“I have never voted for a CR and I don’t intend on concluding my time here by voting for one now. We have a $36 trillion dollar national debt and Congress has failed to do its job by funding government through the appropriations process, as mandated by the Budget Act of 1974, again...
Oct. 24, 2023, in Madison, Wis. The Wisconsin Legislature was racing to finish its work for the session by voting Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024, on everything from a massive tax cut to raising out-of-state hunting fees. (AP Photo/Scott ...
After discussions with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin in recent days, Pelosi said the two also remain "way off" on a child tax credit, which Democrats want to have included in any deal. But she also said that they're "in the ballpark" on health care provisions and assistance for small...
Some Senate Republicans, including Daines andTODD YOUNG(Ind.), are starting to sound open to the House’s bipartisan tax bill,Semafor’s Joseph Zeballos-Roig reports. But Senate Finance ranking memberMIKE CRAPO(R-Idaho.) remains an impediment over part of the Child Tax Credit expansion....
"Not just for our commonwealth, but for our country, on basic rights – whether it's women's rights, workers' rights, and of course, voting rights and democracy itself," he added. Pennsylvania Senate race features ads with harsh attacks ...
William Jefferson was indicted on corruption charges the previous year (he was convicted in November, 2009). Now Cedric Richmond, a state legislator, will take him on. The Democrats are sure to point out that Cao reversed his support of healthcare reform, voting for it before joining his ...
Twitter has long been under pressure to prevent misinformation from spreading on its platform. But it wasn’t until this year that the company took more aggressive action. Twitter fact-checked tweets from former president Donald Trump and other politicians about Covid-19, mail-in voting and the...
(D-NE) was the only Democrat to vote with the Republicans. Not voting were Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), who is hospitalized for stomach cancer, and eight Republicans, who ducked the vote. So far, Reid’s amendment would be limited to $12 b. FY10-FY12, and it’s “paid for” over ...
"Troops could go unpaid. Millions of families who rely on the monthly child tax credit could see delays." But Republicans were united in their resolve to block any hike to the debt limit from moving forward, denying Democrats the 60 votes necessary to move forward on a stopgap funding ...
{mosads}To the first question, it is ironic that the left is caterwauling about the prospect of House conservatives voting through a budget that would, on its face, increase the national debt. “Hypocrites!” they scream. “You only care about the debt when it suits you...