House GOP panel passes budget blueprint with $4.5 trillion in tax cuts and steep spending reductions
The Republican-led Budget Committee approved a sweeping proposal to unlock Trump's agenda, sending it to the full House.
House Republicans unveil blueprint to extend $4.5 trillion in tax cuts and lift the debt ceiling
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans released a budget plan Wednesday that sets the stage for advancing many of President ...
What Is 'Mandatory Spending'? Social Programs at Risk in $2 Trillion Cut
House Republicans are seeking to cut $2 trillion in mandatory spending, which covers social programs, over a 10-year period.
Republicans try to find consensus on massive tax and government spending cuts
House Republicans are working to advance a multitrillion-dollar tax cut and spending plan to enact President Donald Trump's ...
Debate ensues about EFA state law on taxability
A leading House Democrat on school finance is calling for repeal of a state law that deems all taxpayer-subsidized education freedom account (EFA) scholarships to eligible parents as tax exempt ...
No evidence Elizabeth Warren said Americans had no right to see how tax money is spent
Elizabeth Warren said: "There is nothing in the constitution that says ordinary Americans have a right to see what we are ...
Illinois should tax consumer services to fix its fiscal problems
Dozens of states have a general sales tax. In Illinois, the tax covers consumer goods, but not services. That's a mistake, ...
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Plaut on Spending Clause Standing
Edward Plaut (University of Michigan Law School) has posted Spending Clause Standing (123 Mich. L. Rev. (forthcoming 2025)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The Biden Administration’s American Rescue ...
State And Local Governments Should Donate Land For Housing
The Mercatus Center has one of the best summaries of what it calls "anti-aid provisions" in state constitutions across the ...
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Here’s what stands in the way of Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ tax and border bill
Many House members and Trump want to combine everything—border money, military spending, cuts to social-safety programs, tax reductions—into one piece of legislation. The idea is that the ...
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Despite Trump’s spending freeze, federal workers’ legal duties are clear
The Constitution’s Appropriations Clause explicitly vests Congress with exclusive power over federal spending, which Trump was seeking to freeze. The Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Train v.
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New tax rise and spending cuts warning over £7bn extra debt costs
Rachel Reeves faces being forced to further raise taxes or deliver deeper cuts to public spending due to stubbornly high government borrowing costs, economists have warned. On Wednesday the ...