Following two months of negotiations the House has passed a budget resolution with an estimated $2.6 trillion dollars in saving over a 10-year window…
Robert F Kennedy Jr Wants to Put the Entire U.S. Budget on a Blockchain…
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “We’re gonna have 300 million eyeballs on our budget, and if somebody is spending $16,000 for a toilet seat, everybody’s gonna know about it.”…
Most Voters Would Rather See the Government Cut Spending Than Raise Taxes, Poll Finds…
American voters would rather see lawmakers cut government spending than increase taxes, but new poll results show the cuts voters want would have little effect on the nation’s $33.17 trillion in debt…
Spending Deal to Provide $1.4B for Trump’s Border Wall, While Democrats Get Expanded Head Start, Other Programs…
Senior lawmakers announced a tentative agreement Thursday on an almost $1.4 trillion government-wide spending bill that would stave off a federal shutdown next weekend and split the differences on a number of contentious issues. The handshake agreement was announced by the chairwoman of the House Appropriations Committee, Rep. Nita Lowey, D-N.Y., and other top members […]
Pelosi Seeks Up to $2T Infrastructure Deal with Trump…
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she will seek a deal with President Trump to pass legislation that includes at least $1 trillion, but up to $2 trillion, for the nation’s infrastructure projects. “I think we can work together,” Pelosi, D-Calif., said Thursday at an annual planning retreat with her caucus in suburban Washington, D.C. “I’m […]
The Federal Deficit Ballooned at Start of New Fiscal Year…
The federal budget deficit ballooned rapidly in the first four months of the fiscal year amid falling tax revenue and higher spending, the Treasury Department said Tuesday, posing a new challenge for the White House and Congress as they prepare for a number of budget battles. The deficit grew 77 percent in the first four months […]
National Debt Jumps $500B in Less Than Six Months…
The U.S. national debt has increased by more than half a trillion dollars in less than six months, amid predictions that the U.S. is on the verge of returning to another explosion in government borrowing. The debt rose to an all-time high of $21.4 trillion on Thursday, according to government data posted Friday. That’s more […]
House Passes Budget That Achieves Balance, Increases GDP Growth, and Reforms Tax Code…
Today, the House of Representatives passed the Building A Better America 2018 budget in a 219 to 206 vote. Speaker Paul Ryan (R., Wis.) said today that the budget will rein in our national debt, strengthen our national defense, help grow the economy, and pave the way for tax reform. “It paves the way for […]
Sanders, Mulvaney Have Heated Exchange Over Trump Budget (VIDEO)…
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) and Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney on Thursday found themselves in a heated clash over the White House’s budget proposal. The two interrupted each other and raised their voices during a Senate Budget Committee hearing, the Hill reports. Sanders initially focused on the budget’s repeal of the […]
No, the Trump Budget Is Not Cutting the Meals on Wheels Program…
Various media outlets have published articles claiming that the Trump administration’s federal budget will eliminate funding for the Meals on Wheels program, whose volunteer drivers deliver hot meals to senior Americans across the country. But the federal budget is cutting funds to a federal grant program that provides just three percent of the Meals on […]