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State House Roundup: Holiday for all but Healey grappling with budget
Legislators are offering Healey some bulwarks against federal or economic upheaval. Negotiators scaled back their original ...
Trump plans to sign his tax and spending cut bill at the White House July 4 picnic
Against odds that at times seemed improbable, Trump achieved his goal of celebrating a historic — and divisive — legislative ...
House OKs rule for debate on sweeping GOP budget bill
The House took a critical step toward approving their mammoth tax and spending package early Thursday morning by adopting a ...
The Latest: House gives final approval to Trump’s big tax bill and sends it to him to sign
Republican leaders in the House are sprinting toward a vote on President Donald Trump’s tax and spending cuts package, ...
Governor Healey signs $61 billion state budget, but while also slashing funding, delaying earmarks
Governor Maura Healey signed the state spending bill on the Fourth of July holiday, moving well ahead of a deadline to act on ...
House Democrat talks for nearly 9 hours, annoying Republicans and delaying budget vote
The speech pushed a final vote on Republican President Donald Trump’s tax bill, initially expected in the early morning, into ...
House taking key vote on Trump's budget bill as GOP holdouts continue to balk
House Republican leaders are scrambling to shore up support for President Trump's massive domestic policy bill amid pushback ...
I’m an Economist. The GOP Budget Undeniably Takes From the Working Class and Gives to the Rich
Take one jarring symmetry: the spending cuts to health care and food assistance programs in the bill will average about $120 ...