The agreement includes spending cuts demanded by Republicans, but it is short of the reductions in the sweeping legislation passed by the Republican-led House last month. To reduce spending, as Republicans had insisted, the package includes a two-year budget deal that would hold spe...
and the White House has pushed Republicans to provide more details about what federal programs could face cuts. It's unclear whether the Limit, Save, Grow Act satisfies the demands from the president for the House GOP to release a budget explaining the spending potentially on the ...
he warned NATO allies that he “would encourage” Russia “to do whatever the hell they want” to countries that are “delinquent,” as he ramped up his attacks on foreign aid and long-standing international alliances.
Jim Glass complains at length about my assertion that Republicans don’t want to engage in serious discussion about deficit reduction. “Who are the Democrats who are agreeing to engage on the spending side of the equation?” And he goes on at length. Jim: get real. Obama HAS said the en...
overhaul of thetax code, signed into law by President Donald Trump on Jan. 1, 2018. The Senate passed TCJA on Dec. 2, 2017, by a party-line vote of 51 to 49. The House passed its version by a vote of 224 to 201.1No House Democrats supported the bill and 12 Republicans voted no...
program and by reducing payments to some providers. He would also use Medicare policy to stimulate providers of services to find ways to improve the quality of care and keep down the costs. Republicans defined the Medicare problem more simply. They just want to limit federal spending...
“‘No I would not protect you. In fact, I would encourage them to do whatever the hell they want. You gotta pay. You gotta pay your bills.’” NATO allies agreed in 2014, after Russia annexed Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula, to halt the spending cuts they had made after the Cold War ...
A. Extending the benefits for three months would cost $6.4 billion. Most congressional Republicans don't want that sum tacked onto the budget deficit. So they plan to negotiate for additional spending cuts. Q. What happens to people when they lose their unemployment benefits?
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 ...
The legislation funds the government through March 14, setting up another spending showdown in the early days of the Trump administration. Republicans will control both the Senate and House come January, but the party will have slim margins in both chambers. ...