Budget Battles
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Key Republican Calls for Massive Military Spending Surge
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Trump Woos Wealthy Donors With Promises of Huge Tax Cuts
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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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Powerful GOP Senator Calls for Massive Surge in Defense Spending
By Michael RaineyThe U.S. accounts for about 40% of all defense spending in the world, but one leading Republican lawmaker is warning that isn’t enough to counter the threats the country now faces. Sen. Roger Wicker...
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Trump Woos Wealthy Donors With Promises of Huge Tax Cuts
By Michael RaineyFormer President Donald Trump has been busy with his criminal trial in Manhattan over the past few weeks, but he has still found the time to meet with donors in his quest to return to the White House...
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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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Biden’s Top Economic Advisor Lays Out Principles for Tax Fight Ahead
By Michael RaineyWith many of the 2017 Republican tax cuts set to expire after next year, the White House and Congress are already laying the groundwork for a huge battle over the tax code. On Friday, President Joe...
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Trump Tax Cut Extension Would Cost $4.6 Trillion: CBO
By Michael RaineyLawmakers in Washington will need to address some serious fiscal questions next year, not least of which is what to do about Trump-era tax cuts set to expire at the end of 2025. Some in Congress want...
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House Kills Marjorie Taylor Greene Motion to Oust Speaker Johnson
The House on Wednesday afternoon quickly dispensed with Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s motion to oust Speaker Mike Johnson. After a couple days of discussions with Johnson, Greene moved...
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Biden Touts Economic Policies — and Tweaks a Noted Trump Failure
By Michael RaineyPresident Biden on Wednesday highlighted his “Investing in America” economic strategy in a visit to the site of a Microsoft data center being constructed in Racine, Wisconsin — the same place where...
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Greene Eases Off Ouster Threat Against Johnson, but Issues Four Demands
Donald Trump may be spending much of his time in a New York courtroom these days — adult film actress Stormy Daniels took a salacious star turn testifying in the hush-money criminal case today — but...