Sen. John Kennedy told Fox News this past Sunday that Congress should move quickly to pass another reconciliation bill to tackle the affordability crisis that is crushing American families. He argued the Senate can and should use the vehicle to force accountable, meaningful change instead of playing political games while everyday people suffer.
Kennedy’s point is straightforward: don’t lecture taxpayers about compassion while refusing to fix broken policies that drive up costs. For years he’s been calling out wasteful spending and pushing for real rescissions and reforms so Washington stops treating the budget like an endless ATM.
When the conversation turned to Obamacare subsidies, Kennedy made clear that handing out open-ended checks is not the answer — it only props up a failed system and rewards the status quo. Conservatives should seize this moment to propose market-driven alternatives that lower premiums and expand choice, not expand dependency on oversized federal programs.
Let’s be blunt: Democrats weaponize subsidies and spending to buy political loyalty while ignoring the inflation and debt they stoke. Kennedy has repeatedly warned that unless Washington gets serious about cutting waste and reining in spending, the bill will come due for working Americans who are paying higher prices for everything from groceries to gas.
Kennedy’s colorful promise to “chase them like they stole Christmas” is more than a soundbite — it’s a promise that someone in Washington finally intends to hold the bureaucracy and the political class accountable. Voters are tired of opaque politics and half-measures; they want results, and they want leaders who will fight for them with equal parts principle and fire.
If Republicans have the spine Kennedy and other conservatives are demanding, reconciliation is the tool to deliver relief, not rhetoric. It’s time to stop the spending theater and pass targeted, pro-growth reforms that restore fiscal sanity and put power — and money — back in the hands of the American people.
