Budget Battles
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Sniping Already Starting Over Baltimore Bridge Reconstruction Costs
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New Poll Finds Liberals and Conservatives Agree: Tax the Super-Rich
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Biden Vows US Will Pay to Rebuild Collapsed Baltimore Bridge
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How Congress Wasted ‘Months of Precious Time’ on the 2024 Spending Bills
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Senate Struggles to Avert Shutdown, Speaker Johnson Faces Revolt
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Long-Delayed $1.2 Trillion Spending Package Zooms to the Finish Line
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Debt Will Hit Record High This Decade, CBO Warns
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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...
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Congress and White House Reach Funding Deal. Now the Race Is On to Pass It.
They have a deal. Now they just need the votes. President Joe Biden and congressional leaders announced Tuesday morning that they had reached an agreement on the contentious appropriations bill for...
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Border Battle Pushes Congress Toward a Shutdown
Congressional lawmakers have until midnight Friday to pass a package of spending bills needed to keep large portions of the government from shutting down, but a lengthy dispute over funding for the...
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Biden Calls on Congress to Pass Ukraine Aid
By Michael RaineyAt an early St. Patrick’s Day event with the Irish prime minister and officials including House Speaker Mike Johnson, President Joe Biden called on Congress to pass the foreign aid package that would...
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Biden Requests $16 Billion for Child Care, $23 Billion for Disaster Relief
By Michael RaineyThe White House is asking Congress for $16 billion to fund child-care programs in the current fiscal year, along with $23 billion for natural disaster relief. The request is part of a roughly $50...
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Emmer Flames Out as Speaker Nominee Amid Far-Right Backlash
By Michael RaineyHouse Republicans on Tuesday nominated Majority Whip Tom Emmer of Minnesota to be the next speaker, but his candidacy quickly ran into trouble as dozens of right-wingers refused to back him, forcing...
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Biden Designates 31 Tech Hubs in US
By Michael RaineyThe Biden administration announced Monday the locations of 31 tech hubs across the country that will receive funding to boost key industries including semiconductors, clean energy and artificial...
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Nine GOP Candidates Race to Be Speaker, With No Clear Path to 217 Votes
As of tomorrow, the House will have gone three full weeks without a speaker. Nine Republicans now vying for the job are trying to win over their colleagues at a forum this evening ahead of a...
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Biden Requests $106 Billion for Israel, Ukraine and Border
By Michael RaineyIn a rare address to the nation from the Oval Office Thursday night, President Joe Biden announced that he is requesting billions of dollars from Congress to aid Israel and Ukraine, enhance security...