Inflation in the United States remains high at an 8.5 percent annual rate, according to the last such report that Americans will see before they vote on Nov. 8, and congressional Republicans appear set to remind them of it every day between now and Election Day.
But even as Republican lawmakers issued a blizzard of statements and Twitter posts about the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Producer Price Index report on Oct. 12, Democrats in Congress seemed determined to talk about anything but the rising cost of living.
