Budget Battles
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Republicans Want Strings Attached to California Disaster Aid
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Biden Goes Out With a Bang in the Jobs Market
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Trump Privately Pushes Senators for ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’
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Trump Considers Declaring National Emergency for Tariff Rollout
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Trump Unloads: Grievances, Greenland and the Gulf of Mexico
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Republicans Divided Over How to Pass Trump’s Agenda
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Trump Pushes Johnson to Victory as Speaker
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Congress Averts Shutdown, Passes a Five Month $1.1 Trillion Spending Package
By Eric PianinGOP and Democratic negotiators struck a final deal over the weekend for a roughly $1.1 trillion spending package to carry the government through the remainder of the fiscal year – a plan that...
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Renewed Fight Over Obamacare Could Prompt Government Shutdown
By Eric PianinThe bitter partisan warfare over health care reform intensified on Thursday when congressional Democrats threatened to shut down the government this weekend if House Republicans try to move forward...
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12 Reasons Another Government Shutdown Would Hurt the Country
By Eric PianinThe last time the federal government was shut down nearly four years ago, hundreds of adults and children were temporarily denied access to National Institutes of Health (NIH) cancer clinical trials...
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Can Trump’s Wall Really Pay for Itself Over 10 Years?
By Rob GarverThe original plan for President Trump’s border wall, repeated ad nauseam on the campaign trail, was that it would be paid for by Mexico. On Sunday, though, Attorney General Jeff Sessions floated a...
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Trump Pushes Congress to the Wall to Avoid a Government Shutdown
By Rob GarverThe already-complicated effort to avert a government shutdown on April 29 is taking on another layer of complexity, with the White House demanding that any spending measure that funds the federal...
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Why You Might Not Get Your Tax Refund on Time This Year
By Rob GarverEvery year, millions of Americans anxiously await the annual infusion of cash from the Internal Revenue Service when it pays back excess withholding from the previous year. However, according to the...
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After Their Break, Congress Will Have 4 Days to Avoid a Shutdown
By Eric Pianin and Rob GarverWhen members of the House of Representatives return to Washington from a nearly three-week break at the end of the month, they will have left themselves just four legislative days to come to some...
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Trump Hands Democrats Another Reason to Shut Down the Government
By Rob GarverWith representatives of both major parties making optimistic noises about their ability to come together on a bill that would allow the government to remain open once the current temporary spending...
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The Clock Is Ticking on a Government Shutdown: 5 Things You Need to Know
By Rob GarverAs Congress prepares to leave town for another break, the Senate has been focused on the effort to confirm (or deny) Neil Gorsuch as a justice of the Supreme Court. The GOP House is desperate to show...
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Why Another Government Shutdown Is Suddenly in the Cards
By Rob GarverThe clock is already ticking on the Trump administration and House Speaker Paul Ryan’s next showdown with recalcitrant Republican lawmakers.
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How the Shutdown Could Hammer Housing
By Diana Olick, CNBCThe fight may be in Washington, but the effects of the government shutdown will ripple through every neighborhood in America—without a fully functioning government, an already tight mortgage market...
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Government Shutdown: A Guide for Consumers
By Eric Pianin and Brianna EhleyIn Washington on Tuesday morning, hundreds of thousands of federal workers were given a few hours to clear off their desks and head home to an uncertain future as the first day of the government...
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Huge GOP Misread on How Voters Feel About Shutdown
By Josh Boak, The Fiscal TimesHouse Republicans claim the American people oppose both a shutdown and Obamacare. "The American people don't want the government shut down, and they don't want Obamacare," House Speaker John Boehner...
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U.S. Government Is Closed Until Further Notice
By Josh Boak and Eric Pianin, The Fiscal TimesThis government shutdown has been brewing for three years – and now it’s happening. The 2010 election set the wheels in motion when Republicans gained control of the House, while President Obama and...
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Bigger Risk for Investors: Congress or Complacency?
By Suzanne McGee, The Fiscal TimesThe headwinds that stocks have encountered have made this year a bumpy one for investors, but the long-term trend has been higher and higher. October 1 may be a date that changes that.