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Government Accountability Office
March 7, 2018
U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) .... Office, and the Financial Report of the United States Government that all show the federal government is on an unsustainable path; Fiscal risks that are placing additional pressure on the federal budget; Opportunities for executive agencies to contribute to fiscal sustainability.
Carroll County Times
March 6, 2018
Human Services Programs of Carroll County, Inc., is asking people to call their congressional representatives over proposed federal budget cuts that the ... and in that way it is an extremely flexible form of funding that allows us to create the unique programming to address the unique local needs we have.”.
Center for Research on Globalization
February 23, 2018
A whopping $21 trillion was found to be missing from the US federal budget as of this past year. Michigan State University professor Mark Skidmore and a group of graduate students made the discovery after overhearing a government official say that the 2016 report by the Department of Defense's Office ofÃÂ ...
CNN
February 10, 2018
According to an analysis by the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, the passed budget resolution requests more spending than President Trump sought for the military or that Obama requested in non-defense spending. With the cost of the tax cuts passed in December, it sets publicÃÂ ...
Quartz
February 9, 2018
Donald Trump signed into law the “Bipartisan Budget Act” today, a sweeping deal that increases US discretionary federal budget spending by over $400 billion in the next two years. The bill isn't the end of Congress's budget wranglings—it merely provides broad guidelines for how American taxpayers'ÃÂ ...
Daily Californian
February 26, 2018
West Coast earthquake warning system to be defunded in proposed federal budget ... Northwest has, so we're much more worked out than they are,” said Robert de Groot, the coordinator for communication, education and outreach at the U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Science Center in Pasadena.
News-Press Now
February 26, 2018
Trend lines make clear federal budget-writers have an aversion to tackling the spiraling growth in entitlement spending. ... extensive service advising Congress and presidents, details the dangers in his book from last fall, “The High Cost of Good Intentions: A History of U.S. Federal Entitlement Programs.
Center for Research on Globalization
February 23, 2018
A whopping $21 trillion was found to be missing from the US federal budget as of this past year. Michigan State University professor Mark Skidmore and a group of graduate students made the discovery after overhearing a government official say that the 2016 report by the Department of Defense's Office ofÃÂ ...
New York Times
February 12, 2018
“We will build, we will maintain, and the vast majority of Americans wants to see us take care of our infrastructure,” Mr. Trump said Monday at the White House as he released an outline of the plan and discussed it with cabinet officials, governors and local leaders. “Washington will no longer be a roadblockÃÂ ...
Quartz
February 9, 2018
Donald Trump signed into law the “Bipartisan Budget Act” today, a sweeping deal that increases US discretionary federal budget spending by over $400 billion in the next two years. The bill isn't the end of Congress's budget wranglings—it merely provides broad guidelines for how American taxpayers'ÃÂ ...
New York Times
February 8, 2018
WASHINGTON — President Trump on Friday morning signed into law a far-reaching budget deal that will boost spending by hundreds of billions of dollars and allow the federal government to reopen after a brief shutdown. In an early morning tweet, Mr. Trump said he had signed the bill, adding: “OurÃÂ ...
The Missoulian
January 19, 2018
Montana's two U.S. senators pointed blame in different directions over the federal budget impasse on Friday night. Democrat Sen. Jon Tester, left, said Republicans have delayed crucial bills until the last minute, while Republican Sen. Steve Daines claimed Democrats have insisted a controversialÃÂ ...
The Verge
January 19, 2018
With only a few hours left to pass a federal budget today, it's becoming more likely that the US government is headed toward a shutdown at midnight. That means federal agencies like NASA will be forced to send some workers home without pay and alter daily operations. However, a shutdown won't have aÃÂ ...
CNN
January 19, 2018
If the shutdown happens, workers considered "nonessential" stop working until Congress can agree on a federal budget bill. ... "The 2013 shutdown gives us a good window into what could happen this time, and if we are not careful, something could happen because things are not being well surveyed,"ÃÂ ...
Federal Times
January 19, 2018
US Senate delays temporary spending vote, upping shutdown drama ÷ Fed workforce: Here's how Congress might protect your pay during a shutdown ÷ Shutdown watch: Congress looks to pass a continuing resolution on federal budget ÷ Senate passes bill to renew foreign surveillance programà...
CNNMoney
January 17, 2018
A double whammy of federal budget cuts might force many hospitals, particularly those that serve poor or rural communities, to scale back services or even shut their doors. The $3.6 billion in cuts this year — $2 billion from a program that sends federal dollars to hospitals that serve a high percentage ofÃÂ ...
PolitiFact
January 17, 2018
"We're allowed to do that by law, but the law would force us to disrupt many of our support activities. ... and Budget estimated that $2.5 billion in pay and benefits was paid for hours not worked government-wide, said Tyler Evilsizer, research manager for the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.
Yahoo Finance
January 11, 2018
December US budget deficit shrinks to $23.2 billion. Martin Crutsinger, AP Economics Writer. Associated Press January 11, 2018. Reblog ... an icy fog cloaking the Capitol begins to give way to the morning sun in Washington. On Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018, the Treasury Department releases federal budget data for December.
Minneapolis Star Tribune
January 6, 2018
Government-shutdown time is upon us. In our nation's capital, our elected officials soon will be making the proverbial sausage, mostly behind closed doors, wheeling and dealing to keep the lights on and trying to look good for voters. Can Republicans, with the help of some Democrats, come to a long-termÃÂ ...
CNBC
January 5, 2018
India lowered its forecast for the current year's economic growth on Friday before a federal budget is released next month. Businesses were hit by the chaotic launch of new nationwide tax last July. "The GST transition impact is clearly visible," said Shubhada Rao, chief economist at Yes Bank. Published 23ÃÂ ...
