Trump backs off as budget pact nears
April 27, 2017
Lawmakers are nearing agreement on sweeping spending legislation to keep the lights on in government, after the White House backed off a threat to withhold
Trump demands funds for border wall
April 21, 2017
Money for the wall President Donald Trump wants to build along the U.S. border with Mexico must be part of the massive spending bill Congress
McConnell dumps on Trump’s budget
March 22, 2017
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday shot down prospects for major parts of President Donald Trump’s budget, rejecting proposed cuts to foreign aid and
Even Republicans hate their own health plan
March 18, 2017
Republicans intent on scrapping Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act have a budget problem. As it turns out, repealing and replacing the law they hate so
Trump budget cuts vital agencies
March 16, 2017
President Donald Trump unveiled a $1.15 trillion budget on Thursday, a far-reaching overhaul of federal government spending that slashes many domestic programs to finance a
Can Congress Replace Obamacare?
January 14, 2017
Republicans have won a gateway victory in Congress in their seven-year trek toward scuttling President Barack Obama’s health care law. Now with Donald Trump a
GOP-led House misses another deadline
April 15, 2016
House Republicans are departing Washington having missed a deadline to pass their long-stalled budget and not appearing to be trying very hard to revive it.
Ryan: ‘no way’ to Presidential nomination
April 13, 2016
House Speaker Paul Ryan’s national stature is such that he had to call a news conference to deny he wants to be president. Back on
GOP caters to right wing with budget cuts
April 5, 2016
Trying to win over conservatives, House Republicans are sweetening their budget proposal by putting several programs on the chopping block, including President Barack Obama’s health
Tax breaks, special interests in budget deal
December 18, 2015
The House and Senate are rushing to send President Barack Obama a massive budget package that would fund the entire government through September 2016 and
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