Even Progressives Now Worry About the Federal Debt
Long a focus of conservatives, the level of public borrowing is starting to concern left-leaning economists. Proposed ...
‘An exercise in political abuse’: Republicans face legislative gantlet with reconciliation
Top Senate Republicans want to pass their party’s wide-ranging agenda with two different acts by using a legislative process ...
Federal budget deficit expected to soar to $2.7 trillion in 2035, highlighting pressure on GOP
As congressional Republicans struggle to keep deficits in check while extending their sweeping 2017 tax cuts, the ...
The US stock market does better under Democrat presidents than Republicans—here's what the data shows
The US has been experiencing a long "bull" stock market, that is rapid growth in stock prices, although this week tech stocks ...
Democrats ‘at a loss’ to understand how Lombardo sent them a budget with a $335M deficit
Senate Majority Leader Nicole Cannizzaro said the governor’s proposed budget has “major structural issues” that make it ...
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House Republicans divided over how to pay for Trump’s tax cuts
House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries blasted ... "This thing cannot be deficit neutral," said Republican Representative Ralph Norman, adding that the package would need to reduce the deficit ...
House Republicans fail to clinch deal on tax cuts, despite Trump's urging
A three-day meeting of U.S. House Republicans, meant to jumpstart President Donald Trump's $4 trillion tax cut agenda, ended ...
'List goes on and on': Connecticut reacts to freeze on federal money and potential cuts
A judge postponed Trump's freeze on federal grants as the impacts to the state and Norwich are being determined.
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Democrats ‘at a loss’ to understand how Lombardo sent them a budget with a $335M deficit
Senate Majority Leader Nicole Cannizzaro, a Democrat from Las Vegas, said the first-term Republican governor ... the proposed budget’s structural deficit at $335 million–about 2.6% of ...