04/23/18 Filed in:
SpendingWith its conservative credentials in tatters, the GOP should insist on completing the FY 2019 budget process in a businesslike manner before the Oct. 1 deadline. Read More...Tags: omnibus spending bill, president's budge proposal, Budget Director Mick Mulvaney, Senate Budget Committee, House Budget Committee, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Sen Chuck Grassley, Sen. Bob Corker, Sen. Lindsey Graham, Sen. Jeff Merkley, Sen . Patty Murray, Sen. Mike Enzi, Sen. John Kennedy, Sen. Tom Carper, Rep. Steve Womack, Rep. John Yarmuth, Congressional Budget Office, Joint Select Committe re budget process, House Armed Serevices Committee, Rep. Mack Thornberry, more tax cuts, Rep. Kevin Brady, Balanced Budget Amendment, line item veto, rescission, Rep. Dave Brat, House Speaker Paul Ryan, Daniel Horowitz
12/11/17 Filed in:
Spending | TaxesNo one wants to be blamed for a government shutdown, but there are deep divisions on several issues and neither side will give up easily. Don’t count on anything until the dust settles. Read More...Tags: President Donald Trump, Sen. Chuck Schumer Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Republican tax plan, Sen. Tom Carper, ANWR, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, Child Tax Credit, Alternative Minimum Tax, estate tax, GovCare individual mandate, Roy Moore, Sen. Susan Collins, Speaker Paul Ryan, Rep. Mark Walker, DACA Program, Pensacola rally, border wall funding, visa overstays, sanctuary cities, chain migration, E-verify, continuing resolution, omnibus spending bill, Senate filibuster rule, Budget Contol Act, government shutdown
The president and his party have contributed importantly to the failure of Congress to address important issues in a timely manner. Read More...Tags: continuing resolution, Zika virus, Obamacare bailout, defense funding bill, lame duck session, omnibus spending bill, Export-Import Bank, Sen. Richard Shelby, House Speaker Paul Ryan, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Flint Michigan water, Louisiana flooding, Internet giveaway, Rep. Mark Meadows, Sen. Ted Cruz, Rep. Barbara Mikulski, JASTA, 9/11/attack, nuclear instability, President Obama's vetoes, veto override
11/09/15 Filed in:
SpendingRepublican vows to reboot the congressional budget process have been put on hold until 2017. Read More...Tags: debt limit, Bipartisan Budget Act, filibuster, power of the purse, policy riders, government shutdown, budget caps, outgoing House Speaker John Boehner, new House Speaker Paul Ryan, Senator Ted Cruz, Senator Rand Paul, balancing the budget, defense v. non-defense spending , Social Security disability bailout, Medicare premium fix, omnibus spending bill, Gitmo, executive branch overreach