Politics Jul 18 House GOP budget plan calls for major cuts to benefits, paving way for tax overhaul bill House Republicans on Tuesday unveiled a 10-year budget blueprint that would dramatically increase military spending while putting the GOP on record favoring Medicare cuts opposed by President Donald Trump.
Politics Jul 14 House Republicans to move ahead with budget plan as debate over mandatory program cuts continues The House Budget Committee will vote next week on the plan, which would spend far more money next year than Trump has proposed.
Politics Jul 13 CBO says Trump’s budget doesn’t balance federal ledger as promised Thursday's Congressional Budget Office report says that Trump's budget, if followed to the letter, would result in a $720 billion deficit at the end of 10 years instead of the slight surplus promised.
Nation Jul 12 Should e-cigarettes be exempt from FDA rules? A House panel says yes Legislation approved Wednesday by the Republican-controlled Appropriations Committee would prevent the FDA from requiring retroactive safety reviews of e-cigarettes already on the market. But most panel Democrats said the products are dangerous and are targeted at children.
Politics Jul 12 House Republicans seek cuts to foreign aid, support for U.S.-Mexico wall In a flurry of summertime activity, congressional panels in the House and Senate released various spending bills to fund government agencies and departments in 2018.
Politics Jun 29 As deficit spikes, CBO says Congress must act on debt by October A new government estimate says the drop-dead deadline for lawmakers to increase the government's borrowing limit is early to mid-October.
Politics Jun 14 Congressional Baseball Game will go on as scheduled after shooting House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., assured lawmakers assembled at a members' briefing that the game will be played as scheduled, prompting a standing ovation.
Politics May 22 Trump’s proposed $4.1 trillion budget eyes deep domestic cuts The budget slashes safety net programs for the poor, targeting food stamps and Medicaid, relying on rosy projections about the nation's economic growth.
Politics May 22 President Trump’s budget proposal includes huge cuts to food stamps President Donald Trump's budget would drive millions of people off of food stamps, part of a new wave of spending cut proposals that already are getting panned by lawmakers in both parties on Capitol Hill.
Politics May 16 Trump’s legislative agenda slows to crawl in Congress What GOP senators and House members aren't doing right now is passing major legislation. And it's not just health care and a tax overhaul that are dragging.