Tag: Budgets and Deficits

House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., joined from left by Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., Rep. Kay Granger, R-Texas, and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., as he renewed his criticism of the Democratic leadership for not stripping Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., from the Foreign Affairs Committee in the wake of anti-semitism accusations, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019.

Scalise backs bill revoking $25M from Kennedy Center following layoffs

Dominick Mastrangelo · March 31, 2020 3:05 pm

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

‘We’re going to have to dramatically cut’: Cuomo faults Congress for lack of aid in pandemic package

Cassidy Morrison · March 27, 2020 5:18 pm

Congress is considering a budget deal that would implement $17 billion in retroactive, temporary tax breaks. Separate from the tax cuts President Trump signed in December, the Joint Committee on Taxation, Congress' tax experts, estimated Thursday that the cuts would cost just under $17 billion altogether. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Coronavirus relief package contains $600B in tax cuts

Nihal Krishan · March 27, 2020 3:26 pm

From left, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy stand on the East steps of Capitol Hill in this Dec. 2021 photo.

Magazine - Washington Briefing

Congress mulls even more economic relief after passing $2 trillion aid package

Susan Ferrechio · March 27, 2020 3:00 am

G-20 leaders tout $5 trillion in coronavirus relief, but fears of multiple debt crises mount

Joel Gehrke · March 26, 2020 7:27 pm

House members to follow social distancing rules during coronavirus relief package vote

Kerry Picket · March 26, 2020 5:57 pm

Pelosi outlines plans for fourth coronavirus relief package

Susan Ferrechio · March 26, 2020 4:41 pm

Beltway Confidential

$2 trillion in debt-financed coronavirus relief will cost future generations dearly

Brad Polumbo · March 26, 2020 3:08 pm

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the winner of a Democratic Congressional primary in New York, reacts while talking to the media, Wednesday, June 27, 2018, in New York. Ocasio-Cortez, 28, upset U.S. Rep. Joe Crowley in Tuesday's election.

AOC may force House lawmakers to return to Washington for coronavirus relief package vote

Mike Brest · March 25, 2020 8:51 pm

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

'A drop in the bucket': Andrew Cuomo calls $2 trillion relief bill 'terrible' for New York

John Gage · March 25, 2020 1:23 pm

House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., speaks as the House of Representatives debates the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019.

Could the House voice vote a $2 trillion coronavirus spending bill? It will be hard

Susan Ferrechio · March 25, 2020 4:01 am

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., walks through the Hall of Columns at the Capitol as House Democratic chairs gather for a meeting with Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., in Washington, Wednesday, March 27, 2019.

Schiff defends controversial additions to coronavirus relief bill as ‘very much interrelated’ with ‘economic health’

Andrew Mark Miller · March 24, 2020 4:49 pm