuPaul's Drag Race' beat reporter, host of 'Quick Drag' Twitter Spaces, and cohost of 'EW's BINGE' podcast. Almost all of the drag content on this site is my fault (you're welcome). EW's editorial guidelines Published on July 25, 2024 01:00PM EDT Vice President Kamala Harris is turning the RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 9 finale into an important campaign stop with Mama RuPaul — and making her-story in the process. The 59-year-old political figure — endorsed by President Joe Biden as his preferred successor on the Democratic ticket in the upcoming 2024 presidential election — will have a special guest appearance during Friday's All Stars 9 finale, making her the first-ever sitting V.P. to ever sashay into the RuPaul's Drag Race Werk Room. "Hi everyone, it's Kamala Harris.
Claim: "Kamala just launched her presidential campaign on RuPaul's Drag Race." (Social media posts, 2024-07-25)
Evidence (2024-07-25): You better vote: Kamala Harris appears on RuPaul’s Drag Race with election message Kamala Harris used her appearance on RuPaul's Drag Race to encourage the public to register to vote ahead of the 2024 presidential election.
Claim: "Kamala just launched her presidential campaign on RuPaul's Drag Race." (Social media posts, 2024-07-25)
Evidence (2024-07-25): Kamala Harris Makes Surprise Cameo on ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars’ Finale (VIDEO) Vice President Kamala Harris will make a guest appearance on the season finale of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars on Friday, July 26 to urge viewers to go out and register to vote. Drag Race released a video of Harris from the Werk Room on Thursday, July 25. The cameo was filmed before Joe Biden stepped down from his reelection campaign and endorsed Harris as his replacement. Appearing in the video with the now presidential candidate are Drag Race judge Michelle Visage and TV stars Leslie Jones, Cheyenne Jackson, NSYNC alum Lance Bass, and Emmy-nominated choreographer Jamal Sims.