There’s nothing wrong with having a commission, but 100 percent-plus of America’s fiscal problem is excessive spending and any potential budget commission or budget deal should be entirely focused on restraining the growth of government. Carbon protectionism in rich nations –Imposing higher taxes...
That's the hard reality facing U.S. scientists as they pore over Biden's budget request for the 2025 fiscal year, which begins on 1 October. With the slice of the U.S. budget that funds civilian research essentially capped under an agreement with congressional Republicans, Biden's proposed...
This week, President Biden and congressional Democrats released their $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation plan. Democrats have lauded this proposal as a progressive bill that would produce change in American society on par with Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal or Lyndon Johnson’s...
Although Trump, presumed to be Biden’s adversary in the forthcoming election, has publicly declared his commitment to maintaining Social Security and Medicare, his budget proposals during his tenure featured reductions in these programs. Nancy Pontius is prepared to voice an unpopular opinion: she do...
Priorities USA, just one of Elias’ clients, has expanded its voting litigation budget to $32 million. “One of the features of vote by mail is that between the point that the voter cast the ballot and the point that the ballot is counted, several things have to go right,” Elias ...
An upbeat President Joe Biden says a deal to resolve the government’s debt ceiling crisis seems “very close." He spoke late Friday, shortly after Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen pushed the deadline for a potentially catastrophic default back to June 5.
Biden will also unveil a $20 billion competitive grant fund in his next budget to induce communities to build more affordable apartment units and remove costly barriers to housing development. The White House says the program would lead to the creation of hundreds of thousands of n...
Heading into the meeting, Jeffries appeared to be holding to his position that Johnson needs to bring back the bipartisan stopgap spending deal that Musk and Trump torpedoed earlier this week. The New York Democrat’s statement, however, was careful not to exclude all other options. ...
Biden will also unveil a $20 billion competitive grant fund in his next budget to induce communities to build more affordable apartment units and remove costly barriers to housing development. The White House says the program would lead to the creation of hundreds of thousands of new units...
“I went through four years of hell by this scum that we had to deal with,” Trump told Fox News’ Sean Hannity. “I went through four years of hell. I spent millions of dollars of legal fees and I won.” “But I did it the hard way,” the president continued. “It’s really...