WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) Sunday released the following statement after voting to advance legislation to reopen and fund the government, as he has done 14 previous times since the end of September. Senate Democrats have, until tonight, prevented the Senate from reaching the 60 votes necessary to advance legislation. Tonight’s vote was the first […]
“Americans are losing faith in the economy because they’re losing ground,” said one policy expert. “Every day it becomes clearer that President Trump has no real interest in improving the lives of American families.” Consumer sentiment in the United States has fallen to a near-record low and Americans’ view of current economic conditions has deteriorated under President […]
“Why would corporations spend millions on Trump’s ballroom or Bitcoin? Because they’re getting billions in unlegislated tax breaks,” said one Democratic lawmaker. The Trump administration is quietly waging an all-out regulatory war on a Biden-era corporate tax that aimed to prevent large companies from dodging their tax liabilities while reporting huge profits. The corporate alternative minimum tax (CAMT) was […]
“This president will stop at nothing to take food out of the mouths of hungry kids across America. Soulless,” said Democratic Sen. Patty Murray. President Donald Trump’s Agriculture Department on Saturday threatened to penalize states that don’t “immediately undo” steps taken to pay out full Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits for November following a Supreme Court order that temporarily allowed the […]