Budget Battles
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Republicans Want Strings Attached to California Disaster Aid
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Biden Goes Out With a Bang in the Jobs Market
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Trump Privately Pushes Senators for ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’
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Trump Considers Declaring National Emergency for Tariff Rollout
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Trump Unloads: Grievances, Greenland and the Gulf of Mexico
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Republicans Divided Over How to Pass Trump’s Agenda
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Trump Pushes Johnson to Victory as Speaker
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One More Try? Why Obamacare Repeal Is on the Horizon Again
By Rob GarverThe effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, which many assumed was dead or at least in a state of suspended animation for the foreseeable future, may be showing some stirring of life...
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Trump Takes on a Powerful Leader, but This Time It’s on Capitol Hill
By Rob GarverPresident Trump was obviously angry. The target of his ire was a man who has been aggravating him for a long time by ignoring his demands, refusing to work through the president’s chosen...
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Heads Up: Health Care Is Still in Trouble
By Rob GarverThe issue of the US health insurance system was taken off the front burner with the evident failure of the Republican effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. But while it may not be in...
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Here’s How Trump Could Get Democrats’ Help on Tax Reform
By Rob GarverThe Trump administration has been reaching out to ‘Blue Dog’ Democrats to talk about possible areas of agreement on tax reform.
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Congress Is Constructing a Wall, All Right. But It’s Built Around Trump
By Rob GarverLike a body’s immune system trying to wall off an abscess, the institutions of the federal government seem to be coming together to block, or at least limit, the influence of the president on the...
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The US Spends Billions on Cybersecurity — but No One Is Sure Exactly How Much
By Eric PianinThere is no universally accepted definition of what cybersecurity actually means. Moreover, the public and even lawmakers don’t have a clue as to how much the government is actually spending overall...
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How Could the VA Make $5.5 Billion in Improper Payments Last Year?
By Eric PianinSen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri has been on a tear recently in going after government fraud and waste. The ranking Democrat on the Senate’s chief oversight committee and a former state auditor in...
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Congress Just Handed Trump Bragging Rights on Expanded GI Education Benefits
By Eric PianinFor a chief executive preparing to leave town on a 17-day summer vacation after suffering a humiliating setback on health care reform, President Trump will be able to claim some bragging rights when...
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Top GOP Conservative: We Won’t Play Around With the Debt Ceiling
By Rob GarverWhen it comes to the perennial fight to raise the federal debt ceiling, it’s usually best to assume that the struggle to give the Treasury Department clearance to actually pay the debts that the...
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Why Republicans Are Going It Alone on Tax Cuts
By Eric PianinRepublicans made it clear on Tuesday that despite their debacle in pressing for health care reform without any Democratic assistance, they would again go their own way in drafting and passing major...
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Harry Reid Says He’ll Run Again, Bruised or Not
By PAUL KANE, The Washington PostSenate Minority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) declared Thursday that his recent accident that left his face with broken bones and impaired vision would not impede his running for reelection next year...
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Why Republicans Are Pushing Pentagon Cuts
By Eric PianinRepublican lawmakers are resurrecting a bill to slash the civilian workforce at the Pentagon by 15 percent over the coming years. While the proposal to save $82.5 billion over five years by shedding...
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McConnell’s Promise of Open Debate Puts GOP in Climate Bind
By Rob GarverSenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is making good on his promise to restore the Senate to regular order. But on Wednesday night, the price was 49 out of 54 Republican Senators going on the record...
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How 11 Politicians Responded to Obama’s #SOTU Speech
By Josh Stelzer, The Fiscal TimesRegardless of how you feel about President Obama's State of the Union address , it did little to end partisanship in Washington. Below are a few Twitter reactions from politicians to the president's...
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Historic Talks Begin Between U.S. and Cuba
By Daniel Trotta, ReutersThe highest-level U.S. delegation to Cuba in 35 years begins talks on Wednesday aimed at restoring diplomatic ties and eventually normalizing relations between two adversaries who have been locked in...