Budget Battles
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Marjorie Taylor Greene Fires Another Warning Shot at Johnson
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Trump Promises Billionaires: I'll Keep Your Taxes Low
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Freedom Caucus Says No Baltimore Aid Unless ...
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Johnson Gets Squeezed From All Sides on Ukraine Aid
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Marjorie Taylor Greene Warns Johnson on Ukraine Aid
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A Big Win for the Anti-Tax Movement
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Johnson Outlines Risky Plan for More Ukraine Aid
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Marjorie Taylor Greene Fires Another Warning Shot at Johnson
House Republican lawmakers returned from their two-week recess Tuesday and resumed their chaotic infighting right where they left off. Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who 18 days ago...
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US and Allies Face Multi-Trillion Dollar Bill as Race to Rearm Picks Up Speed
By Michael RaineyGlobal defense spending hit a record $2.2 trillion last year, and that number is only expected to rise as countries rearm themselves amid growing tensions in Europe, Asia and the Middle East. While...
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Biden Announces New Student Loan Forgiveness Program for 25 Million Borrowers
By Michael RaineyPresident Joe Biden is taking another shot at reducing student loan debt, 10 months after the Supreme Court rejected an earlier $400 billion plan to forgive loans for roughly 40 million borrowers...
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Biden Pledges Full Federal Support for Baltimore as Conservatives Make Demands
By Michael RaineyPresident Joe Biden visited Baltimore on Friday to survey the wreck of the Francis Scott Key Bridge and offer continued support for the reconstruction effort. “I’m here to say your nation has your...
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Johnson Gets Squeezed From All Sides on Ukraine Aid
House Speaker Mike Johnson is facing pressure from all sides on the question of aid to Ukraine. He has been subject to threats from angry Republicans opposed to providing further funding but also...
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Free IRS Filing Program Draws Few Users
By Michael RaineyThe IRS announced last week that upwards of 19 million people in 12 states are eligible to file their taxes for free using Direct File, a new program the tax agency is testing this year. But...
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Marjorie Taylor Greene Warns Johnson on Ukraine Aid
By Michael RaineyAs Speaker Mike Johnson considers his options for a bill that would provide more military aid to Ukraine, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia is warning that she will push to remove him from his...
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Johnson Outlines Risky Plan for More Ukraine Aid
As he fights to fend off a threat to oust him from his job, Speaker Mike Johnson has also begun to publicly sketch out plans to move ahead with a long-delayed new round of aid to Ukraine. Many of...
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Sniping Already Starting Over Baltimore Bridge Reconstruction Costs
By Michael RaineyAlthough there’s no firm estimate yet on the cost of rebuilding the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, some details are beginning to trickle in, along with hints of the political...
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Rebuilding Baltimore Bridge ‘Will Not Be Quick or Easy or Cheap,’ Buttigieg Says
A day after President Joe Biden said the federal government would foot the bill for rebuilding the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg told...
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Biden Says Federal Government Will Pay for New Bridge in Baltimore
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How Congress Wasted ‘Months of Precious Time’ Passing 2024 Spending Bills
The Senate passed a $1.2 trillion, six-bill spending package just after 2 a.m. on Saturday and President Joe Biden signed it later that day, ending an unusually drawn-out process of funding the...
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Senate Struggles to Avert Shutdown as Speaker Johnson Faces Revolt
The House on Friday narrowly passed a $1.2 trillion funding package that would avert a government shutdown at midnight, sending the legislation to the Senate with just hours to go before the deadline...
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Long-Delayed $1.2 Trillion Spending Package Zooms to the Finish Line
Nearly six months into the fiscal year, and less than 48 hours before a government shutdown deadline, congressional leaders on Thursday released their final package of 2024 annual spending bills. The...
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House Republican Caucus Calls for Raising the Social Security Retirement Age
By Michael RaineyThe Republican Study Committee, the largest conservative caucus in the House, released on Wednesday a 2025 budget proposal that would slash healthcare spending, raise the Social Security retirement...