Washington’s defense spending habit is a cluster bomb of strategic risk
But there will be plenty of other opportunities for Textron (No. 66 on the Forecast list) and Northrop (No. 6) to rake in taxpayer dollars next year — and for years to come.
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Supreme Court strikes down Biden student loan cancellation program
In the 6-3 opinion split along ideological lines, the conservative justices in the majority found the forgiveness program overstepped the bounds of federal law and usurped the power of Congress to control
Trump arraignment sparks Capitol Hill action from supporters
to censure a Democratic lawmaker who led the first effort to impeach Trump and highlight contentions that the Justice Department has been "weaponized" in the prosecution of those involved in the Jan. 6,
Deeper spending cuts may be in play to break House deadlock
McCarthy said a little after 6 p.m. that Republicans would keep working through the issue into the evening, but that no more votes would be held this week.Â
Of course President Biden negotiated on the debt ceiling
Asked on May 9 if cutting a deal on the debt ceiling back then was a mistake, Biden replied: "No, in the sense that I got a call that morning at 6 o’clock saying that the Republican leader would only talk
Parties moving closer on debt ceiling deal as talks drag on
As McCarthy was leaving the Capitol shortly after 6 p.m., he said there was no deal yet but that he’s staying in town to keep working into the weekend.
Legislative Branch bill advanced to full Appropriations panel
The force has struggled with personnel shortages and increased threats to members and staff since the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
Party leaders optimistic as debt limit negotiators get to work
And a separate provision that would set tighter work rules for cash assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program would save just $6 million over a decade.
House Republicans target Capitol Police preparedness in review of Jan. 6 attack
The Capitol Police are failing to make necessary changes in the wake of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, despite a budget that rivals many big-city departments, House Republicans asserted Tuesday
Capitol Police boosted in Legislative Branch appropriations bill
The Capitol Police have struggled with personnel shortages and increased threats to members and staff since the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, amid pleas from Police Chief J.
Congress could fire Capitol architect under bipartisan bill
He drew their ire after admitting that he failed to respond in person to the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.Â
Trillion-dollar deficits: Biden’s new normal
Future proposed yearly spending could top $10 trillion Worse, CBO baseline spending projections show that Biden’s proposed budgets for the next two years will continue the $6 trillion-dollar spending of
Scope of COVID-19 funding cuts emerges as debt limit flashpoint
Almost $6 billion would come out of unspent Transportation Department funds for highway, aviation and transit agencies.
Centrist Maine Democrat floats compromise debt limit plan
Two years later, Golden beat a new Republican candidate by 6 points, while former President Donald Trump carried the district over Biden by the same margin.
Baldwin fills another battleground slot for Senate Democrats
Tommy Thompson by nearly 6 percentage points.
Trump comment adds fuel to House push to cut DOJ funds
multiple criminal investigations against him, called Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg a "criminal" and federal special prosecutor Jack Smith a "real lunatic" for investigating the lead-up to the Jan. 6,
Why this liberal is calling for a (muted) cheer for Mitch McConnell
McConnell has, at times, been a fierce opponent of the Trumpian view that the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol by a pro-Trump mob was merely high-spirited patriots and tourists visiting their elected
Balanced budget takes back seat to paring spending to ’22 levels at GOP retreat
He expects those pro-growth policies to bring the 10-year budget savings up to $6 trillion or more. Arrington plans to tackle more than just discretionary spending in his budget.
Markups? Floor votes? Senate appropriators say ‘yes we can’
Biden wants roughly $1.73 trillion in fiscal 2024 appropriations, a nearly 6 percent increase above the current year.
Debt limit action needed by mid-August, analysts warn
This scenario, Moody’s wrote, would push the economy into a recession next year, cost 2.6 million jobs and push unemployment back to almost 6 percent, and shave 2.7 percent off inflation-adjusted gross