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Five Republicans on the House Budget Committee joined with Democrats to block the draft budget bill that included significant ...

Illinois state lawmakers are considering a statewide payroll tax that would raise business costs, reduce wages and kill jobs.

Right-wing fiscal hawks and moderates have both threatened to derail the president’s plan dubbed the ‘Big, Beautiful Bill.’ ...

House Republicans failed to pass the “one big beautiful bill” out of the Budget Committee on Friday after leadership was ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are preparing to push their hard-fought package of tax breaks and spending cuts through ...

The hard-right lawmakers are insisting on steeper spending cuts to Medicaid and the Biden-era green energy tax breaks, among ...

Trump has also completely reversed the goodwill he had with young Latino men ages 18-34. He won them by a margin of +11 in ...

Modifications to Medicaid eligibility raise alarms among Republicans, with potential impacts on millions of Americans ...

Missouri lawmakers will meet in a special session to debate providing tax breaks to keep the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals in ...

The House Budget Committee voted down 16-21 its portion of the reconciliation bill, with fiscal hawks opposing it.