Back in September I wrote about our “ethically challenged” democratic system. I said, “We are caught in a downward, self-destructive [debt] spiral.” If you doubted me then, those doubts should have been exploded last week. Congressional leaders agreed to increase federal spending by nearly $300 billion above the already-rising limits stipulated by the Budget Control Act of […]
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump has signed a sweeping bipartisan budget bill, ending a brief government shutdown and adding hundreds of billions of dollars in spending on domestic programs, disaster aid and the military. Trump signed the measure without fanfare after it received final congressional approval in the early hours of Friday morning. Donald J. […]
CAPITOL HILL — It’s crunch time for lawmakers to keep the U.S. government open, with funding running out at midnight Washington time unless Congress extends federal spending authority for the fifth time in the last six months. The Senate will vote first on a two-year bipartisan budget deal that would boost spending for the Pentagon and […]
CAPITOL HILL — One day before a threatened U.S. government shutdown, Senate leaders on Wednesday struck a bipartisan deal that would keep the federal government funded for two years but left contentious immigration topics unaddressed. “I’m pleased to announce that our bipartisan, bicameral negotiations on defense spending and other priorities have yielded a significant agreement,” Majority […]