The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a Senate-backed budget framework, clearing the first hurdle in a Republican strategy to fund key immigration enforcement agencies without Democratic support — even as a broader funding impasse continues to shutter much of the Department of Homeland Security. The measure passed narrowly, …
Read More »Biden Calls For Expanded Child Tax Credit, Taxes On Wealthy In $7.3 Trillion Budget Plan
Jennifer Shutt, Florida Phoenix President Joe Biden released his budget request for the upcoming fiscal year Monday, calling on Congress to stick to the spending agreement brokered last year and to revamp tax laws so that the “wealthy pay their fair share.” The $7.266 trillion budget request doesn’t actually spend …
Read More »Senate Democrats Considering $6 Trillion Reconciliation Package
Senate Democrats are talking over a $6 trillion infrastructure package to be passed via reconciliation in case bipartisan efforts backfire. The Democrats are looking to expand President Joe Biden’s $4 trillion jobs and family plans. Senate Budget Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders says that “we’ve got to deal with structural problems facing …
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