Apr 22 Possible shutdown, health care quagmire awaiting Congress By Andrew Taylor and Alan Fram, Associated Press Trump's GOP allies control Congress, but they've been unable to send him a single major bill as his presidency faces the symbolic 100-day mark on April 29. Continue reading
Mar 31 Do taxpayers get their money’s worth from the National Institutes of Health? By Nsikan Akpan As proposed cuts loom, new research digs into the return on investment for public funding of the National Institutes of Health. Continue reading
Mar 24 Column: How government data is crucial for everyone’s progress By Heidi Hartmann With the budget proposal shaping up from the new administration, all of us who depend on data to understand the world we live in must be fiercely vigilant about the implications for data availability and data integrity. Continue reading
Mar 17 Trump’s defense budget boost raises questions on strategy By Richard Lardner, Associated Press Trump's proposed defense budget of $639 billion, which includes $65 billion for ongoing emergency war-fighting, totals more than the next seven countries combined. Continue reading
Mar 16 Watch 10:23 Does Trump’s budget defend America or erode American power? Lawmakers weigh in By PBS News Hour From strong support to condemnation, President Trump’s new budget proposal has garnered an array of reactions on Capitol Hill. Judy Woodruff gets two views from Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., and Rep. Todd Rokita, R-Ind., who both sit on congressional… Continue watching
Mar 16 Why small and rural arts groups may hurt the most under Trump’s plan to gut the NEA By Elizabeth Flock We reached out to groups from Texas to Maine about what life would look like without funding from the National Endowment for the Arts. Here's what they said. Continue reading
Mar 16 Trump budget seeks to boost defense spending, slash State Department and EPA By John Yang President Donald Trump is proposing “an America First budget” that would boost spending for defense, border security, law enforcement and school choice, while seeking to eliminate “the most inefficient, most wasteful, most indefensible programs” in the federal government, budget director… Continue reading
Feb 27 Watch 4:45 Trump’s budget blueprint boosts defense spending, cuts billions from domestic programs By PBS News Hour President Trump outlined a spending plan on Monday to fulfill his campaign promise to dramatically beef up defense spending by 10 percent, and to cut spending by federal agencies by $54 billion. Budget officials said proposals for taxes and programs… Continue watching
Nov 22 Will Trump’s big agenda put GOP budget goals out of reach? By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press President-elect Donald Trump promises big tax cuts, a border wall and massive spending on infrastructure. That's a recipe for bigger deficits that fiscally minded conservative Republicans have railed against during President Barack Obama's tenure. Continue reading
Oct 30 Congress sends budget and debt deal to Obama By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Legislation sparing the country the specter of a catastrophic default and partial government shutdown is ready for President Barack Obama's signature after the Senate passed it by a comfortable margin. Continue reading