CBO Outlines Spending Cuts That Could Occur if Congress Can’t …
Jan 4, 2024 · Defense spending would be capped at $850 billion, while nondefense would be capped at $736 billion (an increase over the agreement, but a cut from 2023 spending levels of $777 billion). On...
US House to press forward with spending cuts despite shutdown …
Sep 26, 2023 · WASHINGTON, Sept 25 (Reuters) - The Republican-controlled House of Representatives is due to try to advance steep spending cuts this week that stand no chance of becoming law and could force a...
House and Senate pass stopgap spending measure to avoid ... - PBS
Sep 25, 2024 · WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress on Wednesday passed a temporary measure that keeps government agencies funded into December, avoiding a shutdown for now while punting final spending decisions until...
Congress unveils $1.2 trillion plan to avert ... - Associated Press News
Mar 21, 2024 · Lawmakers have introduced a $1.2 trillion spending package that sets the stage for avoiding a partial government shutdown for several key federal agencies this weekend.
Poll: Cut federal spending — but not big-ticket programs - AP News
Mar 29, 2023 · Six in 10 U.S. adults say the government spends too much money. But majorities also favor more funding for infrastructure, health care and Social Security — the kind of commitments that would make efforts to shrink the government unworkable and politically risky ahead of the 2024 elections.
Congressional leaders announce spending deal as shutdown …
Jan 7, 2024 · CNN — House and Senate leaders on Sunday announced a spending deal for government funding in 2024, the first step to averting a shutdown later this month even as that threat still looms.
How the debt deal has upended Congress’ spending timeline - POLITICO
Jun 26, 2023 · If the House and Senate fail to clear a dozen annual spending bills by midnight on New Year’s Eve, according to the deal, it would trigger an automatic 1 percent across-the-board funding cut if...
Federal government shutdown news, House votes with funding …
Nov 15, 2023 · Government funding is currently set to expire at the end of the week on Friday, November 17. The stopgap bill passed the House on a bipartisan basis with a vote of 336 to 95 with 209 of the votes...
US budget: Spending deal reached as shutdown deadline looms - BBC
Jan 8, 2024 · US Congress leaders have reached a deal over the total amount of spending for the rest of 2024 as they seek to avoid a partial government shutdown. The $1.6tn (£1.2tn) figure includes $886bn for...
The Programs You’d Have to Cut to Balance the Budget
Mar 6, 2023 · Balancing the budget without tax increases, or cuts to the military, Medicare or Social Security, would mean cutting the rest of the budget by a whopping 70 percent.