Congress gives Trump deja vu with standoff over second-term agenda
Donald Trump won’t be sworn in until Monday, but he is already playing referee to an intraparty dispute over how to pass his ...
Area legislators want to see responsible spending in budget, bonding bill for area projects and other priorities
By Sarah Stultz and Eric Johnson It's been a tense start to the legislative session, but local representatives say they still ...
Mississippi House passes $1.1 billion income tax elimination-gas and sales tax increase plan
A bill that phases out the state income tax, cuts the state grocery tax and raises sales taxes and gasoline taxes has passed ...
House conservative hardliners demand two-bill approach to Trump’s agenda, more than $540B in cuts
The GOP proposals include repealing President Biden’s electric vehicle mandate, cutting funding for the IRS, adding work ...
Why House GOP is asking Trump not to cancel Biden’s student loan spending
President-elect Donald Trump has teased various executive orders he hopes to sign on Monday when he returns to the White ...
Iowa politics: Bill to expand what EMS funds can be spent on passes subcommittee
A bill to expand what can be covered by Emergency Medical Services funding is starting to make its way through the Iowa Statehouse.
Donald Trump Issues Great Depression Warning
Democrats "would prefer 'Depression' as long as it hurt the Republican Party," the president-elect wrote on his Truth Social platform.
House Freedom Caucus draws battle lines on reconciliation fight after presenting plan to Trump
FIRST ON FOX: The conservative House Freedom Caucus has released a proposal for Republicans' planned conservative policy ...
This year’s debate over defense spending threatens to disrupt a tradition of bipartisan consensus-building over funding the military
But that record was threatened in the Republican-led House of Representatives on July 14, 2023, when members passed the US$886 billion bill by a 219-210 mostly party-line vote. Reflecting the current ...
Mike Johnson vows April passage of one big MAGA bill, but GOP senators are skeptical
House Speaker Mike Johnson is laying down a highly ambitious timeline to approve President-elect Donald Trump’s big-ticket ...
In aftermath of Helene, Rep. Chuck Edwards confident in WNC's quick recovery
Rep. Chuck Edwards, NC-11, told the Citizen Times he's confident WNC will quickly recover from Helene, now that a federal ...
House passes bill to bar trans athletes from female school sports
The bill would prohibit federal funding from going to K-12 schools that include transgender students on women’s sports teams.