TeenVogue.com
December 22, 2017
Horse slaughterhouses in the U.S. have been completely obsolete since 2007, when the last three closed, but they're not officially banned. (U.S. horses are still exported to Mexico and Canada for slaughter.) Rather, Congress has voted nearly every year as part of the federal budget appropriations processÃÂ ...
Herald and News
December 17, 2017
Federal budget caps irresponsible ... n The FBI, Customs and Border Protection, the Coast Guard, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the U.S. Secret Service, U.S. Marshals Service and other federal law enforcement. ... n U.S. attorneys and federal courts to prosecute terror suspects and other criminals.
U.S. News & World Report
December 15, 2017
And this bill represents a rare opportunity for us to make real, lasting, substantive change that will affect every single one of us, in every sector of the economy. ... Lawmakers are also working on finalizing a deal on the final spending levels for the fiscal year 2018 discretionary federal budget, and will need toÃÂ ...
Salon
December 11, 2017
According to the proposed 2018 federal budget, which explains in more detail Trump's vision for NASA's priorities in 2018, four climate-change ... on deep space exploration rather than Earth-centric research, and develops technologies that would help achieve U.S. space goals and benefit the economy.”.
CNBC
December 31, 1999
In keeping with a sharp pivot underway among Republicans, U.S. Representative Mark Meadows drew a hard line on federal spending. Lawmakers will begin to try and pass a federal budget in a fight likely to be linked to other issues, such as immigration policy. Democrats will try to use their leverage in theÃÂ ...
Seeking Alpha
November 28, 2017
Meanwhile, the interest expense line item in the federal budget has been flat as interest rates remained low and US debt service was ...
Market Realist
November 28, 2017
James Gorman shared his view on the proposed US tax reform in an ... tax cuts could adversely impact the US federal budget and widen the ...
Xinhua
November 28, 2017
The study published by the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB) on Monday weighted in recent tax debates by disputing the ...
New York Times
November 28, 2017
But all those cuts could add a significant chunk to federal budget deficits, a move that would seem counter to years of Republican criticism of ...
Los Angeles Times
November 26, 2017
Right now, the U.S. trade deficit is about $800 billion a year. ... “The only sure way to reduce the trade deficit is to balance the federal budget, ...
TASS
November 26, 2017
... in spending stems from the geopolitical situation which may force us to ... Russia's federal budget for 2018 and a longer period of up to 2020.
Politico
November 24, 2017
... bump up that cost by another half a trillion dollars, according to the fiscal watchdog group Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.
New York Times
November 15, 2017
... that tax overhaul “alone won't get us back to a balanced budget. ... “Yes, we waste an enormous amount of money in the federal budget,” said ...
Seattle Times
November 13, 2017
US budget deficit up sharply to $63.2 billion in October ... 13, 2017, the Treasury Department releases federal budget data for October.
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
November 10, 2017
The effort, made possible by Article V of the U.S. Constitution, allows state ... lead to debates about issues beyond balancing the federal budget, ...
CNBC
November 8, 2017
It will also cause U.S. debt to rise more than current projections, the CBO ... would increase federal budget deficits by $1.7 trillion over 10 years, ...
The National
November 7, 2017
The UAE Cabinet approved a record Dh51.4 billion federal budget for next ... Brent crude was trading at over US$63 per barrel on Tuesday, ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
November 7, 2017
Wisconsin lawmakers seek convention to amend the U.S. Constitution for a .... to amend the constitution to require a balanced federal budget.
U.S. News & World Report
November 6, 2017
A Kurdish man sells banners supporting the referendum for independence for Kurdistan in Erbil, Iraq September 21, 2017. REUTERS/Alaa ...
War on the Rocks
November 6, 2017
If left unaddressed, continuing deficits and rising U.S. debt could ... Since the end of World War II, from 1946 to 2016, the federal budget has ...
Newsweek
October 26, 2017
Lawmakers use the federal budget to establish their spending priorities and determine how ... That's about one-fifth of the entire U.S. economy.
Quartz
October 25, 2017
Wondering what the House vote on the Congressional Budget Resolution means for US tax reform? You've come to the right place. Basically ...
New York Times
October 20, 2017
Maya MacGuineas, the president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, said on Friday that it was startling how Republicans had ...
Akron Beacon Journal
October 20, 2017
... to Know, Oct. 20: Spain, Catalonia, Niger probe, federal budget ... of Trump's condolence call to the family of a U.S. soldier killed in Niger.
Los Angeles Times
October 20, 2017
... the general federal budget, but mostly from the payroll contributions .... “The fiscal year (FY) 2018 President's Budget will allow us to focus on ...
ABC2 News
October 19, 2017
The U.S. federal budget is about $4.2 trillion a year. And more than 80 percent of that budget comes from our paychecks in the form of payroll ...
Elmira Star-Gazette
October 19, 2017
There are some things the state can do to try to lessen the impact, Deutsch said, but he also urged breakfast attendees to contact U.S. Rep.
The Bottom Line (blog)
October 18, 2017
Earlier today in a vote of 50-47 the senate moved forward with the FY 2018 budget bill which will serve as the vehicle for tax reform critically ...
U.S. News & World Report
October 6, 2017
FILE - This Feb. 2, 2015, file photo, depicts a part of a U.S. $100 bill. The federal government ran a $668 billion budget deficit for the ...
Fortune
September 26, 2017
The federal budget proposal calls for $1.5 trillion in “tax reductions” over ... Unless the U.S. changes course, in a decade, Washington will be ...
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