Showing posts with label Budget. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Budget. Show all posts

Monday, July 10, 2017

Congress returns to battles over health care, budget

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By WTOP, July 10, 2017

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is still trying to send President Donald Trump his first unqualified legislative triumph, nearly six months after Republicans grabbed full control of Washington. Now, lawmakers are returning from their July 4 recess with an added objective — averting some full-blown political disasters.

The GOP campaign to repeal Democrat Barack Obama’s health care law is bogged down in the Senate and flirting with collapse. Efforts to pass a budget are stuck, there’s no tax code overhaul package, spending bills are in limbo and it’s unclear how leaders will find the votes to avert a federal default.

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Monday, July 3, 2017

Summer looms with GOP stuck on health care, budget, taxes

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By Philly, June 30, 2017

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans are stuck on health care, can’t pass a budget, and hopes for a big, bipartisan infrastructure package are fizzling. Overhauling the tax code looks more and more like a distant dream.

The GOP-led Congress has yet to salt away a single major legislative accomplishment for President Donald Trump — and a summer of drift may lead to a logistical nightmare this fall.
 
 
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Sunday, July 2, 2017

Summer looms with GOP stuck on health care, budget, taxes

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By WTOP, June 30, 2017

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans are stuck on health care, can’t pass a budget, and hopes for a big, bipartisan infrastructure package are fizzling. Overhauling the tax code looks more and more like a distant dream.

The GOP-led Congress has yet to salt away a single major legislative accomplishment for President Donald Trump — and a summer of drift may lead to a logistical nightmare this fall.

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Saturday, March 28, 2015

Thought the GOP House and Senate couldn't agree...

March 28, 2015 Budget , Ed Moressey 0 Comments
Republicans Pass Budgets In Both House And Senate, Trim $5.1 Trillion In Spending

By Ed Moressey, Mar. 27, 2015, HotAir.com

Remember when a disagreement between Republicans on the budget was “cataclysmic” for GOP claims to governance? Democrats last passed a normal budget resolution six years ago, but Republicans went all of seven days before both chambers finally passed budget resolutions. Our long national nightmare, at least as envisioned by Politico, is over:


The Senate passed a Republican-authored budget plan early on Friday that seeks $5.1 trillion in domestic spending cuts over 10 years while boosting military funding.

The 52-46 vote on the non-binding budget resolution put Congress on a path to complete its first full budget in six years. It came at the end of a marathon 18-hour session that saw approval of dozens of amendments ranging from Iran sanctions to carbon emissions and immigration policies.

The House passed its budget resolution on Wednesday after a similar process of debate and amendment. Some journalists might be unfamiliar with this process after six years of Democratic Party grandstanding under the cataclysmic leadership of Harry Reid, but this is called “regular order” budgeting. Reid’s decision to abandon that process was what led to several years of budgeting by brinksmanship, “fiscal cliffs,” debt-ceiling standoffs, and the like.

Oddly, Politico didn’t seem to recall those cataclysms at the beginning of a normal budget process. Hmmmm.

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Thursday, February 12, 2015

"establishment" vs. "upstarts"

February 12, 2015 Budget , Department of Homeland Security 0 Comments
DHS Budget Impasse Fuels Tension Between House, Senate Republicans 

By Fox News, Feb. 11, 2105

House and Senate Republicans are having their first big family feud since taking control of Congress, as they hit a rock-hard budget impasse that threatens to trigger a partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security.

After a solid 16 months without a government shutdown of any kind, Congress is careening toward an end-of-the-month funding deadline for DHS without a new budget.

The House already passed a bill that includes provisions overturning President Obama's controversial immigration executive actions. But despite repeated attempts last week, the Senate was unable to pass that bill -- as Democrats blocked it, over and over again. Democrats want the immigration provisions stripped.

Yet House Republican leaders are refusing to take another crack at the bill. A senior House GOP leadership aide told Fox News there is no backup plan -- they are insisting the House-passed bill is the only proposal.

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Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Full-throated denunciation of "progressivism"

February 04, 2015 Budget , President Barack Obama 0 Comments
Sessions To Obama Budget Director: 'Your Policies Have Crushed Middle Class' 

By Senator Sessions, Feb. 3, 2015



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Thursday, January 15, 2015

"about to get more complicated...because of President Barack Obama's health law"

January 15, 2015 AP , Budget 0 Comments
Need Help Filing Out Your Tax Return? Don't Call The IRS

Stephen Ohlemacher, Jan. 14, 2015, AP

Got a question for the IRS? Good luck reaching someone by phone. The tax agency says only half of the 100 million people expected to call this year will be able to reach a person.

Callers who do get through may have to wait on hold for 30 minutes or more to talk to someone who will answer only the simplest questions.

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Sunday, November 16, 2014

Sounds like a "neo-con"!

November 16, 2014 AP , Budget 0 Comments
Hagel: US Needs Game-Changing Military Innovation

Robert Burns, Nov. 16, 2014, Associated Press

Hagel announced a "defense innovation initiative" that he likened to historic and successful campaigns during the Cold War to offset military advantages of U.S. adversaries. He described a "game-changing" strategy to sharpen American's military edge in the face of budget impasses on Capitol Hill.

"We must change the way we innovate, operate and do business," he told a defense forum at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.

In a memo to Pentagon leaders in which be outlined the initiative, Hagel said the U.S. must not lose its commanding edge in military technology.

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Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Balanced Budget Convention Gains Steam--Congressman Calls For Official Evaluation -- After BB, spending cap essential

April 02, 2014 Budget , California 0 Comments
By Stephan Dinan, Apr. 1, 2014, The Washington Times
Rep. Duncan Hunter on Tuesday asked Congress to evaluate whether enough states have officially called for a constitutional convention to propose a balanced budget amendment — marking the next step toward what could be an historic gathering.

Mr. Hunter, California Republican, said Congress should take stock of where things stand after Michigan last week approved an official call for a balanced budget amendment convention. According to some analysts, Michigan’s move makes it the 34th state to request a convention.

The final decision is up to Congress.

“It is my belief that the House should lead an effort to ascertain whether 34 states have voted affirmatively,” Mr. Hunter said in a letter to House Speaker John A. Boehner.

“A balanced budget amendment is long overdue and remains an effective tool to address runaway spending and deficits,” he wrote. “With the recent decision by Michigan lawmakers, it is important that the House — and those of us who support a balanced budget amendment — determine whether the necessary number of states have acted and the appropriate role of Congress should this be the case.” 

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