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The U.S. Senate early Saturday approved a budget resolution, largely along party lines, that President Donald Trump has called "one big, beautiful bill" for the budget.
From UPI
House Republican leaders told their members Sunday they still plan on muscling a reworked Senate budget blueprint through the House this week, according to multiple people briefed on the plans, even a...
From Politico
The Senate budget instruction does not have such a forcing mechanism. In fact, instead of setting a $2 trillion spending cut target, the Senate bill only calls for $4 billion in cuts.
From Washington Examiner
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Republicans are growing anxious about an emerging Texas primary engulfing one of their longest-serving senators, fearful that a hugely expensive intraparty feud will have major ramifications across the map in next year’s midterms.
In a marathon voting session that stretched from Friday night into early Saturday morning, the GOP-led Senate voted to approve President Trump's latest budget framework but rejected an amendment aimed at preventing the privatization of public lands.
The Senate has approved Donald Trump's tax and spending cut framework in a 51-49 vote, in a major win for the president. The vote, which ran into the early hours of Saturday morning, took place largely along party lines. However, two Republicans - Senators Susan Collins of Maine and Rand Paul of Kentucky - joined Democrats in opposition.
Ohio Republican Bernie Moreno made the comment to reporters outside the Senate chamber as members of his caucus sought to pass Trump's tax-cut agenda.
Senate Republicans unveiled their new budget blueprint Wednesday afternoon, paving the way for the Senate and House to finally inch closer to advancing President Donald Trump’s immigration and tax agenda.
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Just hours after President Donald Trump announced massive new tariffs on nearly all imports to the United States, a bipartisan group of senators made the
The Senate has passed a resolution that would thwart President Donald Trump’s ability to impose tariffs on Canada.
A measure to cancel some Canadian tariffs is all but certain to stall in the House. But with a handful of Republicans in favor, the vote sent a signal of opposition to the levies.
"We have to hit Republican states and we have to hit Donald Trump's friends," a top European official told his colleagues.
The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee will hold a hearing on April 10 on whether to end the practice of changing the clocks twice a year, more than three years after the Senate unanimously voted in March 2022 to make daylight saving time permanent.