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Senate Republicans are considering whether to lower the House-proposed $40,000 cap on the federal deduction for state and local taxes, known as SALT, as they work on changes to President…
Congressional Republicans are stuck between a rock and a hard place as their former financier, Elon Musk, threatens to use his gargantuan fortune to unseat anyone who supports the…
Senate Republicans are plotting ways to cut more spending than their House counterparts did in President Trump's "big, beautiful bill" as concerns about the measure's deficit impact mount…
Big battles over taxes and Medicaid policy may have dominated the headlines, but tucked inside House Republicans' budget bill are a series of good-government changes that backers say will…
The GOP Congress could take a simple step to end the network of grants created under the Biden-Harris administration. Source link
In a move Democrats warned would have disastrous consequences for the economy, the environment, and public health, the Republican-led Senate Thursday voted to block California’s…
But lurking behind the curtain of her marginal campaign for Harris County Judge (an executive position, presiding over a four-person Commissioners Court) is a national powerhouse. On the…
“No, this isn’t the same as killing the filibuster. This actually goes way, way beyond that. First, they are doing more than going nuclear on the parliamentarian. They are going nuclear on…
Freed to call all manner of administrative actions into question, the GOP, Becker said, is likely to “get a bad case of bloodlust and look around to see what else the Heritage Foundation…
“I’d love to stand here and tell the American people, we can cut your taxes and we can increase spending and everything’s going to be just fine. But I can’t do that because I’m here to…
Early this morning, the House voted 215-214 to pass a sweeping budget reconciliation bill with provisions that include a cancellation or phaseout for just about everything that was in the…
In March, Musk walked into what he understood to be an ambush, facing heated backlash from Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins, and Transportation…
House Republicans managed to pass their draconian budget bill, which promises to make massive cuts to Medicaid, Medicare, and food assistance, early Thursday morning by a narrow one-vote…
In March, Musk walked into what he understood to be an ambush, facing heated backlash from Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins, and Transportation…
The main vehicle for the House GOP’s Medicaid cuts is to require Medicaid recipients to get a job. That’s pretty ironic, because the program, as it was first implemented in 1966, required…
House Republicans late Wednesday unveiled changes to the massive bill carrying President Trump's agenda, as they prepare for a floor vote on the measure early Thursday. Source link
A tentative deal to quadruple the existing $10,000 cap on the federal deduction for state and local taxes, or SALT, is irritating conservatives who are seeking steeper spending cuts in…
House Republicans are leading an effort to prevent states from regulating artificial intelligence for 10 years. Source link
House Democrats immediately pounced. At a House Rules Committee meeting early Wednesday morning, ranking member Jim McGovern asked Representative Brendan Boyle, the ranking member on the…
The Congressional Budget Office has reported that Trump’s “big, beautiful” spending bill will continue the longtime Republican tradition of giving tax cuts to the wealthy while spiting the…
Republicans are forcing through the president’s “big, beautiful” reconciliation bill despite opposition from within their party, and despite opposition from the American public. While…
Those problems led 136 rural hospitals, or about 3 percent, to close between 2010 and 2021. Almost three-fourths of those were in states that hadn’t expanded Medicaid through the…
House Republicans' search for waste and fraud to cut from federal spending put them on a crash course with food stamps, a massive program that racked up $10.5 billion in erroneous payments…
Senate Republicans say they are going to get rid of California's electric vehicle mandate that threatens to drive up car prices, even if it means blowing up the chamber's rules. Source link
