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
Oct 28 Watch 8:33 Treasury Secretary Lew on Congress ‘coming to terms’ with the debt limit By PBS News Hour The bipartisan budget deal passed by the House is the product of negotiations between Congressional leaders and the White House. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew sits down with Gwen Ifill to discuss how Congress achieved its moment of breakthrough, plus a… Continue watching
Oct 28 Watch 2:24 Approving budget deal, House ties up loose ends for incoming speaker By PBS News Hour Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, the new GOP nominee to replace John Boehner as Speaker of the House, laid out his first policy position Wednesday: supporting the new bipartisan budget deal. The House passed the agreement, averting a looming federal default… Continue watching
Oct 28 House passes bipartisan budget plan, debt limit increase By Associated Press The House has passed a bipartisan budget-and-debt deal that prevents an unprecedented government default. Continue reading