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David Hawkings’ Whiteboard: Trump’s First Full Fiscal Year [jwp-video n=”1″] Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, suggested a continuing resolution, or CR, might also last only a few
In addition to the White House’s $3 billion request for enhancing border security, the administration asked for $30 billion more for defense needs during fiscal 2017, which began on Oct. 1.
And Trump’s aspiration for $1 billion in infrastructure investment, which disinterests many in his own party, may stay in limbo even if both health care and taxes are disposed of.
When Obama’s last budget requested $18.3 billion in funding for fiscal 2017 — a full $1 billion less than the $19.3 billion Congress approved in fiscal 2016 — Republicans were not shy about rebuking
Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 5, 2013 var rcrdTwitter = 1; That same year, in another tweet, he said it would be a "big mistake" if the 44th president acted without lawmakers' approval.
The planned upgrades would cost more than $1 trillion to acquire and operate, by some estimates, and Trump has advocated expanding U.S. atomic firepower further still.
. — Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) March 24, 2017 var rcrdTwitter = 1; 4:32 p.m.: "Today is a great day for our country, it's a victory for the American people," Pelosi says.
million to keep building a destroyer warship; • $340 million for 15 Blackhawk helicopters; • $262 million for five Apache helicopters; • $207 million for two C-40A airlift jets; • $195 million for 12 MQ-1
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office projected last month the annual deficit will rise from $560 billion this year to $1 trillion in six years and $1.4 trillion in 2027, which would equal 5 percent
But the giant Golden State delegation's perennial hold on No. 1 has become suddenly threatened by the lawmakers from Texas, the second largest state even though it's only slightly more than two-thirds
would eliminate the bureau's broad mission to police fraud, limiting it instead to specific statutes; it would eliminate the bureau's consumer complaint database, which has, to date, received more than 1
No Topline Skipping the skinny budget could be especially problematic this year due to lack of clarity on topline spending levels for fiscal 2018, which begins Oct. 1.
While the health care law provided $1 billion to an implementation fund to help set things up, by 2013, both the IRS and CMS were looking for additional money to continue putting the law in place as their
Indeed, Congress has a constitutional obligation to do so," the lawmakers wrote in the letter, which is dated Feb. 1.
President Donald Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court Judge Neil Gorsuch, looks on as Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, speaks to reporters following their meeting in the Capitol on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
process that followed budget action was also delayed, though that's been a typical practice for decades now as lawmakers rarely cobble together spending decisions before the start of a fiscal year on Oct. 1.
percent of the GOP staffers who responded to CQ Roll Call's January Capitol Insiders Survey thought Congress would enact a law to construct a wall along the Mexican border, while just 44 percent see the $1
Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 26, 2017 var rcrdTwitter = 1; Peña Nieto on Thursday cancelled the meeting.
For a solid wall 1 foot thick and 50 feet high, with an extra 15 feet underground to prevent tunneling, the cost of concrete and steel alone would top more than $13 billion, the MIT review found.
— JohnCornyn (@JohnCornyn) January 12, 2017 var rcrdTwitter = 1; Capitol workers investigating the cause of the power outage initially linked the issue to electrical work underway near