Amtrak has historically received $2 billion in federal subsidies each year. Under Republicans' "draconian" cuts, they'd receive over $5 billion next year.
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The federal budgeting process was broken long before Matt Gaetz and Kevin McCarthy's recent spat.
Years ago, when interest rates were low, calls for the federal government to exercise fiscal restraint were dismissed. That was unwise.
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Congress is being asked to borrow more money to fund broadband access and other pet projects. Only about $9 billion would be spent on natural disaster recovery efforts.
A debt commission won't solve any of the federal government's fiscal problems, but it's the first step towards taking them seriously.
Over the last several years, they have worked nonstop to ease the tax burden of their high-income constituents.
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Johnson is a relative newcomer to Congress who has never even chaired a committee, and he is a close ally of former President Donald Trump.
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The world's largest union of pilots says this requirement is necessary for safety and not unduly burdensome, but its data are misleadingly cherry-picked.
It's a maneuver that makes little fiscal, philosophical, or political sense, but thankfully it also seems unlikely to work.
Higher rates lead to more debt, and more debt begets higher rates, and on and on. Get the picture?
Cities are asking for federal zoning-reform dollars to pay for plans that might never pass.
As long as the Republican Party is a policy-free zone, Jordan might as well be the guy in charge.
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Well over half of those funds remain unspent, according to a new Government Accountability Office report.
The Federal Reserve's higher interest rates were supposed to trigger changes to fiscal policy. So far, that hasn't happened.
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For a brief moment, some Republicans were arguing the disgraced and indicted President should be the next Speaker of the House.
We should all be skeptical that the same government that can't balance a budget can revamp the dominant form of modern communications and boost young people's self-esteem.
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On Friday, the Texas representative will introduce a resolution rebuking recent pushes to conduct military operations against Mexican cartels without Mexico’s consent or congressional authorization.
Those sounding the loudest alarms about possible shutdowns are largely silent when Congress ignores its own budgetary rules. All that seems to matter is that government is metaphorically funded.
And why he almost certainly will not
The SAFER Banking Act is trying to address dual legality of cannabis laws between the federal government and the 38 states that have some form of legal cannabis.
The libertarian-adjacent Kentucky congressman says he's against the effort to depose Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
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Shutdowns don't meaningfully reduce the size or cost of government, but they also aren't the end of the world.
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After five years without net neutrality rules, the fix for a problem that doesn’t exist is back.
The Senate is an incompetent laughingstock regardless of what its members wear.
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Deena Ghazarian, CEO of consumer electronic company Austere, says the federal government's tariff exclusion process was "arcane, nontransparent, and highly uncertain."
States that allow home chefs to sell perishable foods report no confirmed cases of relevant foodborne illness.
Since Congress won't cut spending, an independent commission may be the only way to rein in the debt.
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