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Viewers commented on the contents of the $1.7 trillion spending bill.

Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) held a news conference following Senate passage of the $1.7T fiscal year 2023 government funding bill. He said the process of getting the bill passed was an apt…

Minority leader McConnell (R-KY) spoke on the Senate floor about funding the government through the end of the current fiscal year on September 30, 2023.

Alex Bolton talked about the Senate’s passage a short term funding bill to keep the federal government from running out of money.

Viewers commented on federal spending and the one-week funding bill passed by the Senate.

Representative Lloyd Smucker (R-PA) talked about government funding and the U.S. economy.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and other Republican members held a news conference on a fiscal year 2023 government spending package as a deadline loomed to avoid a shutdown.

The House debated the fiscal year 2023 defense programs and policy bill, and later approved it 350-80. The legislation includes $857.9 billion in Pentagon spending, rescinds the Pentagon’s…

Lawmakers question State Department leadership on the president’s fiscal year 2023 budget request for the United Nations and other international organizations. Topics included the United…

Smithsonian Institution Secretary Lonnie Bunch and other arts officials testified at a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing on the fiscal year 2023 arts and humanities budget request.…

Marine Corps and Pentagon officials stressed that U.S. weapons given to Ukraine to fight Russia must be quickly resupplied with new ones. Their comments came during testimony at a House…

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and National Science Foundation Director Sethuraman Panchanathan testified before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Science at a hearing on their…

Labor Secretary Marty Walsh said the U.S. economy would suffer “severe damage” if the child care shortage is not addressed. The secretary’s warning came as he testified at a House Appropriations…

FEMA Administrator Deanna Criswell said emergency management is at a “pivotal moment in its history,” as the average number of disasters per year has risen from 108 to 348 over the last 10 years.…

Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough testified at a Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee hearing on the fiscal 2023 budget request for the agency. In addition to budget-related…

The House debated a bill that would authorize $839.3 billion for fiscal year 2023 defense programs. The package would authorize billions of dollars for weapons being sent to Ukraine to respond to…

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland testified on funding levels for her department in fiscal year 2023.

Forest Service Chief Randy Moore testified before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee about the agency’s fiscal year 2023 budget request. Senators expressed concerns about a…

“The time for thoughts and prayers alone is over. We need action,” said Education Secretary Miguel Cardona in response to the latest mass shooting, which occurred at Robb Elementary School in…

Congressional Budget Office Director Phillip Swagel testified before the House Budget Committee on his agency’s updated budget report and the economic outlook for the country. Several topics were…