“This is not a novel proposition,” said the letter. “Both the Biden and Trump President’s Pay Agents have recommended ... that federal compensation reform is critically necessary.” Biden did point to some specific action items in the 2024 proposal, including increasing Exe...
For example, even with entitlement spending the federal deficit under President Trump was $0.67 trillion in 2017, $0.78 trillion in 2018, and $0.98 trillion in 2019. Biden’s annual deficits, in contrast, were well over $1 trillion every year he was in office — $1.38 trillion in 2022, ...
The Veterans Affairs Department would receive almost a 10% boost in IT funding under Biden’s budget request. The budget seeks $8.5 billion—roughly 15% of VA’s total obligations—for fiscal 2022, compared to $7.8 billion in IT spending in fiscal 2021. The single largest IT apportionment at...
Biden's commitment to Baltimore President Biden pushed early for the federal government to pay for the cost of the reconstruction of theKey Bridge. Mr. Biden approved arequest for fundingfrom Maryland Governor Wes Moore, allowing the state to receive an initial $60 million in emergency relief fu...
President Joe Biden’s spending plans and budget deficits are reminiscent of what led to the inflation that followed President Lyndon Johnson’s Vietnam War and Great Society. It’s a tragic waste as President Biden and the nation were set to benefit from the major economic successes of the ...
electric or virtually all electric with its new vehicles,'' said Luke Tonachel, senior director of clean vehicles and buildings at the Natural Resources Defense Council, citing an additional $3 billion infederal spendingtargeted for the postal fleet underthe landmark climate law Biden signed last ...
. In the2024 presidential electionTrump defeated Vice Pres.Kamala Harristo win a second term. Shortly thereafter he stated his intention to nominateKash Patelto serve as director in his upcoming administration. Rather than face removal by Trump, Wray opted to resign at the end of Biden’s term...
In the 2022 federal budget, mandatory spending is budgeted at $4.018 trillion. Discretionary spending is forecasted to be $1.688 trillion. Interest on the national debt is estimated to be $305 billion.3 Key Takeaways President Biden’s budget for FY 2022 totals $6.011 trillion, eclipsing all ...
"I've only been president for several months, but I think this will go down, for me, as one of the greatest honors I will have had as president," Biden told the crowd before signing the bill into law. The 11th national annual holiday was established just two days before Juneteenth it...
Biden’s order also extended to the US Marshals Service, which mostly holds pre-trial detainees. However, private prison companies effectively found ways to shift federal contracting to immigration detention. Over Biden’s term, as the number of federal inmates in priva...