House Republicans advance Trump-backed stopgap government funding bill
House Republicans on Wednesday moved forward with a stopgap spending bill that would keep the government from shutting down at the end of the month. In a 216-210 vote along ...
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Sen. Joni Ernst wants audit of feds cashing in on ‘fraudulent unemployment benefits’ after five took more than $400K
WASHINGTON — Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is demanding a federal watchdog audit how many government workers are accepting “fraudulent unemployment benefits” while still collecting paychecks after discovering a handful of ...
Senate makes progress in averting a gov’t shutdown much earlier than usual
The Senate took a significant step towards averting an impending partial government shutdown by passing a tranche of funding bills much earlier than usual. Senators approved three of the 12 ...
Taxpayers on hook for $163 billion worth of project overruns, including controversial Fed renovations, Senate report shows
Taxpayers are stuck with a $162.9 billion tab for cost overruns in over a dozen infrastructure projects, controversial renovations at the Federal Reserve, Air Force One upgrades, and other “boondoggles,” ...
House passes rescissions package slashing $9B in federal funding for foreign aid, NPR and PBS
House Republicans approved a clawback package Thursday that will cut $9 billion in previously approved federal outlays for foreign aid, NPR and PBS. The so-called rescissions bill passed 216-213, with ...
Senate Republicans ram through Trump’s $9B clawback package with cuts to foreign aid, NPR
Senate Republicans blasted through Democratic and internal opposition to pass President Donald Trump’s multibillion-dollar clawback package early Thursday morning. The $9 billion rescissions bill tees up cuts to “woke” spending on foreign ...
Tillis: Rescissions Bill ‘Great Test Case,’ Hope We Vote on a Lot More
On Tuesday’s broadcast of Bloomberg’s “Balance of Power,” Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) stated that the rescissions package is “a great test case,” and he hopes the Senate votes on much ...
Shaheen: ‘Maybe We Should Not’ Spend $2.5 Million on EVs in Vietnam
On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) talked about spending and said that “maybe we should not be continuing” to spend $2.5 million ...
Vance casts tie-breaking votes to move forward $9.4B rescissions package — which would defund PBS and NPR — in Senate
Vice President JD Vance cast two tie-breaking votes in the Senate Tuesday to move forward a $9.4B rescissions package — which would rip federal funding from PBS and NPR — ...
Gov. Ron DeSantis warns Elon Musk about running ‘America Party’ candidates against GOP: ‘Democrats would win’
Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis argued Monday that billionaire Elon Musk could set the nation on a new course — but not by starting a new political party. “I think ...
