Budget Battles
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Senate Advances $95 Billion Foreign Aid Package
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GOP Infighting Continues as Senate Heads for Aid Vote
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News Alert: House Approves $95 Billion Aid Package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan
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Dems Help Save Johnson's Aid Package for Israel, Ukraine
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Johnson Rejects a Plan to Save His Speakership
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Johnson Defies Hardliners, Pushes Ahead With Foreign Aid Plan
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Facing Right-Wing Revolt, Johnson Says He Won't Resign
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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...
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Dems Help Save Johnson's Aid Package for Israel, Ukraine
The House took a significant step Friday toward passing a long-delayed $95 billion package of foreign aid bills, as Democrats provided most of the votes needed to help the legislation clear...
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Johnson Rejects a Rule Change Proposed to Protect His Speakership
House Republicans continued to snipe at each other Thursday as party leadership continued to propel a $95 billion package of aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan toward a series of weekend votes. With...
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Johnson Pushes Ahead on Foreign Aid Plan, Angering Hardliners and Risking His Job
House Speaker Mike Johnson plowed ahead Wednesday with a slightly modified plan to deliver aid to Ukraine, Israel and Indo-Pacific allies. In doing so, he further infuriated far-right hardliners in...
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Biden Admin Releases Draft of Student Loan Forgiveness Plan
By Michael RaineyThe Department of Education on Tuesday released a first set of draft rules for President Joe Biden’s proposed plan to provide billions of dollars in forgiveness of student loan debt. The rules will...
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Facing Right-Wing Revolt Over Foreign Aid Plan, Johnson Says He Won't Resign
House Speaker Mike Johnson insisted Tuesday that he will not give up his gavel after a second member of his Republican conference called for his ouster, joining in a revolt by Georgia Rep. Marjorie...
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Nearly 1 in 4 of Those Removed From Medicaid Now Uninsured
By Michael RaineyMillions of Americans have been removed from state-level Medicaid programs over the last year, following the official end of the Covid-19 pandemic and the return to pre-pandemic rules governing...
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Johnson Unveils Plan for Aid to Israel, Ukraine
Iran’s unprecedented direct attack on Israel this weekend has ramped up the pressure on Speaker Mike Johnson to decide on a path forward for foreign aid funding that has been stalled in the House for...
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One Last Obstacle to an Infrastructure Deal: Public Transit Funding
Negotiators looking to finalize a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure deal say they’re getting close, but funding for transit remains a hangup — and frustrations are starting to show as the talks...
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Lobbyists Swarm DC as Democrats Plot New Spending and Taxes
By Michael RaineyDemocrats’ push for trillions of dollars in new spending – and the taxes to help pay for it – is proving to be good news for the lobbying industry in the nation’s capital. According to Roll Call...
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With Eviction Moratorium Ending, Just 6.5% of Rental Aid Has Been Distributed
A federal eviction moratorium is set to expire at the end of this month, but with just days to go until the ban ends, states and localities have disbursed just about $3 billion, or about 6.5% of the...
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Still Hoping for a Bipartisan Deal, Democrats Eye a $4.1 Trillion Plan B Just in Case
By Michael RaineyAlthough President Biden’s push for a bipartisan infrastructure agreement took a hit this week as Republicans blocked a procedural vote to advance the effort, White House and Senate negotiators say...
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Biden Admin Announces New Funding to Boost Covid Vaccination and Testing
The Biden administration said Thursday that it would put $1.6 billion in funding from the American Rescue Plan passed in March toward boosting testing and mitigation efforts across a number of...