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President-elect Donald Trump is backing the newly drafted spending bill that Republican lawmakers dr

The House of Representatives voted to pass a spending package that includes several provisions reversing the Trump administration's anti-choice policies.

Overall, the U.S. Department of Education would be funded to the tune of $70.5 billion, a slight $133 million decrease from fiscal 2014.

The Senate is using an inflated spending limit to maintain the bloated levels of the last omnibus package, including all the earmarks.

"The House on Thursday afternoon approved the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Appropriations Act by a 217-203...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has promised to defeat the House bill.

The House failed to pass a procedural hurdle for one of its 12 defense bills after deliberations over government spending descended into chaos.

Jun 4, 2025 - Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt laughed in a White House press conference on Tuesday (June 3), when a reporter asked her if Donald Trump was mad about Elon...

Republican Party leaders are alleging that Democrats are using the $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation bill to implement a socialist agenda.

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We look at the passage of the stopgap spending bill as well as President Biden's statements on the necessity of a secure Palestinian state alongside Israel.

The spending bill would extend funding through Nov. 21 not only for all federal government departments and agencies, but also for a number of health care and...

The recently approved federal spending measure includes language that highlights the increasing responsibilities of principals in meeting new mandates and the...

Jul 4, 2025 - Food banks across North Carolina are bracing for what they fear could be major negative effects from President Trump's spending bill.

The vote, which was largely along party lines at 54-46, highlighted the frustration among Democrats over how to deal with the Trump administration.

The House Appropriations Committee has approved a $706 billion defense spending bill for fiscal 2022 over the objections of panel Republicans.

The Senate advanced its defense policy bill with eyes on eventually bypassing the military spending cap laid out in the debt limit agreement.

Dec 20, 2024 - The new proposal includes funding through March, disaster relief and farm assistance.

The ABA Journal is read by half of the nation's 1 million lawyers every month. It covers the trends, people and finances of the legal profession from Wall...

Last year, the House produced what Speaker Paul Ryan called a "crap sandwich." This year we look likely to approve extra helpings.

Both the House and Senate are expected to pass a short-term government funding bill to avert a shutdown by the end of this week.

The House hopes to wrap up action on a big Republican spending bill today. The new budget includes sweeping cuts across domestic programs. Votes on a proposal...

The House will not include an Obamacare bailout package in their must-pass omnibus spending bill.

House lawmakers voted to boost funding for the 21st Century Community Learning Centers program by $100 million during debate over the House education funding...

President says he would support only a "clean" short-term spending bill.

Higher spending levels emerged on a variety of programs that merit phasing-out or direct termination.

The U.S. Senate voted Friday afternoon to pass an amended minibus appropriations bill that will temporarily fund major government agencies. The bill now...

Mar 8, 2025 - Congress must act by midnight Friday to avoid a partial government shutdown

House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) on Wednesday defended the $1 trillion spending bill as a bipartisan bill that's needed to keep the government open after...

The $1 trillion-plus measure also retains funding for Planned Parenthood.

Nov 12, 2025 - The package to end the government shutdown gives the VA $3.4 billion for the EHR rollout — but there’s a catch.

Rutherford County Mayor Bill Ketron was ordered to pay $135,000 for campaign spending violations by the Tennessee Registry of Election Finance after state...

Republicans scored a significant victory after successfully passing a spending bill on Friday to ave

The government is hiding information about spending, but Republican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa wants to change that with a new watchdog bill.

A $12 million increase in Senate staff salaries, $15 million to study high obesity counties, $8 million for breastfeeding grants and $4 million to combat...

The Biden administration is trying to quash provisions in an annual defense spending bill that would stop China from infiltrating American universities and...

Sep 16, 2025 - State lawmakers last week made California the seventh state to pass a bill limiting investor-owned utilities from using customer money to pay for political and...

The massive, unprecedented $3.5 trillion spending bill making its way through Congress includes education spending on an equally unprecedented scale. In all,...

Dec 20, 2021 - The $768 billion defense spending bill that passed the U.S. Senate last week, has numerous Arctic-focused provisions, including an Arctic defense strategy,...

The federal spending bill also includes an additional $44 million for the FBI to respond to cyber and intelligence threats from Moscow.

The Senate passed a $1.1 trillion bill to fund the government through Sept. 30, sending on Thursday the bill to the president's desk and taking a major step to...

Planned Parenthood will continue to receive federal funding in the newly released omnibus spending bill, delivering a defeat to pro-life groups that have been...

The budget agreement between Congress and the White House would cut nearly $40 billion overall in federal spending. IT programs are a large part of that.

Dec 18, 2025 - Germany also passed a major bill agreeing €50 billion in defense spending, while the UK is set to unveil its military outlays in the new year.

The Senate proposal, which would keep overall Education Department funding virtually flat at $71.4 billion, differs dramatically from what House Democrats...

Senate version will likely differ from House-passed $874 billion legislation