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Senate poised to hand Trump $9B in cuts, second big legislative victory
Senate Republicans say they have the votes to pass a package of $9 billion in spending cuts, which would give President Trump another big legislative victory in less than a month after GOP leaders ...
GOP narrowly advances rescissions package to Senate floor
Senate Republicans had barely enough votes Tuesday to advance President Trump's proposal to claw back money appropriated for ...
Senate clears key procedural hurdles on Trump DOGE cuts as deadline looms
The Senate cleared two procedural hurdles Tuesday/TK day to move closer to a final vote on the GOP effort to codify ...
Illinois public broadcasters in Chicago, and especially downstate, fear impact as Senate vote to cut funding looms
While Chicago-area public media outlets WBEZ and WTTW will get hurt if the Senate OK’s cuts, smaller stations in rural areas ...
Bill to claw back public media, foreign aid funds clears key Senate hurdle with Vance breaking tie
Senate Republicans on Tuesday narrowly cleared a key procedural hurdle on the path to clawing back billions of dollars in ...
Business groups are spending big to oust two Democrats in WA Senate
Sens. Deb Krishnadasan and Victoria Hunt were both appointed to their seats. Opponents want to see them replaced by ...
Senate Republicans to spare global AIDS program from DOGE cuts
A bill striking billions in foreign aid will get slightly smaller after Republicans agreed to exempt $400 million in funding ...