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Bessent asks Congress to drop 'retaliatory' tax as Republicans struggle to rewrite bill
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Thursday asked Republicans in Congress to remove a "retaliatory tax" proposal that ...
Congress Is Pushing for a Medicaid Work Requirement. Here’s What Happened When Georgia Tried It.
GOP lawmakers want to nationalize Medicaid work requirements to offset Trump’s proposed tax cuts. Yet Georgia’s example shows ...
Medicaid provision in Trump’s budget bill violates Senate rules. Now what?
Republicans were counting on big cuts to Medicaid and other programs to offset trillions of dollars in tax breaks.
Sweeping GOP budget bill illuminates the central fault line in the modern Republican coalition
The sweeping Republican budget bill advancing through Congress illuminates the central fault line in the modern GOP electoral ...
Congress' ‘big beautiful' bill proposes new Medicaid work requirements. Here's what to know
The Republican budget bill proposes requiring adults on Medicaid work a certain number of hours in order to qualify for ...
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Medicaid payments to providers likely to take hit if Congress passes ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ but path to approval still uncertain
A group of 16 Republicans is urging Senate leaders to walk back aggressive Medicaid cuts proposed by a key committee as Congress gets closer to a self-imposed deadline to finalize its massive ...
Budget Director Claps Back At GOP Critics Of Tax Cut Cost Estimates: ‘I Am A Republican!’
Phillip Swagel, Capitol Hill’s top policy wonk, took the unusual step of defending his agency against bad-faith criticism.
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Chair tells Congress tariffs are key reason Fed is holding rates
Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell evokes a more collegial era on Capitol Hill as he talks interest rate cuts.
Budget office ignores rhetoric, says GOP megabill would add $3.4 trillion to the debt
The more Republicans insist that their far-right legislation would shrink the deficit, the more the CBO's arithmetic points ...