Budget Battles
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Republicans Block Bipartisan Border Bill a Second Time
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Biden Cancels Billions More in Student Loan Debt
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‘A Large and Costly Mistake’: Unions Slam Trump Tax Cuts
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Senate Tees Up Another Doomed Vote on Border Bill
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The 2025 Spending Fight Has Officially Begun — and It’s Going to Be Big
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Supreme Court Slaps Down Challenge to Consumer Watchdog
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Inflation Eases in April, Lifting Hopes for a Soft Landing
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House Republicans Kick Off 2025 Spending Fight
As the House starts work on fiscal year 2025 spending bills, the Appropriations Committee on Thursday approved an overarching GOP plan for divvying up just over $1.6 trillion in discretionary funding...
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Republicans Block Bipartisan Border Bill in the Senate
By Michael RaineyThe Senate on Thursday failed for a second time to advance a border bill that would expand presidential power to restrict immigration, reduce the number of asylum claims and provide additional...
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SNAP Benefits Fail to Cover Food Costs Almost Everywhere in the US: Analysis
SNAP benefits, more commonly known as food stamps, were too low to help families afford food across most of the country last year, according to a new analysis published by the Urban Institute and the...
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Biden Announces Another $7.7 Billion in Student Loan Cancelation
By Michael RaineyThe Biden administration announced Wednesday that it is canceling another $7.7 billion in student loans held by 160,000 borrowers. The latest round of debt cancellation means the administration has...
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Biden to Release 1 Million Gallons of Gas as Summer Driving Season Begins
By Michael RaineyThe Biden administration announced plans Tuesday to release roughly 1 million barrels of gasoline from the nation’s reserve during the peak summer driving season between Memorial Day and the Fourth...
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Senate Heads for Another Doomed Vote on Bipartisan Border Bill
Memorial Day and the unofficial start of summer are rapidly approaching, but on Capitol Hill, the season of messaging bills is already in full swing. This week, the Senate will once again consider a...
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House Releases $1.5 Trillion Farm Bill, Teeing Up Duel With Senate
By Michael RaineyLawmakers in the House released a long-awaited $1.5 trillion farm bill on Friday, kicking off an effort to complete one of the few remaining major pieces of legislation left in the current Congress...
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The 2025 Spending Fight Has Officially Begun — and It’s Going to Be Big
November’s presidential election looms over the appropriations process for 2025, as members of Congress will want to wait to see who wins the White House and which party can exert leverage over...
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Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to CFPB Funding Mechanism
The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a constitutional challenge to the way the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is funded, delivering a blow to the agency’s right-wing critics and handing a win...
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Biden’s Plan to Extend Trump’s Tax Cuts Would Cost More Than $2 Trillion: Analysis
By Michael RaineyPresident Biden is calling for the individual tax cuts signed into law by former President Trump in 2017 to expire as scheduled after next year, but with one major exception: Anyone earning less than...
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Marjorie Taylor Greene Says She’ll Force Vote to Oust Johnson
Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene announced Wednesday that she will force a vote next week on her motion to oust Speaker Mike Johnson, even as her odds of succeeding appear to be nil. Republican...
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Democratic Leaders Vow to Save Republican Speaker Mike Johnson
Congress may be done funding the government for the rest of the fiscal year and pushing through a major foreign aid package, but the fallout from those contentious spending bills isn’t over yet. With...
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Global Military Spending Reached a Record $2.4 Trillion Last Year: Study
We told you earlier this month that global defense spending had reached a record $2.2 trillion last year. A study released Monday by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute puts that...
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Senate Advances $95 Billion Aid Package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan
The Senate voted Tuesday to advance the $95 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan and is now poised to send the bill to President Joe Biden’s desk tonight or tomorrow. A motion to end...
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‘America Will Deliver Yet Again’: Senate Set to Vote on Foreign Aid Plan
After the House on Saturday approved a $95 billion, four-bill bundle of foreign aid legislation, the Senate is set to pass the package this week and deliver assistance to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan...