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U.S. House Republicans adopted a budget resolution Thursday, clearing the way for both chambers of Congress to write a bill extending 2017 tax cuts and bolstering funding for border security and defense, though the blueprint set vastly different targets for spending cuts. The cliff-hanger 216-214 vote followed a tumultuous week …

U.S. Senate Republicans on Thursday advanced a budget resolution that, once approved by both chambers of Congress, will pave the way for trillions of dollars in tax and spending cuts. The 52-48 vote moved senators one step closer to a marathon amendment voting session, which will likely take place Friday …

The U.S. Senate will debate a budget resolution this week that Republicans in that chamber hope will pave the way for Congress to approve hundreds of billions of dollars in defense and border security funding later this year in a separate bill. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., posted on …

The House on Tuesday approved by a vote of 220-212 a $3.5 trillion budget resolution that, when passed, will help expand the social safety net in the United States. The vote came after almost two days of negotiations with a group of House moderates who were threatening to withhold their …

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wrote a letter to her colleagues on Sunday expressing that she is looking to pass the bipartisan infrastructure bill and the $3.5 trillion budget resolution at the same time. In the letter to her Democratic colleagues on Sunday, Pelosi said that she asked the House Rules …

Senate Democrats unveiled their $3.5 trillion budget resolution for social and environmental programs. The measure will fund health care, education, environmental programs, and family services. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says the budget resolution “will be the most significant legislation for American families since the era of the New Deal …

The Senate passed a budget resolution early Friday morning that sets up passage for President Biden‘s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief proposal without any Republican votes. The 51-50 vote, with Vice President Kamala Harris breaking the tie, came after an all-night marathon “vote-a-rama.” The “vote-a-rama” included 41 votes with dozens of amendments considered. …

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi yesterday announced they have filed a joint budget resolution for Fiscal Year 2021 that gives Congress an additional legislative tool to pass the urgently-needed bipartisan COVID relief legislation that enacts President Joe Biden’s comprehensive American Rescue Plan which helps defeat the …