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Health care has been a job market bright spot, but Trump's budget bill looms over the industry
Proposed cuts to health insurance programs in the budget bill being pushed through Congress by President Donald Trump could ...
Millions of College Students Could Have Their Federal Aid Slashed Under Budget Proposals
President Donald Trump's requested budget and the proposed GOP budget would eliminate federal grants for some students, and ...
Trump tax bill would widen deficits by US$2.8T after factoring in economic impacts, CBO says
U.S. President Donald Trump’s tax and budget bill would increase deficits by US$2.8 trillion over the next decade, according ...
Budget office ignores rhetoric, says GOP megabill would add $3.4 trillion to the debt
The more Republicans insist that their far-right legislation would shrink the deficit, the more the CBO's arithmetic points ...
Democrat-controlled budget office wrongly analyzed Trump's big bill, missed record savings, White House says
White House says the CBO’s analysis is wrong because it assumes that Republicans in Congress will fail to extend Trump’s 2017 ...
What The Senate Budget Bill Would Mean For Older Adults
The Senate’s draft budget bill would cut Medicaid for older adults more deeply than the House version. It would scrap a Biden ...
Budget Director Claps Back At GOP Critics Of Tax Cut Cost Estimates: ‘I Am A Republican!’
Phillip Swagel, Capitol Hill’s top policy wonk, took the unusual step of defending his agency against bad-faith criticism.
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Congressional Republicans Want to End Grad PLUS Loans. How Might It Affect Your Campus?
Shuttering the program, which had been expected to lend out about $19 billion annually over the next decade, could make ...
White House Eyes Rarely Used Power to Override Congress on Spending
The president’s top aides have signaled they may seize on a timing quirk in law to cancel enacted funds, setting up a clash ...
Trump's tax and budget bill was written for 'hardworking Americans, not 'to please' Musk: Mike Johnson
The Republican House leader and staunch Trump ally said Musk’s criticism of the GOP’s massive tax and budget policy bill will not derail the measure, and he downplayed Musk’s influence over the ...