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Senate GOP advance Trump’s ‘big’ bill of tax breaks and spending cuts as tariffs put economy on edge

What's unclear is how it will all be paid for, since Republican deficit hawks typically require spending offsets to help defray the lost tax revenue...

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Fortune

Lisa Mascaro

Elon Musk tells Republican lawmakers he’s not to blame for federal firings

It's a remarkable shift of emphasis away from the chainsaw-wielding tech entrepreneur whose vast power has made him an admired, revered and deeply...

07.03.2025 5

Fortune

Lisa Mascaro

Senate stays up all night to push $340 billion GOP package for Trump’s mass deportations and security measures

Senators voted for hours, as late Thursday night turned into early Friday, on one amendment after another, largely from Democrats trying to halt the...

21.02.2025 20

Fortune

Lisa Mascaro

One by one, Republicans are speaking up against billionaire Elon Musk’s slash-and-burn DOGE tactics

Even Republicans are wary of DOGE as the department takes aim at research, agriculture, and national parks.

13.02.2025 10

Fortune

Lisa Mascaro

Trump says he may withhold federal wildfire disaster aid for Los Angeles if California doesn’t change water policies

Trump repeated false claims that the state's fish conservation efforts in the northern part of the state are responsible for fire hydrants running...

23.01.2025 20

Fortune

Lisa Mascaro

Trump gives GOP senators no set strategy as they struggle to turn his priorities into law: ‘One bill, two bills, doesn’t matter’

At stake are tax cuts, border security, money to deport immigrants and efforts to boost oil and gas energy production — priorities for...

09.01.2025 10

Fortune

Lisa Mascaro

House approves funding bill and sends to Senate hours before government shutdown deadline

22.12.2024 5

The Buffalo News

Lisa Mascaro

House rejects Trump-backed plan to avoid government shutdown—with dozens of Republicans voting ‘no’

Hours earlier Thursday, Trump announced “SUCCESS in Washington!” in coming up with the new package which would keep government running for three...

20.12.2024 20

Fortune

Lisa Mascaro

Trump is slamming the stopgap spending bill for being too expensive while simultaneously calling for a higher debt ceiling

Trump and Elon Musk have forced congressional Republicans to do a 180 on the bill, which House Speaker Mike Johnson originally supported.

19.12.2024 2

Fortune

Lisa Mascaro

Congress is scrambling after Trump and Musk’s push implodes government funding plan

"One of the worst bills ever written," Elon Musk posted on his social media site X.

19.12.2024 20

Fortune

Lisa Mascaro

Trump defense pick Pete Hegseth faces Senate scrutiny over sexual assault and workplace alcohol use allegations

Hegseth is running into questions amid a sexual assault allegation, which he has denied, and other emerging reports about his work conduct and...

04.12.2024 9

Fortune

Lisa Mascaro

Extending tax cuts tops the GOP’s agenda for first 100 days — ‘Americans don’t care if Elon Musk is rich’

Republicans in Congress have been meeting privately for months and with the president-elect to go over proposals to extend and enhance those tax...

30.11.2024 10

Fortune

Lisa Mascaro

Republicans say they are ‘ready to deliver’ on Trump’s promises: ‘Deportations, the drilling, the wall—it’s going to take all of us getting together’

The GOP has already cemented the trifecta, clinching majority rule in all three government branches.

12.11.2024 2

Fortune

Lisa Mascaro

Republican impeachment report accuses Biden of abuse of power and obstruction of justice—but no criminal charges

The White House has dismissed the House impeachment inquiry as a “stunt” and encouraged House Republicans to “move on.”

19.08.2024 3

Fortune

Lisa Mascaro

Sen. Joe Manchin is considering reregistering as a Democrat to challenge Harris

Key Democrats believe Harris would benefit from what some call a “mini-primary.”

22.07.2024 2

Fortune

Lisa Mascaro