Budget Battles
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Inflation Eases in April, Lifting Hopes for a Soft Landing
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Biden Jacks Up Tariffs on $18 Billion in Chinese Imports
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Trump Promises New Tax Cuts for Everyone
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Biden White House Lays Out Plan for Coming Tax Showdown
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Trump Tax Cut Extension Would Cost $4.6 Trillion: CBO
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House Kills Greene Motion to Oust Speaker Johnson
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Greene Backs Off Johnson Threat, but Issues Four Demands
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Why Presidential Candidates ‘Suspend’ Their Campaigns but Don’t End Them
By Millie DentThe field of White House candidates keeps dwindling as one presidential hopeful after another pulls out of the race. Yet the candidates inevitably say they are “suspending” their campaigns, not...
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16 Tycoons Who Give the Most Campaign Cash
By Hunter Walker, Business InsiderWall Street donors are a massive source of cash for political candidates. Thanks to Crowdpac, a data firm dedicated to informing citizens about the political process , Business Insider has identified...
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Senate’s Promise to Work Fridays Is Broken by Thursday
By Rob GarverThe promise that the Senate under Republican control would work longer hours – and even Fridays – lasted exactly as long as it took for members to have to actually consider really working on Friday...
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GOP Sees Popularity Surge Ahead of Senate Takeover
By Brianna Ehley, The Fiscal TimesThis year keeps getting better and better for the GOP. After a sweeping victory in the 2014 midterm elections, Republicans are enjoying a surge of popularity as they stand poised to take control of...
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Two Incoming Senators, Two Different Approaches
By Rob GarverWhen the new Congress convenes in January, newly minted Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will have to assert control of his Republican majority. On Sunday morning, two of his Senators-elect showed...
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Budget Breakdown at GOP: Who Will Lead the Committee?
By PAUL KANE, The Washington PostJeff Sessions (R-Ala.) and Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) were elected to the Senate on the same day in 1996, but Enzi holds seniority over his longtime friend through a totally random feature of party rules:...
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The State of the American Electorate in 9 Numbers
By CHRIS CILLIZZA, The Washington PostThe best thing about elections — if you are a numbers nerd like me — is the massive amount of raw data about the American public and what they think, as well as the how and why of it. Yes, only about...
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Lame-Duck Action Could Add $1.5T to Long-Term Debt
By Eric PianinLargely under the radar screen, lawmakers are toying with ideas that could add as much as $1.5 trillion to the national debt in the coming decade. Washington is transfixed on President Obama’s new...
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Perry Might Have to Run for President While on Trial
By Eric PianinTough luck for Texas Gov. Rick Perry: While the rest of the likely GOP presidential candidates are hitting the campaign trail next year, Perry may be standing trial in Austin on government corruption...
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Obama’s ‘Nothing to Left to Lose’ Strategy: 3 Moves That Enrage the GOP
By Eric PianinBasking in the glow of the Republicans’ tidal wave election victory last week, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky raised the possibility that the GOP and President Obama could strike...
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Obama, McConnell, Boehner: Wise Up for America
By Rob Garver and Eric PianinAll eyes will be on the White House Friday afternoon as President Obama hosts a post-election summit with congressional leaders, including House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and Senate Republican...
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GOP-Obama Compromise Would Mean a Scary Win for Big Business
By David DayenI’d be surprised if a single voter cast their ballot on Tuesday so multinational corporations could exempt themselves from national laws. I don’t remember one TV ad framing the election as a chance...
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Midterms Marked by Low Turnout – But Not Everywhere
By Rob GarverOn the whole, voter turnout was dismal in Tuesday’s election. By some accounts it was the worst since 1942. But the low enthusiasm wasn’t uniform – some states saw record high turnout.
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Big Returns on GOP Campaign Spending Investments
By Eric PianinTwo years ago, GOP strategist Karl Rove spent $103 million on ads attacking opponents of Mitt Romney and eight Republican Senate candidates. But the strategy failed when Rove’s super Pac, American...
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Why Your State May Have Just Lost Its Top IT Officer
By Jeffrey Stinson, StatelineAnother shake-up is underway in what’s become one of the most crucial jobs in state government: the top information technology officer. Chief information officers (CIOs) in five states—Arkansas,...