Tag: budget
Trump budget for renewables slashed 70% under former Koch insider’s leadership
As for his old employers, the American Energy Alliance gave a full-throated endorsement of the Trump budget.
Bernie slams Trump’s absurd 2020 budget proposal
“This is a budget for the military industrial complex, for corporate CEOs, for Wall Street and for the billionaire class. It is dead on arrival. "
Progressive Briefing for Wednesday, June 20, 2018
U.S. withdraws from Human Rights Council, Canada legalizes recreational marijuana, first ladies unite against family separation at the border, and more.
THE MONOPOLIZATION OF AMERICA: The biggest economic problem you’re hearing almost...
There’s only one answer: It is time to revive antitrust.
If hell had a budget: The GOP breaks the ten commandments
This budget seemed strikingly in sync with the hellish weather gripping Washington.
How not to make the budget balance on the backs of...
Limiting deductions and exclusions would be rational, fiscally responsible, and fair.
Trump’s cruel and deviant budget
Trump’s budget celebrates a cruel and virulent form of individualism – much like Trump himself.
Trump budget slashes safety net programs, boosts military and defense
“It probably is the most conservative budget that we’ve had under Republican or Democrat administrations in decades.”
New budget deal preserves all 19 social spending programs Trump tried...
Economic relief agencies as well as support for arts and culture got nearly a five-month reprieve from the more radical cuts proposed in Trump’s budget.
Feeding one kid, starving the family
Trump just donated his pay to the Park Service, which would be great if his budget didn't starve the rest of the government.
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David Huitema confirmed as ethics Czar amid fears of Trump’s return and conflict of...
As Trump’s second term looms, the Senate confirmed David Huitema to lead the Office of Government Ethics. Advocates praise the move, but critics warn of a tough road ahead for government accountability.
Trump’s Energy Department pick: A Fracking CEO who claims ‘there is no climate crisis’
Wright’s history of denying the severity of climate change raise critical questions about his ability to lead an agency central to energy innovation and climate policy.
Pentagon fails seventh straight audit amid $1 trillion military budget
Meanwhile, Congress continues to approve unprecedented increases in military spending, pushing the budget close to $1 trillion.
Protesters demand US Senate block weapons sales to Israel amid Gaza death toll exceeding...
Emblazoned with slogans like “Stop Arming Israel” and “Fund Housing, Not Genocide,” demonstrators gathered in the Hart Senate Office Building ahead of a pivotal Senate vote on Wednesday.
Senate rejects Sanders’ push to halt US arms sales as weapons fuel 44,000 deaths...
The Senate overwhelmingly voted against the measures, leaving advocates of peace and human rights questioning U.S. complicity in the alleged war crimes unfolding in Gaza.