Budget Battles
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Has Trump Already Lost His Iron Grip on the GOP?
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House Votes to Dodge Shutdown, Ditching Trump Demand
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Trump-Approved Spending Plan Goes Down in Flames
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Trump Blows Up Johnson’s Bipartisan Spending Deal
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Republicans Fume Over ‘Dumpster Fire’ Funding Bill
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Congress Struggles to Reach Deal to Avert Government Shutdown
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GOP Hardliners Say Border Bill Should Come Before Tax Cuts
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Has Trump Already Lost His Iron Grip on the Republican Party?
It was a squeaker, but Congress got it done. The federal government is open and funded into next year, and there will not be a Christmas shutdown after President Joe Biden on Saturday signed the...
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Biden Administration Scraps Student Loan Forgiveness Plan
By Michael RaineyThe Biden administration indicated Friday that it is scrapping its proposed plan to provide student loan forgiveness for upwards of 25 million borrowers. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said that...
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House Votes to Dodge Shutdown, Ditching Trump Debt Limit Demand
With just hours to go before a midnight shutdown deadline, the House on Friday evening overwhelmingly passed a stopgap plan to keep federal agencies open until the middle of March, provide disaster...
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Trump-Approved Spending Plan Goes Down in Flames
President-elect Donald Trump and House Republican leaders had a Plan B to avoid a partial government shutdown this weekend. It just got shot down because of bipartisan opposition. GOP leaders and...
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What Happens if the Government Shuts Down
By Michael RaineyAlthough Republicans have produced a last-minute bill that would avoid a government shutdown, there’s still a fair chance that lawmakers will fail to agree on the path forward in the next 36 hours,...
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Trump Torpedoes Johnson’s Bipartisan Government Funding Deal
President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday upended efforts to avert a partial government shutdown this weekend, blasting a bipartisan deal negotiated by House Speaker Mike Johnson and calling for a...
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Republicans Fume Over ‘Dumpster Fire’ Funding Bill
Congress is once again rushing to pass a stopgap measure to fund the government and avoid a shutdown of federal agencies — and, as has so often been the case in recent years, the process has spun...
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Trump Talks Tariffs, Border Wall, Vaccines and Much, Much More
By Michael RaineyI n his first press conference since winning a second term in the White House last month, President-elect Donald Trump took a freewheeling tour through a wide range of topics, touching on subjects...
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House Freedom Caucus Says Border Before Taxes
By Michael RaineyThe House Freedom Caucus said Friday that it wants the new Congress to quickly pass a reconciliation bill focused on border issues and then move on to a second, more complicated bill that addresses...
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Congress Scrambles to Avert Christmas Shutdown
Congress has one week left until a December 20 shutdown deadline and lawmakers are still hammering out the final details of a plan to extend funding into March. A slew of other items, including...
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House Passes $884 Billion Defense Policy Bill
The House on Wednesday afternoon passed the $884 billion defense policy bill for 2025. The measure passed in a bipartisan 281-140 vote despite the late inclusion of a controversial measure by House...
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Biden Hails ‘Strongest Economy in Modern History’ as Trump Waits in the Wings
By Michael RaineyPresident Joe Biden on Tuesday vigorously defended his economic record while warning that the policies proposed by his successor would be a “major mistake” that would harm American consumers. In a...
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House Set to Vote on $895 Billion Defense Bill After Bipartisan Deal
The House and Senate Armed Services Committees on Saturday released the 1,813 pages of legislative text for a $895.2 billion compromise National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2025...
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Millions Would Lose Health Coverage if ACA Subsidies Expire: CBO
By Michael RaineyA massive legislative response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act signed into law by President Joe Biden in 2021 included more generous subsidies for those who get...
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Penn Economists Propose Reforms to Cut Debt Without Economic Damage
Economists at the Penn Wharton Budget Model have constructed a package of 13 major tax and spending reforms that they say can grow the U.S. economy while also reducing federal debt and enhancing the...