Budget Battles
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White House Stops Short of Endorsing Florida Drug Importation Proposal
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Democrats Call for End to Medicaid Work Requirements
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Florida’s New GOP Governor Wants to Import Cheaper Prescription Drugs from Canada
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For 2020 Dem Hopefuls, ‘Medicare-For-All’ Is A Defining Issue, However They Define It
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Baby Boomers Will Drive Health Care Spending to Nearly $6 Trillion a Year by 2027
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Voter Support for 'Medicare for All' Plunges: Poll
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Medicare, Medicaid Control Costs Better Than Private Insurers: Study
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Will Republicans Defy Trump on His National Emergency?
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she would move swiftly to block President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency on the southern border, and she is. The House will vote Tuesday on a disapproval...
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Pelosi Prepares a Trump Smackdown
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday night that the House will “move swiftly” to vote on a resolution to terminate President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency on the border with Mexico...
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16 States Sue Trump: The Court Battles Over His ‘Emergency’ Are Just Getting Started
A coalition of 16 states filed a lawsuit in federal court Monday challenging President Trump’s move to invoke emergency powers to redirect billions of dollars for construction of a border wall. The...
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Elizabeth Warren Proposes Universal Child Care, Paid for by Taxing Millionaires
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), who’s running for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, on Tuesday unveiled a universal child care plan that would cap families’ expenses at 7 percent of income...
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Klobuchar Pitches Herself as Pragmatic Alternative to Progressive Dems
In a CNN town hall in New Hampshire Monday night, Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) drew some clear distinctions between herself and some of the most progressive Democratic presidential candidates in the...
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A Modest Start for the Space Force
By Michael RaineyThe Pentagon is expected to request about $270 million for the Space Force in its 2020 budget, according to a preliminary Department of Defense memo reviewed by Space News’ Sandra Erwin. The funds...
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Trump’s Risky Plan to Get $8 Billion for His Wall
He really did it. President Trump on Friday declared a national emergency in an attempt to bypass Congress and redirect existing funds toward construction of his promised wall along the southern...
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Trump on the $22 Trillion National Debt: 'Growth Will Straighten It Out'
By Michael RaineyPresident Trump was asked at his wide-ranging press conference Friday about the roughly $2 trillion increase in public debt during the first two years of his administration: Question: Let me also ask...
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The Great Debt Debate: How Dangerous Is It?
By Michael RaineyMIT economist Olivier Blanchard caused a stir in fiscal circles last month with an academic paper suggesting that current levels of public debt may be less worrisome than many experts think (see our...
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Trump to Sign Border Deal — and Declare a National Emergency, Too
Roses are red, Violets are blue, President Trump will sign the spending deal and declare a national emergency too. OK, it’s not the most romantic of gestures, but you could call it a Valentine’s Day...
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Are We Headed for Another Shutdown?
By Michael RaineyThe bipartisan, bicameral committee tasked with finding a budget compromise to avert another government shutdown on February 15 met for the first time Wednesday, but the expectations for reaching a...
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Key Democrat Says He Wants to Cut the Deficit in Half
By Michael RaineyRep. John Yarmuth (D-KY), chair of the House Budget Committee, told Reuters Tuesday that Democrats are working on a fiscal plan that would cut the annual deficit in half in 10 years. While it won’t...
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The High Cost of the Shutdown — and What Happens Next
Federal employees affected by the 35-day partial government shutdown returned to work Monday — though it will likely be awhile before they can say their lives have returned to normal. Some federal...
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‘Greatest Threat’ to the US? Two Top Democratic Economists Aren’t So Worried About the Debt
By Michael RaineyStarbucks founder Howard Schultz told “60 Minutes” Sunday that he is considering a run for president in 2020, possibly as a “centrist independent,” and one of his top issues is the growing national...
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Deficit Rising, but Won’t Hit $1 Trillion Until 2022, CBO Projects
By Michael RaineyIn new budget and economic projections released Monday , the Congressional Budget Office said annual deficits are expected to rise above $1 trillion in 2022, two years later than previous estimates,...
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