Mike Johnson punts House vote on Trump tax agenda after GOP rebellion threatened defeat
House GOP leaders have been pressing holdouts hard ahead of a key vote on Trump's agenda.
House GOP leaders have been pressing holdouts hard ahead of a key vote on Trump's agenda.
Some House Republicans still have objections to a revised budget blueprint to unlock Trump’s agenda over fiscal concerns. WASHINGTON—House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) pulled a vote late on April 9 on the Senate’s compromise budget resolution that would have allowed Congress to move forward with President Donald Trump’s agenda. The decision to pull the vote—after
The measure would prevent federal district court judges from stalling the president’s agenda with sweeping orders. A bill that would limit district court judges’ ability to block President Donald Trump’s policies nationwide cleared the House on April 9. The legislation, dubbed the No Rogue Rulings Act (NORRA), would narrow the scope of preliminary relief that
President Trump on Wednesday announced a 90-day pause on most of his new tariffs, and a lowering of the “reciprocal tariff” rate to 10%, effective immediately, he said on Truth Social. The U.S. stock market surged immediately after the president’s announcement. At the same time, the president said he’s increasing the tariff rate on goods imported
House lawmakers advanced a bill to block district judges from issuing nationwide injunctions in most cases.
The president directs the Pentagon to boost both private and public investment in the shipbuilding industry. President Donald Trump signed a raft of new executive orders on April 9, including three prioritizing U.S. shipbuilding, other military procurement projects, and streamlining the process for transferring weapons systems to allies. The trio of executive orders comes as
Trump told reporters Wednesday that if Iran does not give up its nuclear weapons program, military action led by Israel will be a real possibility.