Republicans win faster IRS cuts in funding deal
The $1.66 trillion spending deal announced by Congressional leaders this week will accelerate Republican-backed funding cuts to the Internal Revenue Service. The bipartisan agreement would cut $10 billion from the IRS in fiscal year 2024, a year earlier than Democrats and Republicans agreed to in a deal to raise the debt ceiling last summer. The […]
Speaker Johnson faces conservative unrest over funding deal
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) faces the difficult task of securing a deal to fund the government to the end amid fierce opposition from conservatives in Congress. The speaker, who was elected only a few months ago after his predecessor was defeated for collaborating with Democrats to fund the government, is now in the House […]
DeSantis slams GOP support for government funding bill
Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis has harshly criticized the government funding deal, accusing House Republicans of supporting legislation that would “sell out” electoral positions starting in 2022. “By agreeing to this establishment budget deal, House Republicans are selling out everything they had planned for 2022,” DeSantis wrote in a post on X (formerly Twitter). “They […]
Mayorkas blames Mexico, Congress for historic border surge; calls for more funding
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$44.5 million in federal funding going toward rural communities to improve higher education access
The Biden-Harris administration will send $44.5 million to 22 local educational institutions to promote access to higher education. (iStock) At the end of December, the Biden-Harris administration was inaugurated. Announces $44.5 million in grants Support local high school students to receive higher education. The Regional Higher Education and Economic Development (RPED) program will provide grants […]
WV legislators look ahead to education funding and fentanyl crackdown
Leading West Virginia lawmakers want to stiffen penalties for fentanyl dealers, give public school teachers more raises, remove disruptive students from classrooms and increase funding for first responders. ing. Republican state Senate President Craig Blair and House Speaker Roger Hanshaw, along with House Democratic Leader Sean Hornbuckle, laid out their priorities Friday at an annual […]
Biden: Funding framework 1 step closer to preventing ‘needless government shutdown’
President Biden said the bipartisan funding deal announced Sunday by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) brings the government closer to preventing an “unnecessary government shutdown.” “The bipartisan funding framework agreed to by Congressional leaders brings us one step closer to preventing an unnecessary government shutdown and protecting our nation's critical priorities. “This reflects the funding […]
Mike Johnson And Chuck Schumer Reach Government Funding Deal, But Some Republicans Are Reportedly ‘Pissed’
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Mike Johnson reached a deal on the federal budget on Sunday that has already angered some fiscal conservatives, according to multiple reports. The $1.6 trillion deal sets defense spending at about $886 billion this fiscal year, a figure reached during debt ceiling negotiations between the White House […]
House, Senate release bipartisan agreement on government funding as shutdown deadlines loom
Negotiators from the House and Senate reached an agreement on the top line of government funding Sunday, taking a key step toward averting a government shutdown later this month. The bipartisan agreement would provide the federal government with up to $1.59 trillion in funding, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) said in a letter to colleagues. […]
King Charles could cut off Prince Andrew’s security funding at Royal Lodge over Epstein docs dump: report
Prince Andrew, named in the latest Jeffrey Epstein document dump, could soon be “forced out” of the Royal Lodge and stripped of his brother King Charles' personal security funds, according to reports. . The disgraced Duke of York has lived in the royal residence on the grounds of Windsor Castle since 2004, after signing a […]