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Concord Coalition’s Robert Bixby discusses the debate over federal spending and raising the debt limit.

Representative Tom Cole (R-OK), a member of the House Appropriations Committee, talked about the debate over federal spending and efforts to avoid another government shutdown.

Representative Dan Kildee (D-MI) talked about the latest on the spending deadline and trade policy.

Representative Bill Johnson (R-OH), a member of the House Budget Committee, talked about the debate over federal spending and efforts to avoid another government shutdown.

In this portion of the House Armed Services Committee’s consideration of the defense authorization bill for fiscal year 2020, Committee Chair Adam Smith (D-WA) and Ranking Member Mac Thornberry…

In this portion of the House Armed Services Committee’s consideration of the defense authorization bill for fiscal year 2020, members debated amendments offered by Representatives Jackie Speier…

Peter Gaynor, the acting Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator, testified before the House Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee on his agency’s fiscal year 2020 budget…

Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan testified before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee regarding his agency’s fiscal year 2020 budget request. Other…

Two House Homeland Security subcommittees held a joint hearing on how FEMA contracts are awarded and managed. The committee heard testimony from a FEMA associate administrator, a Government…

The Senate Budget Committee held a hearing on federal government spending. U.S. Comptroller General Gene Dodaro testified on the growing federal debt and voiced his concerns about the nation’s…

Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) discussed an amendment offered to the 2020 Defense Authorization Bill, which would prohibit funding for military action against Iran without prior congressional…

Senator Schumer (D-NY) spoke about the 2020 Defense Programs and Policy bill, specifically about the Udall amendment requiring congressional approval for any military action against Iran. He…

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) opened the day by talking about the 2020 Defense Programs and Policy bill, specifically the Udall amendment on use of military force against…

Senator Jim Risch (R-ID) spoke on the chamber floor about an amendment to the defense programs and policy bill.

Senator Deb Fischer (R-NE) spoke on the chamber floor about the defense programs and policy bill.

Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) came to the Senate floor to talk about the Defense Programs and Policy bill and intelligence programs.

Senator Jim Inhofe (R-OK) came to the chamber floor to talk about the defense programs and policy bill.

Tom Schatz discussed Citizens Against Government Waste’s 2019 “Congressional Pig Book,” an annual compilation of “pork-barrel” projects in the federal budget.

Erik Wasson discussed the border security supplemental spending legislation being debated in the Senate and the House in the upcoming week, as well as the status of fiscal year 2020…

Representative Brenda Lawrence (D-MI), a member of the House Appropriations Committee, talked about federal spending and efforts to avoid another government shutdown in fall 2019.