As Congress Weighs a Spending Bill, Earmarks Are a Casualty
The stopgap measure the G.O.P. is pushing to avert a government shutdown omits billions of dollars in member-requested ...
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Spending Cuts Won’t Weaken the US Economy. They Will Strengthen It.
The United States will not enter a recession due to the change of administration, but because of the excess spending policies ...
Congress and DOGE Can Find Spending Cuts at the Department of Defense
The growing distance between the United States and its allies in NATO is an overdue nudge to European nations to start paying ...
US House Republicans pass stopgap bill to fund government
The continuing resolution will need to be passed by the Senate and signed by Trump into law by Friday to avoid a shutdown.
US Treasury's Bessent says economy may slow in shift away from public spending
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the U.S. economy may go into a "detox period" as it reached a more sustainable ...
The Trump administration may exclude government spending from GDP, obscuring the impact of DOGE cuts
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says he could take government spending out of his agency's reports on gross domestic ...
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Beyond budgeting, Republicans hope to force spending 'showdown' with two arcane weapons
Already on a budgeting path to trim $2 trillion in government spending over the next decade, congressional Republicans are openly discussing employing two unconventional weapons to enact further cuts: ...
House Republicans Release Spending Bill as Shutdown Looms
While conservative House Republicans have in the past dug in and opposed such spending bills, forcing Mr. Johnson to rely on ...
Days from partial government shutdown deadline, here's where things stand
House Speaker Mike Johnson will hold a vote on the continuing resolution (CR) Tuesday ahead of Friday's deadline to avoid a ...
Breaking Down The Federal Government's $1.9 Trillion Healthcare Spending: Where The Money Goes And Why It Matters
The federal government spent $1.9 trillion on healthcare programs and services in 2024–the single largest category of federal ...