Reports on the United States Congress' passing of its non-binding budget resolution for 2000, setting the stage for battles over federal priorities affecting the nation's cities and towns. Severe cuts in priority municipal programs; Cutting of domestic discretionary spending; Reaction from the ...
Congress’s failure to pass the fiscal year (FY) 2024 budget has hindered the Department of Defense’s (DoD) mission in national defense and global security, Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks told reporters today during a live Pentagon press briefing.[…] ...
Congress gives resounding yes to balanced-budget plan.Reports on compromises in the 1996 budget legislation faced by Republicans in the US Congress. Spending bills aimed at cutting domestic programs; Need to beat the September 22, 1995 deadline to finalize a reconciliation bill; Back-to-back ...
These charitable-giving strategies may give you a bigger tax break than writing a check. Kimberly LankfordDec. 24, 2024 Gift Cards If you're thinking of giving someone a gift card, know that there are pros and cons involved. Erica SandbergDec. 24, 2024 ...
119th Congress, By The Numbers The rise in bond yields at a time when the central bank is lowering interest rates could test the economy, the markets and Donald Trump’s agenda. Tim SmartJan. 13, 2025 Inflation to Dog the Fed and Markets Under a bipartisan law passed by Congress in Apr...
Opening the first round of testimony in Congress on the federal arts budget, Frank Hodsoll, chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, claimed Tuesday that even with significant cutbacks, "we will continue to be able to support the best of the nati
The phrase for today, boys and girls, is “dynamic scoring.” We’ll likely be hearing a lot about dynamic scoring when the new Congress convenes, because dynamic scoring is high on the Republican agenda. What is dynamic scoring? This has to do with the Congressional Budget Office, the do...
this isn’t the first time Congress passed a law involving the industry. In 1967, it passed a bill to define bourbon as a whiskey that must be distilled from at least 51% corn and aged in a new charred American white oak barrel and just as Champagne can only be made in the region ...
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6 as found by a special select panel last Congress. The committee vowed to hold additional hearings throughout the year, beginning Tuesday with a hearing on the unsolved case of two pipe bombs left at the Democratic National Committee and Republican National Committee that day, and produce a ...