Our aging population and low birth rate are structural problems added to the political problems that make the Republican ...

A narrowly approved bill in the House, backed by President Trump, encounters opposition in the Senate due to concerns over ...

On May 22, 2025, the House of Representatives cleared a major reconciliation hurdle, advancing its version of a 2025 Fiscal Year (FY2025) ...

Kentucky, said the raise is a serious hold up for him. "I still would support the bill, even with wimpy and anemic cuts," he ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune can afford to lose three Republican senators and still pass the bill, and there are more than that, right now, who have problems with it. Like the House, he will have ...

Republicans argue that growth is the best way to rebalance America's books—economists fear that tax cuts may be the final ...

The bill has $1.1 trillion in tax cuts for people who make more than $500,000 a year. And it has $1.1 trillion in cuts to ...

The fiscal impact of President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” which one prominent budget hawk called a “debt bomb,” is becoming a significant political concern among Republican ...

George W. Bush took over the presidency in January 2001 and squandered the surplus with tax cuts and dramatically higher spending. He also oversaw the reckless deregulation that led to the financial ...

According to the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget — Washington’s saddest advocacy group — if you take seriously the permanence that the Republicans are actually seeking, the Big Budget Bomb ...

Republicans are rushing to pass the bill — which would cut taxes and spending, raise the debt limit and increase defense and ...