Tag: Budgets and Deficits

Donald Trump and Chuck Schumer

Trump administration aims for ‘painless’ partial shutdown as talks stall

Susan Ferrechio · December 22, 2018 7:52 pm

In this June 27, 2018, file photo, U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo, R-Fla., speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Republican lawmaker: ‘Things are not well in the USA’

Kelly Cohen · December 22, 2018 7:03 pm

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks during a news conference at the Capitol in D.C.

Schumer says funding for border wall will never pass, ‘not today, not next week, not next year’

Allison Elyse Gualtieri · December 22, 2018 6:51 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is met by reporters as he arrives at the Capitol on the first morning of a partial government shutdown.

McConnell: ‘Far left’ pushing Democrats to block deal to reopen government

Susan Ferrechio · December 22, 2018 6:09 pm

People walk outside of the U.S. Capitol in D.C.

10 things to know about the government shutdown

Kelly Cohen · December 22, 2018 4:50 pm

President Trump hosts an event at the White House in D.C.

Trump: ‘I am in the White House, working hard’ amid government shutdown negotiations

Kelly Cohen · December 22, 2018 4:46 pm

While President Barack Obama signed a law March 2014 that will delay steep increases to flood insurance paid by many, nearly 60,000 policyholders in New York state are among the 1.1 million nationwide who will see their federally subsidized flood insurance premiums rise as part of changes to the National Flood Insurance Program, according to a review of federal data by The Associated Press.

Congress extends National Flood Insurance Program

Colin Wilhelm · December 22, 2018 1:21 am

The Capitol is seen before dawn Wednesday after a night of negotiating on the government spending bill, in Washington, March 21, 2018. Talks over a $1.3 trillion omnibus bill are almost complete as the White House and Capitol Hill Democrats ironed out deals on a first round of funding for President Donald Trump's U.S.-Mexico border wall.

Shutdown on the way as Senate adjourns with no deal in sight

Pete Kasperowicz · December 22, 2018 1:20 am

President Trump speaks to reporters on the South Lawn before leaving the White House in D.C.

Trump works to shift blame for shutdown to the Democrats

Steven Nelson · December 21, 2018 5:43 pm

House Rules Committee Chairman Pete Sessions, R-Texas, answers questions from reporters as House Republicans try to bridge their party's internal struggle over immigration at a closed-door meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 7, 2018. Top Republicans want to head off an election-year showdown that divides the party.

All or nothing: House to vote on single bill funding government and border wall

Susan Ferrechio · December 20, 2018 9:11 pm

GOP blocks Nancy Pelosi push to pass spending bill without border funding

Susan Ferrechio · December 20, 2018 8:48 pm

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks during a news conference at the Capitol in D.C.

Schumer to GOP: Border wall demand ‘futile’

Susan Ferrechio · December 20, 2018 6:36 pm