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The spending cuts package, requested by the White House, heads back to the House ahead of a Friday deadline for Trump to sign it into law.
The bill will trigger a massive reduction in local coverage, journalist layoffs and shuttering of stations, public media leaders say.
President Donald Trump says a deal has been made with almost all the Republican House members who sank a procedural vote on his cryptocurrency bills Tuesday.
President Trump’s sweeping tax and spending bill cut clean energy tax credits despite a big push from the solar and wind industries.
The House of Representatives set a new record for the longest vote in history on Wednesday. A conservative rebellion over cryptocurrency bills paralyzed the House floor for two days this week. And while it’s finally over, it means House GOP leaders have significantly less time to carry out their legislative timeline.
The Senate approved a bill to cut nearly $9 billion in taxpayer funds, affecting foreign aid and public broadcasting. The measure is now returning to the House for approval.
A new Ohio bill would let cities and townships approve Sunday liquor sales without putting the question to voters.
The GOP megabill’s recission of green energy tax credits is expected to kill renewable energy projects and jobs — including in the districts and states of lawmakers who voted for it. Many
The GOP-led bill would cut $9 billion in federal funding that, in part, goes toward public broadcasting, including the bandwidth that emergency alert systems that New Mexicans rely on during natural disasters — like those we saw in Ruidoso, and Trout and Laguna fires.
Trump's $9 billion rescissions package is advancing, despite a trio of Republican defections. It targets foreign aid and public broadcasting funding.
"Now is the time to prevent any future cuts to Medicaid from going into effect,” the Missouri senator said after helping make those cuts a reality.