Budget Battles
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‘A Good Day for America’: Biden Signs $95 Billion Foreign Aid Bill
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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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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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House Dems Introduce $28 Million Bill to Ease Infant Formula Shortage
By Michael RaineyHouse Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) prepared a $28 million supplemental funding bill Tuesday that would help the U.S. Food and Drug Administration address a shortage of...
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The GOP's Battle Over Ukraine Aid
The Senate voted 81-11 Monday to advance a nearly $40 billion aid package to Ukraine that was delayed last week by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY). The procedural vote to end debate on the bill sets up a final...
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DeLauro Preparing Emergency Funding Bill to Address Baby Formula Shortage
Rep. Rosa DeLauro, the Connecticut Democrat who chairs the powerful House Appropriations Committee, said Monday that she would be putting forth an emergency appropriations bill to address a shortage...
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Biden Urges Local Leaders to Spend Covid Relief Funds on Police, Anti-Crime Efforts
By Michael RaineyPresident Joe Biden on Friday urged state and local officials to use unspent Covid-19 relief money to hire more police officers and fund anticrime efforts. The White House said that $10 billion from...
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As Congress Stalls on Covid Funding, White House Prepares to Ration Vaccines: Report
With billions of dollars in additional pandemic funding stalled in Congress — and with Republicans reportedly raising questions about the Biden administration’s vaccine strategy and the wisdom of...