claim: says a congressional budget office report on spending by house democrats in the economic stimulus concluded it "is just not stimulus. it won't help the economy grow."
author: eric cantor
evidence_1: nov 15, 2017 ... congressional republicans such as sen. rob portman say the tax cuts can be  viewed as a form of economic stimulus.
evidence_2: congress continues to ignore the failure of president obama's stimulus package.  learn what expert brian riedl has to say about fixing the economy.
evidence_3: feb 2, 2012 ... and the congressional budget office now projects that it will grow to more than  $16 trillion by the end of the current fiscal year on sept. ... argues that the  economic stimulus and other obama policies account for just under $1 trillion of  the debt added since he took office, while bush added $5.1 trillion in his ...
evidence_4: nov 4, 2010 ... dueling explanations for the mid-term election results. during his first two years  in office, president barack obama and his democratic allies in congress  compiled a substantial record of policy accomplishment—the economic stimulus,  bringing the financial system back from the brink of collapse, rescuing ...
evidence_5: feb 16, 2017 ... president donald trump's economic plan to cut taxes could boost growth, unless  he starts a trade war. ... “the big risk to his success is a trade war,” says douglas  holtz-eakin, the president of the american action forum and a former director of  the congressional budget office under george w. bush.