The House Budget Committee advanced a framework that would unlock as much as $95 billion for costs of the Iran war, aid for farmers, and other GOP priorities.
Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Elena Kagan will revive public discussion of the US Supreme Court budget when they testify before congressional panels as the court seeks more money for security and other priorities.
The Senate passed a $69.5 billion bill giving over three years of funding to two immigration enforcement agencies, taking a final step toward resolving a months-long dispute.
ICE agents outside Delaney Hall in Newark, New Jersey, on May 29. Photographer: Bryan R. Smith/AFP/Getty Images
The Republican-controlled House overwhelmingly passed annual funding measures Thursday reversing some of Donald Trump’s most controversial federal spending cuts, including restoring money for medical research, refugee assistance and even the Department of Education.
US House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican from Louisiana, center, joined by Republican lawmakers, speaks during a news conference at the US Capitol in Washington on Jan. 22. Photographer: Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg
The US Congress appears poised to avoid another government shutdown later this month by passing compromise bills that would soften spending cuts sought by the Trump administration, according to Republicans and Democrats involved in the process.
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