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Ike Brannon talked about ways to reform the National Flood Insurance Program, which must be reauthorized by the end of September and is nearly $25 billion in debt.

Congressional Budget Office Director Keith Hall spoke at a conference on retirement economics research. He talked about how his office makes spending and impact projections for legislation.…

Officials from the FBI and General Services Administration (GSA) testified at a hearing on the future of the FBI headquarters. According to GSA acting commissioner Michael Gelber, the FBI…

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson testified at a hearing on his department’s fiscal year 2018 budget request, which cuts funding by 28 percent. He was asked to defend the Trump…

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin testified at a hearing his agency’s fiscal year 2018 budget request for various programs within the department. During the hearing, Secretary Mnuchin also…

Kellie Mejdrich provided an update on the House minibus spending package. She talked about the second set of Defense-related amendments to the Make 2018 America Secure Appropriations Act.

During House consideration of an annual spending bill covering the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs, energy and water programs, members debated an amendment by Representative Morgan…

During House consideration of an annual spending bill covering the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs, energy and water programs, members debated an amendment by Representative…

The House completed general debate on the “minibus” bill, which combines four of the 12 spending bills for fiscal year 2018, those for the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs,…

Nancy Ognanovich talked about what is included in the $800 billion “minibus” spending package, which was being considered in the House that week. The bill covers the Departments of Defense…

Representative Luke Messer (R-IN) talked about House Republicans' perspectives on how the legislative agenda would proceed. Topics included tax reform, the federal budget, and health care.…

Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan testified at a hearing \ on the proposed reorganization of the State Department that was part of President Trump’s fiscal year 2018 budget proposal.…

The House Budget Committee met to mark up the 2018 budget resolution. In this portion, committee members continued debating and voting on amendments. Amendments considered included one on Planned…

The House Budget Committee marked up the fiscal year 2018 concurrent budget resolution.

Romina Boccia and Harry Stein talked about ongoing budget deliberations and the 2018 House Republican budget.

Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta testified on his department’s fiscal year 2018 budget request. Topics included the impact on jobs if the Affordable Care Act were replaced, expanding…

Sarah Huckabee Sanders briefed reporters off camera and responded to questions on a variety of topics. Topics included a New York Times interview with President Trump in which he said he wouldn’t…

The House Budget Committee continued its markup of its fiscal year 2018 concurrent budget resolution. In this portion, Rep. Mark Sanford (R-SC) offered an amendment aimed at changing the way the…

House Budget Committee members held a news conference on their fiscal year 2018 budget plan. Committee Chair Diane Black (R-TN) said she expects the bill to be passed out of committee upon…

Steve Ballmer, owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, talked about civic education and his new data project that provides information on government revenues and spending. He spoke at the annual…