What Does a Shutdown Have to Do With the Budget or Elon Musk? Here’s a Guide.
By design, budget reconciliation mostly addresses the parts of federal spending that are not part of the appropriations ...
Opinion
The looming budget question: Will Medicaid cuts fund tax cuts?
Republicans should focus tax cuts on middle-income and lower-income households that would provide greater support to the economy than tax cuts for the wealthy.
Clock ticking on government shutdown as House Republicans unveil six-month stopgap bill
Speaker Mike Johnson's proposal would fund the government through September, and mostly maintain spending levels passed in ...
What's in the Republicans' New Six-Month Stopgap Funding Bill?
The stopgap funding bill is called a "continuing resolution" - or CR - as it extends government funding previously approved ...
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Elon Musk claims ‘massive' Social Security fraud. How much money is actually lost to fraud, waste?
Musk referred to a report from the Government Accountability Office, a nonpartisan auditing arm of Congress that examines federal spending. In 2024, the office estimated there are $233 billion to $521 ...
No, DOGE can’t fix the deficit. Here’s why.
Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has made some cuts, but these amount to only 1.25 ...
Congressional Budget Office finds House GOP budget goals would require Medicaid cuts
An analysis by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office showed that House GOP budget goals could not be reached without ...
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What would happen if the federal government were to shut down?
KNXOVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The threat of a government shutdown is looming as lawmakers have a little over 24 hours to strike a deal. A government shutdown would mean any non-essential functions must ...
Navigating the path forward: Budget reconciliation and Indian Country
Dan Thatcher, of West Valley City, told a group of reporters Friday — the final […] Democrats said the Republican budget ...