What do Republicans want to accomplish first? Republicans' top priorities include immigration and border security, energy policy and extending tax cuts from Trump's first term. But whether Republicans can quickly accomplish their goals depends on how unified the party is. They plan to use a proces...
The budget, released Tuesday, aims to pay for those tax breaks by raising taxes on corporations and the rich. One proposal, for instance, would completely reverse one of the cuts implemented by former President Donald Trump, whose 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Actmostly eased the tax burdenson busin...
The Republicans generally don’t want anything to pass, and when legislation does come to the floor the Republican often demands roll call votes on "message" amendments that provide fodder for the current news cycle and the next campaign. The Democrats, whose majority is based on winning seats...
"There is a wide divide between Republicans who want spending cuts and Democrats who want to raise the debt ceiling, which (caused) a long, drawn-out fight over the budget and debt ceiling," says Lauren Goodwin, economist and director of portfolio strategy at New York Life Investments. Plu...
Jim: get real. Obama HAS said the entitlement cuts and other spending cuts are on the table. So have many other Democrats, notably Senator Kent Conrad, chairman of the Senate Budget Committee. Republicans in Congress have made obstructionism the North Star of their strategy. They are blocking ...
That could change, or those models could be off. But if that is the government configuration come this January, here’s what Republicans say they’ll do with their newfound power. Investigations, and then some more investigations It would be Benghazi on steroids, over and over. Hunter Biden ...
Video below: Scott Bessent discusses Trump tax cuts during Treasury Secretary confirmation hearing Play Video However, budget hawks aren’t the only hurdle within the GOP. There is also a contingent of Republicans demanding that the SALT...
President-elect Donald Trump has said he wants to extend the 2017 tax cuts, plus throw in a few more. Here's what to know.
“Kim knows he’s onlyrelevantwhen giving MAGA Republicans cover to politicize Covid policy — which was investigated three separate times by DOJ, as well as his own chamber and there was never any there, there,” Cuomo spokesperson Rich Azzopardi said. “As he barely wins his own races, ...
Johnson told reporters this week that he expects that bill will go into March, though other Republicans want it to go into January, which they argue will help them quickly turn to Trump’s larger legislative agenda. Johnson is expected to need Democratic help to fund the government given a ...