2018 TN Senate race: on Budget & Economy

Marsha Blackburn: Across-the-board federal spending cuts

Marsha Blackburn (R): Likely no. Has supported across-the-board federal spending cuts.

Phil Bredesen (D): Yes. Empower TVA to help bring rural broadband internet access "just as they did with electricity."

Q: Address debt and deficit?

Blackburn: Promote "balanced budget; cut bureaucracy," and "across-the-board spending cuts."

Bredesen: "Pay for corporate tax cuts by closing loopholes."

Bob Corker: Adding $2T to deficit was fiscally irresponsible

Corker was referring to a recent report by the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, which concluded that the vote to increase the discretionary spending caps in the recent $1.4 trillion spending package, if made permanent, would add $2 trillion to the national debt.

Corker voted against the spending bill, calling it "one of the most grotesque pieces of legislation I can remember." But in December, he voted in favor of the Republican tax reform bill after voting against an earlier version, complaining that the legislation did not do enough to address the national deficit.

James Mackler: Investment in infrastructure means jobs