The details of a new bill have not yet been released. Amid the ongoing backlash over congressional leaders’ controversial spending deal, some Republican lawmakers are voicing support for replacing embattled House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) with Elon Musk. “The Speaker of the House need not be a member of Congress …” Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.)
The new deal was negotiated after Trump opposed a previous bill. WASHINGTON—An agreement backed by President-elect Donald Trump to avoid a government shutdown at the end of the week has been reached and a vote is set for the night of Dec. 19, The Epoch Times has learned. It is a pared-down 116-page funding bill,
The new deal was negotiated after Trump opposed a previous bill. WASHINGTON—The House of Representatives on Dec. 19 voted down an alternative plan to fund the government with just over 24 hours until a government shutdown begins. In a 174–235 vote, lawmakers rejected the proposal. That included almost all Democrats and a slate of conservative
The new deal was negotiated after Trump opposed a previous bill. WASHINGTON—The House on Dec. 19 voted down a pared-down, Trump-backed plan to fund the government with just more than 24 hours until a government shutdown begins. In a 235–174 vote, lawmakers rejected the proposal. The group voting against the bill included all but two
The nonpartisan agency’s analysis examines three possible scenarios under Trump’s proposed tariffs. Proposed tariff hikes by President-elect Donald Trump could significantly reduce the federal deficit over the next decade and would do so at modest cost to inflation and economic output, according to a new Congressional Budget Office (CBO) analysis, which is the highest-profile impact
‘The Democrats have said they want to get rid of it. If they want to get rid of it, I would lead the charge,’ Trump said. President-elect Donald Trump said that “the smartest thing” that Congress could do is abolish the debt ceiling, one day after opposing a deal to fund the federal government before
‘The Democrats have said they want to get rid of it. If they want to get rid of it, I would lead the charge,’ Trump said. President-elect Donald Trump says “the smartest thing” Congress could do is abolish the debt ceiling, one day after opposing a deal to fund the federal government before a shutdown.