Minnesota Sen. Al Franken said Thursday he will resign from Congress in coming weeks following a wave of sexual misconduct allegations and a collapse of support from his Democratic colleagues, a swift political fall for a once-rising Democratic star. “I ...
Read More »AP Explains: CBO’s independent views can rankle lawmakers
The Congressional Budget Office is a scorekeeper suddenly in the spotlight. Monday’s estimate of the House GOP’s health care measure gave ammunition to Democratic critics of the law, predicting that 14 million people would lose insurance next year. Republicans had ...
Read More »Congress leaves Washington, its dysfunction on display
Congress exited a sweltering Washington on Thursday, its dysfunction on full display as it left behind must-do legislation to combat the mosquito-borne Zika virus and a stalemate over lawmakers’ basic job of fulfilling agency budgets. The twin failures highlighted the ...
Read More »GOP to offer budget blueprint with Medicare, food stamp cuts
Republicans now in charge of Congress offer their budget blueprint this week with the pledge to balance the nation's budget within a decade and rein in major programs such as food stamps and Medicare.
Read More »Scorekeeping change may help GOP pass tax reform
Republicans controlling the House have changed the rules on budget scorekeeping and Democrats are unhappy with the new math.
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