PENNSYLVANIA, USA — Republican Senate Nominee Dave McCormick and Pennsylvania U.S. Senator Bob Casey have not held back during their Senate campaigns. We’re hearing from each of them one final time before election day.
As millions of Americans struggle to make ends meet, addressing inflation remains at the top of both candidates' minds.
"We gotta have a pro-growth economy that is able to pay down the debt and also is based on reducing regulations which are standing in the way of business growth and then we’ve gotta unlock energy," McCormick said.
"We’ve gotta put pressure on companies when they go into the boardroom and say the price of cereal or Coca-Cola or toilet paper let’s just jack it up well beyond their cost they think twice about it," Casey said.
Though the two stand on opposite sides of the political spectrum, there are some overlaps in the way they intend to relieve the burden on American families.
"I’d probably triple the child tax credit," McCormick said. "I’d put a daycare tax exemption for $10,000 and I’d have a tax exemption for fertility treatment, IVF."
"Give them a real middle-class tax cut," Casey said. "Not $500, but a couple thousand bucks at least and provide a generous child tax credit so people have resources in their pocket."
Both love discussing taxes but have different views on how our money should be used.
"When I voted for the American rescue legislation, I knew that the cities like Lancaster, but even small rural towns or townships and needed money," Casey said.
"Democrats and Republicans alike have been spending too much money for 20 years, but it’s been like a hockey stick under Biden Harris and I say Casey because Casey voted 100% for all the spending bills," McCormick said.
Each candidate intends to address the situation at the U.S. Southern Border with Mexico, both speaking on the flow of illicit drugs and migrants.
"My opponent talks all the time about border security and stopping fentanyl," Casey said. "Then you say to them, 'Why didn’t you support the bill?'"
"The Lankford bill was not a border security bill," McCormick argued. "It was an expediting of amnesty bill."
Both believe they are the man for the job.
"I’m gonna be on the side of folks that are going to work every day and trying to make ends meet," Casey declared. "He’s going to be a candidate who’s already told people his plan is to go to the Senate and vote for the big tax cut for corporations and billionaires."
"This guy is out of touch with Pennsylvania," McCormick said. "We need change and if I’m fortunate enough to be elected, I’ll be the person that brings change to Pennsylvania and to Washington. Bob Casey’s not done that."
At one point earlier this year, polling showed Casey had a ten-point lead in this race, but that margin has been steadily shrinking.
Voters will have the final say on Tuesday, Nov. 5.