The House Budget Committee unveiled a fiscal blueprint for Republicans’ sweeping domestic policy legislation Wednesday that would allow for at least $4.5 trillion in tax cuts while slashing spending by at least $1.5 trillion over the coming decade. The draft blueprint also provides for as much as $300 billion in new border and defense spending […]
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Conservatives are squeezing Mike Johnson as he scrambles to rescue his one-bill plan to pass Donald Trump’s border, energy and tax priorities. The speaker is about to make another big move to get back on track. Where things stand: Majority Whip Steve Scalise says House GOP leaders plan to release text for their budget blueprint […]
This is the moment Jodey Arrington has been waiting for: The Texas Republican and longtime fiscal hawk has a GOP trifecta, the House Budget Committee gavel and an opportunity to make the enormous cuts to federal spending he’s always wanted. But Arrington’s now at risk of being outmaneuvered by fellow chairs, senior leaders and the […]
Senate Republicans believe they have President Donald Trump’s blessing as they pursue a two-bill strategy for passing his domestic legislative agenda. Trump has repeatedly said that he prefers “one big, beautiful bill,” but Senate Republicans have been privately checking that he is OK with them moving forward with two bills — one that addresses the […]
Fresh from a White House meeting with Elon Musk, conservative provocateur Marjorie Taylor Greene is preparing to launch her Congressional subcommittee to complement the tech giant’s Department of Government Efficiency — and downplayed the task force’s drastic spending cuts that are putting thousands of federal employees out of work. “Those are taxpayer-funded jobs. Those only […]
House Freedom Caucus Chair Andy Harris (R-Md.) said Tuesday that the group would be releasing its own plan this week for achieving President Donald Trump’s tax priorities. The plan, which the hard-right HFC wants to take up after a separate bill addressing border and defense initiatives, is a new speed bump in Speaker Mike Johnson‘s […]
With just over a month until government funding expires, Democrats remain divided on whether they should use the threat of a government shutdown as a political cudgel as they try to push back on President Donald Trump and billionaire ally Elon Musk. Key progressives want to use every point of leverage the minority party has […]
GOP leaders struck an optimistic note Tuesday morning about their latest budget plan following a series of delays amid internal fighting — indicating it could get taken up in committee as soon as Thursday. Speaker Mike Johnson said in a brief interview that he had “very productive” conversations Monday night about the new fiscal blueprint […]
The Democratic Party’s base is demanding that lawmakers do more to counter Donald Trump. But Democrats are signaling they don’t want to use their major leverage point — forcing a government shutdown if the GOP refuses to rein in the president’s war on the federal government. “My folks don’t want to shut down,” said Rep. […]
Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff is urging the Trump administration to unequivocally reject El Salvador’s offer to hold American citizens in its prison system, condemning President Donald Trump’s initial response to the proposal. The Democrat’s letter, sent Monday and first obtained by POLITICO, comes days after Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s trip to El Salvador, one […]