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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Democrats Kick Off Massive Spending Effort With $3.5 Trillion Budget Blueprint
By Michael RaineyDemocrats on the Senate Budget Committee have agreed to a topline figure of $3.5 trillion for the budget resolution they hope to pass through the Senate and House in the coming weeks. Now President...
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Democrats Search for Consensus on Massive Spending Package
By Michael RaineyDemocratic lawmakers are rushing this week to complete the blueprint for a massive, multi-trillion-dollar spending package they plan to offer alongside a smaller, bipartisan infrastructure bill, and...
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Republicans Waver on Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal
As Democrats debate the size and scope of their “human infrastructure” package, the bipartisan deal for core infrastructure investments that senators reached with the White House is reportedly at...
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Democrats Divided Over Size of Major Spending Bill
By Michael RaineyDemocratic lawmakers plan to pass a massive spending package via the reconciliation process this year, alongside the smaller bipartisan infrastructure bill currently under negotiation, but still have...
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FDA Sharply Narrows Recommended Use of Biogen's New Alzheimer’s Drug
The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday dramatically narrowed its recommended usage guidelines for Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm, suggesting that only patients with milder forms of the disease should...