Focus
FY24 Budget
With the Meter Running, Remedies to Stanch Declining Farm Income Idle in Stalled Farm Bill
US agricultural revenues decreased $80 billion in 2023 with lower 2024 earnings forecast, marking the nation’s ‘largest two-year decline’ ever in farm income.
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10 Key Measures in the Mammoth Defense Policy Bill
The $886 billion Pentagon bill includes $600 million for Ukraine, extends FISA, and reinstates service members discharged over the COVID-19 vaccine.
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House Passes Massive Defense Bill Despite FISA Objections
Massive $886.3 billion spending package heads to President Joe Biden’s desk after 90-minute rocket-docket debate and vote.
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Senate Passes First Spending Package in Race Against House and Time
The Senate’s choice to combine spending bills marks a very different path from that chosen by the GOP-led House.
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Proposals to Fix Busted Federal Budget Process Likely Again to Be Lost in the ... Process
Numerous suggestions to remedy obviously flawed Congressional appropriations procedures have surfaced and faded away since 2012.
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House Passes 3 Budget Packages, Rejects Farm Bill
The chamber advanced State Department, Homeland Security, and Pentagon budgets in late-night votes as a federal shutdown approaches in hours.
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Continuing Resolutions, Shutdown Threats Are Not-So-New Norms in House Budget Drama
With a budget unlikely by Oct. 1, Congress ponders a temporary funding fix—the 48th since 2010—to avoid 11th federal government shutdown since 1980.
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With the Meter Running, Remedies to Stanch Declining Farm Income Idle in Stalled Farm Bill
US agricultural revenues decreased $80 billion in 2023 with lower 2024 earnings forecast, marking the nation’s ‘largest two-year decline’ ever in farm income.
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10 Key Measures in the Mammoth Defense Policy Bill
The $886 billion Pentagon bill includes $600 million for Ukraine, extends FISA, and reinstates service members discharged over the COVID-19 vaccine.
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House Passes Massive Defense Bill Despite FISA Objections
Massive $886.3 billion spending package heads to President Joe Biden’s desk after 90-minute rocket-docket debate and vote.
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Senate Passes First Spending Package in Race Against House and Time
The Senate’s choice to combine spending bills marks a very different path from that chosen by the GOP-led House.
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Proposals to Fix Busted Federal Budget Process Likely Again to Be Lost in the ... Process
Numerous suggestions to remedy obviously flawed Congressional appropriations procedures have surfaced and faded away since 2012.
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House Passes 3 Budget Packages, Rejects Farm Bill
The chamber advanced State Department, Homeland Security, and Pentagon budgets in late-night votes as a federal shutdown approaches in hours.
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Continuing Resolutions, Shutdown Threats Are Not-So-New Norms in House Budget Drama
With a budget unlikely by Oct. 1, Congress ponders a temporary funding fix—the 48th since 2010—to avoid 11th federal government shutdown since 1980.
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