Feb 14 President Trump signed these Medicare changes into law. Here’s what to watch for By Philip Moeller Seemingly overnight, big changes to Medicare morphed from being an item on various congressional wish lists into reality as part of last week’s budget deal. Continue reading
Feb 11 Watch 25:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode February 11, 2018 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Sunday, Feb. 11, the White House prepares to release a budget that will reportedly increase spending by nearly $300 billion over the next two years. Also, how the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are dealing… Continue watching
Feb 08 Lawmakers push for vote on budget deal to avoid government shutdown By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press House GOP leaders were working to shore up support among conservatives for the measure, which would shower the Pentagon with money but add hundreds of billions of dollars to the nation's $20 trillion-plus debt. Continue reading
Feb 08 WATCH: White House says it’s still confident in chief of staff Kelly Kelly defended an aide who'd been accused of domestic abuse by his two ex-wives. Continue reading
Jan 09 CBO says Children’s Health Insurance Program would cost $800 million for five years By Alan Fram, Associated Press Financing for the program expired last fall. Congress has temporarily extended its funding, but growing numbers of states have moved closer to exhausting their money. Continue reading
Jan 03 Familiar partisan clashes face lawmakers as Congress returns By Alan Fram and Andrew Taylor, Associated Press There will be some familiar but stubborn clashes facing lawmakers Wednesday as Congress begins its 2018 session. Continue reading
Jan 02 Watch It’s a new year, but old congressional spending battles loom By PBS News Hour A short-term spending measure is keeping the government open through Jan. 19 at current funding levels. But when Congress returns from its holiday break, it will need to resolve differing spending priorities to avert a shutdown. Stan Collender, a professor… Continue watching
Dec 17 Treasury chief can’t rule out shutdown, but expects deal By Associated Press Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says he can't rule out a possible government shutdown later this week if Congress deadlocks on another temporary Washington spending bill, but thinks it's unlikely. Continue reading
Dec 08 Trump signs 2-week spending bill to avoid government shutdown By Ken Thomas, Associated Press The president signed the two-week spending measure in private at the White House after the House and Senate acted to prevent a government shutdown this weekend. Continue reading
Oct 26 Watch 4:42 News Wrap: House passes GOP budget despite conservative dissent By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, the House of Representatives narrowly passed a Republican budget and paved the way for tax cuts of up to $1.5 trillion. House Speaker Paul Ryan acknowledged criticism of the plan, and promised that conservatives would… Continue watching