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Senators Want To Claw Back Trump's Spending Power. They Should Just Pass a Real Budget Instead.

The Senate’s funding bill stops the Trump administration from handing political appointees control over federal grants, but Congress isn’t eager to rein in spending.

Spending deal freezes Trump proposal to gain power over federal grants, extends highway law

WASHINGTON —The U.S. Senate voted Monday to advance a bipartisan measure to keep the federal government funded through Dec. 11 and pause the Trump administration’s effort to add co...

Spending deal freezes Trump proposal to gain power over federal grants, extends highway law

WASHINGTON —The U.S. Senate voted Monday to advance a bipartisan measure to keep the federal government funded through Dec. 11 and pause the Trump administration’s effort to add co...

How Congress is reshaping the administration's FY27 budget

Three of the four House and Senate committees have marked up the spending proposal. Here's what they want.

Spending deal freezes Trump proposal to gain power over federal grants, extends highway law

WASHINGTON —The U.S. Senate voted Monday to advance a bipartisan measure to keep the federal government funded through Dec. 11 and pause the Trump administration’s effort to add co...

The Best Government Money Can Buy

You know that slush fund of 1776 billion dollars that Trump is trying to create... the Republicans said, "Not so fast!"Where's our cut?House Republicans Make Themselves Eligible fo...

Spending deal freezes Trump proposal to gain power over federal grants, extends highway law

WASHINGTON —The U.S. Senate voted Monday to advance a bipartisan measure to keep the federal government funded through Dec. 11 and pause the Trump administration’s effort to add co...

House GOP Adopts $95 Billion Package To Fund More War, Voting Law Changes

Democrats argued the money should be spent at home, particularly on efforts to lower costs for Americans.

House Advances Stopgap Funding Measure, but Senate Showdown Looms

U.S. Senate forges own path forward on government funding

(The Center Square) – U.S. senators are forging ahead on a bipartisan plan to avert a government shutdown in October rather than following House Republicans’ lead....

‘Power of the purse’ not a weapon

Congress approves funding bill that maintains IRS budget

A stopgap funding bill headed to the president would maintain the IRS’s $11.2 billion annual budget through Dec. 11 and prevent a second $11.6 billion funding rescission for now.

Senate Passes Continuing Resolution to Fund Government, Avert Shutdown

The 90-6 vote keeps agencies funded through fiscal 2027, but the House must still approve the package before lawmakers leave for recess.

Editorial: Military funding endangered

The problem with taking the nation to war without creating consensus of support is now playing out in Washington, where a dispute over a $67 billion supplemental defense appropriat...

What's wrong with Congress?

Congress was granted many powers under Article I of the Constitution. Nonetheless, lawmakers have ceded much of their authority to the president – and Washington has been plagued b...

US House GOP launches process to provide $60B for defense, up to $12B for farms

WASHINGTON — U.S. House Republicans released their latest budget resolution Wednesday, the first step in a long and complicated process that could allow Congress to approve a third...

House passes Pentagon funding and limits on stock trades in a last dash before recess

Republicans passed more than $1 trillion for the Pentagon alongside a budget blueprint that would let them bypass Democrats to unlock new funds for the Iran war and Trump's electio...

How Congress Can End Trump’s Iran War and Prevent the Next One

By defying Congress's vote on the Iran war, Trump has again disregarded constitutional limits on war-making, underscoring the need for firmer congressional action. The post How Con...

House passes funding bill to avert government shutdown

The House overwhelmingly approved legislation Tuesday to prevent a government shutdown and keep federal agencies operating beyond Oct. 1.

US House votes to curb Trump's Iran war powers but Senate backs president

By Patricia ZengerleWASHINGTON, July 23 (Reuters) - The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives backed a resolution on Thursday directing President Donald Trump to halt U.S. m...

THE MONEY THAT NEVER MOVED: HOW NIGERIA’S EXPENDITURE CONTROLS PREVENTED THE PEAC/PFIPC APPROPRIATION FROM BECOMING PUBL...

A MEDIA STATEMENT BY TANIMU YAKUBU Director-General Budget Office of the Federation 24 July 2026 APPROPRIATION WAS ONLY THE FIRST STEP The public argument has often begun at the wr...

Senate appropriators unveil stopgap funding bill that blocks Trump's attempt to change science funding

Senators on the Appropriations Committee on Sunday released a stopgap funding bill to avert a government shutdown by Oct. 1 and temporarily block a White House proposal that would...

OMB Wants Battleship, Aircraft Carrier Funding Anomalies in Latest Continuing Resolution Proposal

The Office of Management and Budget wants Congress to allow the Navy to start work on the Trump-class battleship program, buy more on critical munitions and fund long lead material...

House GOP Releases Party-Line Budget for Iran War

“House GOP leaders on Wednesday released a budget blueprint that would allow them to bypass Democratic opposition and provide $73 billion in additional military funding amid the wa...