The looming budget question: Will Medicaid cuts fund tax cuts?
The challenge of restoring financial responsibility will be fully exhibited in the next few monthswThe 2025 House of Representatives Budget resolution passed on February 25th. It set the stage for laws that avoided the Senate's 60-vote threshold and could pass with a simple majority. It does not include any specific changes to spending or taxes, […]
Democrats Fume At Schumer After Cave On Budget
The Pro Trump News homepage has 60 new headings every 24 hours. Click here to check. Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer appears to have fallen into the budget. Schumer said the intention is to vote in favor of coagulation, allowing the GOP to pass the budget with a simple majority. Trend Politics reported: Senate minority […]
DOGE, Hegseth ally to fix defense budget and get military back to warfighting
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NYC public schools boss says mammoth $41.2B budget ask still isn’t enough — wants ‘hundreds of millions’ more
The Department of Education's huge $41.2 billion budget plan for next year is one-third of the entire city, but that's not enough, school officials argued Thursday. School Prime Minister Melissa Aviles Ramos told the city council that the DOE needs “more than hundreds of millions more” to enact a new, controversial law, as well as […]
Congress poised to force $1B cut to local DC budget, surprising many lawmakers
Congress is poised to pass a Trump-approved funding bill this week. DC officials warn that it will lead to a $1 billion cut in the district's local budget. The 99-page GOP draft StopGap funding bill will continue to run the federal government past the Friday night closure deadline at the 2024 level. Its passing is […]
GOP’s budget strategy: Delay, deflect, do nothing
Republican leaders have repeatedly promised to “fight the next time.” Even if they controlled all three branches of the government, it's a vow they made and broke from the Tea Party era. Despite retaining leverage at the start of each Congress, Republicans, including Donald Trump, have shown enduring fear of government shutdowns. They start with […]
Top budget Democrat: GOP spending bill hands ‘a blank check to Elon Musk’
Rep. Rosa Delauro (D-Conn.), a top Democrat on the House Budget Committee, condemned the new House Republican's six-month suspension funding bill, claiming it was a “blank check” for the tech billionaire and close relatives of Trump adviser Elon Musk. “I strongly oppose the continuing resolution this year, which will gain power in the White House […]
DOD says it’s found $80 million in waste to trim from Pentagon budget
Pentagon officials and members of Elon Musk's Doge team have identified roughly $80 million in fat that can be trimmed on the Pentagon, the agency announced Monday. Hodge Podge of numerous programs and costs, including diversity equity and inclusion initiatives in the chopping block, rattles off by Chief Dodd spokesman Shawn Parnell In a social […]
Watch live: Jeffries gives remarks as GOP's budget plan remains on shaky ground
House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries (DN.Y.) will hold a weekly press conference Thursday morning. This is because House GOP plans to avoid government closures next month appear to be planted in rocky soil. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and a Republican, won a major victory by passing a budget resolution in an astounding late-night vote on […]
Troubles loom for Johnson on Trump budget bill
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) won a big victory Tuesday night when he turned the House GOP budget resolution into a dramatic vote, turning the Hardline conservative holdout trio in the final moments to win. But that was just the beginning. With the “One Big, Beautiful Bill” budget resolution adopted by the House, Johnson is now […]