House panel advances budget resolution after marathon meeting
The House Budget Committee advanced a budget resolution after a marathon meeting Thursday, clearing the first hurdle in the ...
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House Budget Committee advances resolution calling for $2 trillion in cuts
The House Budget Committee Feb. 13 voted 21-16 to advance its fiscal year 2025 budget resolution to the full House. The bill, ...
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House committee passes budget blueprint, targeting $2 trillion in cuts
Speaker Mike Johnson emphasized a unified Republican commitment to advancing Trump’s agenda amid budget negotiations.
Moderate House Republican Vows 'No' Vote If Budget Guts Benefits
Rep. Rob Bresnahan (R-Pa.) recoiled at a budget would take an ax to Medicaid and SNAP to help pay for tax cuts.
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Republicans advance plans to raise military spending by at least $100B amid concerns budget cuts could affect veterans
Republicans are moving closer to their goal of raising defense spending by at least $100 billion in the next decade as two ...
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House panel tees up debate over cutting Medicaid to pay for tax breaks
A House budget bill does not mention Medicaid by name, but directs the committee that oversees Medicaid to come up with $880 ...
To extend Trump's 2017 tax cuts, Republicans seek to overlook the cost
As congressional Republicans try to extend President Donald Trump's 2017 tax cuts, some are considering an unusual plan to ...
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Missouri lawmakers walk out over public defender hiring controversy
Several members of the Missouri House Budget Committee Thursday walked out of a hearing with the Public Defender’s Office. The issue—the employment of a man connected to the ...
Missouri lawmakers blast public defender for employing felon tied to child murder case
David Spears received an 11-year prison sentence in 2012. He was released from prison on probation in March 2015. He now works as a secretary for the Missouri State Public Defender, ...
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D.C. Dispatch: What N.J.’s members of Congress did in Washington this week
President Donald Trump is approaching his one-month mark in office, and his scorched-earth approach to the executive branch has split New Jersey’s ...
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Sen. Murray, Rep. DelBene warn of ‘dangers we are facing’
Though Republicans control the White House, Senate and House of Representatives, tight margins may help tether acceptance of federal power grabs to reality.
U.S. budget committee proposes to cut billions from SNAP benefits
Deep budget cuts to SNAP benefits are being proposed in the U.S. House of Representatives budget committee. SNAP is a main source of funding that provides food to families. “I just think it is ...