FY 2020 Federal Budget Compared to Actual Spending
BY KIMBERLY AMADEO REVIEWED BY MICHAEL J BOYLE on April 29, 2021 Here’s how the actual FY 2020 budget compared to Trump’s budget The fiscal year (FY) 2020 federal budget…
Democrats Suggest Giving President, Treasury Power to Raise Debt Limit
By Joseph Lord After a Tuesday meeting of the Democratic caucus, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) spent much of the press conference discussing the debt ceiling. As Republicans…
Pelosi Without Enough Votes Delays $1.2 Trillion Infrastructure Bill
By Katabella Roberts Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.). announced Sunday that the vote on the Senate-passed $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill will be held on Sept. 30, days later than originally planned.…
The Biden administration could sidestep McConnell’s refusal to pay America’s bills by minting a $1 trillion platinum coin
By Andy Kiersz,Joseph Zeballos-Roig Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has firmly dug in on refusing GOP help to renew the US’s ability to pay off its bills, known as the…
Economists lower third-quarter growth forecasts over delta variant as inflation runs hot
by Zachary Halaschak, Economics Reporter Two major banks have revised their near-term projections for U.S. economic growth following the late-summer rise in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths. After weeks of…
Biden ‘inflation tax’ erases gains in workers’ pay, as Democrats’ own economists admit fears
By John Solomon One promise from the U.S. economy emerging from the pandemic was that American workers would benefit from a tight labor pool driving up salary and pay. And…
Pelosi signals she won’t bend to outnumbered centrists in spending fight
Susan Ferrechio Speaker Nancy Pelosi isn’t swayed after a group of centrist Democrats demanded the House take up a Senate-passed infrastructure measure when they return later this month to consider…
Pelosi Faces Revolt From Moderates That Risks Budget Vote Plan
Emily Wilkins and Billy House Nine moderate House Democrats are threatening to withhold support from a $3.5 trillion budget blueprint until a bipartisan infrastructure package is signed into law, threatening…
Pilot plan to tax drivers per MILE hidden in Biden’s $1.2trillion deal
Elizabeth Elkind, Political Reporter American drivers could soon trade paying taxes on gas at the pump for owing the government annual ‘per-mile user fees,’ under a new pilot program recently…
The evidence is clear: Democrats are pushing America toward economic disaster
Justin Haskins On Thursday, the U.S. Commerce Department released important data showing the U.S. economy severely underperformed in the second quarter of 2021.© Provided by Washington Examiner According to the…
Key inflation indicator up 3.5% year over year in June for fastest gain since 1991
By Jeff Cox An inflation indicator that the Federal Reserve uses as its key guide rose 3.5% in June, a sharp acceleration that was nonetheless right around Wall Street expectations,…
Pelosi: House Won’t Consider Bipartisan Infrastructure Plan Without Reconciliation Proposal
BY ISABEL VAN BRUGEN House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has said that she will not hold a House vote on a bipartisan infrastructure plan bill until the Senate passes a…