Johnson Delays Budget Vote As G.O.P. Defectors Balk
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Johnson Delays Budget Vote As G.O.P. Defectors Balk

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday was forced to delay a vote on the Republican budget blueprint to unlock President Trump’s domestic agenda, after conservatives balked at a plan that they said would add too much to the nation’s debt. In a dramatic scene…

The House Republicans Holding Out Against Trump’s Budget and Tax Cut Plan
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The House Republicans Holding Out Against Trump’s Budget and Tax Cut Plan

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Representative Eric Burlison, a two-term congressman from Missouri’s Ozarks, is unequivocal about his support for President Trump. “I love the president,” he said this week as he walked through the Capitol. But Mr. Burlison is also one of about a dozen hard-line conservative…

Johnson Reaches Agreement to Kill Proxy Voting Proposal in the House
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Johnson Reaches Agreement to Kill Proxy Voting Proposal in the House

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Speaker Mike Johnson has reached an agreement with Republican holdouts that will effectively kill a bipartisan effort to change House rules so that lawmakers could temporarily vote remotely immediately after the birth of a child. Instead, Mr. Johnson has committed to allowing a…

Johnson Fails to Kill Bipartisan Measure to Allow Proxy Voting for New Parents
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Johnson Fails to Kill Bipartisan Measure to Allow Proxy Voting for New Parents

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday tried and failed to kill a bipartisan effort to change House rules so that lawmakers would temporarily be allowed to vote remotely after the birth of a child, suffering an embarrassing defeat that paralyzed the chamber and signaled…

Opinion | Democrats Are Playing With Tea Party Fire
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Opinion | Democrats Are Playing With Tea Party Fire

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines On Friday the Senate minority leader, Chuck Schumer, committed the grave sin of accepting reality, and his party is now furious. Democrats were outmaneuvered by House Republicans on a measure to fund the government, and the only options for Democrats by late last…

House Republicans Work to Hold Together in Vote on Spending Bill
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House Republicans Work to Hold Together in Vote on Spending Bill

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Speaker Mike Johnson and President Trump were working on Tuesday to tamp down Republican defections ahead of a vote on a bill to fund the government through Sept. 30 and avert a shutdown at the end of the week. A vote was expected…

Opinion | It’s Hard Not to Protest a Speech Like Trump’s Congress Speech
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Opinion | It’s Hard Not to Protest a Speech Like Trump’s Congress Speech

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines It may not have been the best possible day for President Trump to declare to Congress that “America’s momentum is back.” Just before he spoke, the stock market fell almost into correction territory, the result of deep concerns about his bizarre decision to…

What Can House Republicans Cut Instead of Medicaid? Not Much.
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What Can House Republicans Cut Instead of Medicaid? Not Much.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The House passed a budget resolution Tuesday night after the speaker, Mike Johnson, persuaded several Republican lawmakers, including those who have expressed reservations about possible Medicaid cuts, to support the bill. In theory, the budget, which kicks off the process of passing an…

House Passes G.O.P. Budget Teeing Up Enormous Tax and Spending Cuts
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House Passes G.O.P. Budget Teeing Up Enormous Tax and Spending Cuts

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The House on Tuesday narrowly passed a Republican budget resolution that calls for $4.5 trillion in tax cuts and a $2 trillion reduction in federal spending over a decade, clearing the way for major elements of President Trump’s domestic agenda. The nearly party-line…

Fact-Checking Claims About USAID Funding
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Fact-Checking Claims About USAID Funding

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Top officials in the Trump administration and allies in Congress, eager to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development, have accused the agency of misusing taxpayer funds. But many of their claims were misleading or lacked context. The agency, long a target for…