Budget Battles
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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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Johnson Unveils Plan for Israel, Ukraine Aid
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Trump Throws Johnson a Lifeline: ‘He’s Doing a Very Good Job’
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Biden’s New Student Debt Relief Plan Would Cost $84 Billion: Analysis
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House Conservatives Deal a New Blow to Johnson
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Marjorie Taylor Greene Fires Another Warning Shot at Johnson
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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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Former Biden Administration Economists Launch New Budget Lab
A huge tax fight is looming as a slew of 2017 Republican tax cuts are scheduled to expire at the end of 2025 — and, as Natasha Sarin writes at The Washington Post , the government’s budgetary...
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Biden Administration Forgives Another $7.4 Billion in Student Debt
By Michael RaineyPresident Joe Biden on Friday announced another round of student loan forgiveness, part of a piecemeal effort that has seen $153 billion in debt erased for 4.3 million borrowers. The latest round of...
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Trump Throws Johnson a Lifeline: ‘He’s Doing a Very Good Job’
Still facing a threat from his own party to oust him from his job, House Speaker Johnson scored some MAGA cred Friday by appearing with former President Donald Trump at a Mar-a-Lago news conference...
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Baltimore Bridge Disaster Could Wipe Out Federal Emergency Fund
By Michael RaineyThe effort to rebuild Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge could overwhelm a key federal emergency fund that is already facing more requests for help than it can handle. As The Washington Post’s...
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Biden’s New Student Debt Relief Plan Would Cost $84 Billion: Analysis
President Joe Biden’s new student debt relief plans are projected to cost $84 billion if enacted, according to the Penn Wharton Budget Model . That total includes about $58 billion from waiving...
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Supreme Court Delivers a ‘Devastating’ Blow to Biden’s Climate Agenda
The Supreme Court on Thursday limited the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to curb power plant emissions, delivering a blow to the Biden administration efforts to combat climate change. In...
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Schumer and Pelosi Play Hot Potato With Covid Funding
The Biden administration has said that additional pandemic funding for tests, treatments and vaccines is urgently needed, but the money has been stalled in Congress for months. The New York Times...
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Dems Working On a ‘More Business Friendly’ Tax Package: Report
Senate Democrats are reportedly working to cut back their proposed tax hikes as they look to reach a deal on a slimmed-down economic package with Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), the holdout who controls the...
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$8 Billion Worth of Earmarks in 2023 House Spending Bill, With More to Come
By Michael RaineyNot so long ago, earmarks were viewed with suspicion by many lawmakers, especially on the Republican side of the aisle, and in an effort led by tea party activists about 10 years ago, the spending...
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Democrats’ Last Chance to Save Their Economic Agenda
Congress is out this week and next for the July 4 holiday — technically, the House has a two-week stretch of district and committee work while the Senate has a “state work period.” When lawmakers...