Budget Battles
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Has Trump Already Lost His Iron Grip on the GOP?
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House Votes to Dodge Shutdown, Ditching Trump Demand
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Trump-Approved Spending Plan Goes Down in Flames
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Trump Blows Up Johnson’s Bipartisan Spending Deal
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Republicans Fume Over ‘Dumpster Fire’ Funding Bill
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Congress Struggles to Reach Deal to Avert Government Shutdown
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GOP Hardliners Say Border Bill Should Come Before Tax Cuts
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Congress Averts Shutdown, Passes a Five Month $1.1 Trillion Spending Package
By Eric PianinGOP and Democratic negotiators struck a final deal over the weekend for a roughly $1.1 trillion spending package to carry the government through the remainder of the fiscal year – a plan that...
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Renewed Fight Over Obamacare Could Prompt Government Shutdown
By Eric PianinThe bitter partisan warfare over health care reform intensified on Thursday when congressional Democrats threatened to shut down the government this weekend if House Republicans try to move forward...
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12 Reasons Another Government Shutdown Would Hurt the Country
By Eric PianinThe last time the federal government was shut down nearly four years ago, hundreds of adults and children were temporarily denied access to National Institutes of Health (NIH) cancer clinical trials...
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Can Trump’s Wall Really Pay for Itself Over 10 Years?
By Rob GarverThe original plan for President Trump’s border wall, repeated ad nauseam on the campaign trail, was that it would be paid for by Mexico. On Sunday, though, Attorney General Jeff Sessions floated a...
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Trump Pushes Congress to the Wall to Avoid a Government Shutdown
By Rob GarverThe already-complicated effort to avert a government shutdown on April 29 is taking on another layer of complexity, with the White House demanding that any spending measure that funds the federal...
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Why You Might Not Get Your Tax Refund on Time This Year
By Rob GarverEvery year, millions of Americans anxiously await the annual infusion of cash from the Internal Revenue Service when it pays back excess withholding from the previous year. However, according to the...
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After Their Break, Congress Will Have 4 Days to Avoid a Shutdown
By Eric Pianin and Rob GarverWhen members of the House of Representatives return to Washington from a nearly three-week break at the end of the month, they will have left themselves just four legislative days to come to some...
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Trump Hands Democrats Another Reason to Shut Down the Government
By Rob GarverWith representatives of both major parties making optimistic noises about their ability to come together on a bill that would allow the government to remain open once the current temporary spending...
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The Clock Is Ticking on a Government Shutdown: 5 Things You Need to Know
By Rob GarverAs Congress prepares to leave town for another break, the Senate has been focused on the effort to confirm (or deny) Neil Gorsuch as a justice of the Supreme Court. The GOP House is desperate to show...
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Why Another Government Shutdown Is Suddenly in the Cards
By Rob GarverThe clock is already ticking on the Trump administration and House Speaker Paul Ryan’s next showdown with recalcitrant Republican lawmakers.
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Now It’s the Democrats’ Turn to Threaten a Government Shutdown
By Eric PianinDemocrats put Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on notice they were prepared to precipitate a government shutdown if Trump and the Republicans insist on including the first down payment...
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Whew! Congress Votes to Keep Government Open
By Kellie Lunney, Government ExecutiveHouse lawmakers late Wednesday passed a short-term continuing resolution that funds the government through December 9. Rep. Jim Jordan, (R-OH), offered an amendment to the bill which would...
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Flint Funding Deal May Avert Politically Risky Government Shutdown
By Rob GarverCongressional Republicans have apparently decided that the risk of a government shutdown with less than two months to go before the general election isn’t one they are willing to take. Late Tuesday,...
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How Two US Disasters Could Lead to a Third – Another Government Shutdown
By Eric PianinMuch of southern Louisiana is still under flood water. Flint, Michigan residents still can’t drink their city’s lead-contaminated water. And members of Congress are so heavily conflicted over how and...
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Return of the Government Shutdown? Get Ready for the Next Looming Crisis
By Stan SolowayThink the impacts of this year’s presidential election won’t be felt until 2017 (excluding the Trans Pacific Partnership and Merrick Garland Supreme Court nomination)? Not so fast. Think the two-year...