John Parkinson

5 days ago | yahoo.com | John Parkinson |Allison Pecorin

As the Senate prepares to put its imprint on President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act this week, Republicans are grappling over the potential impact the megabill might have on the national debt, which has ballooned to nearly $37 trillion. With a 10-year budget bill, deficit hawks in the Senate like Rand Paul and Ron Johnson are drawing a red line -- pushing for deeper cuts than those in the bill the House sent to them.

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Lauren Peller |John Parkinson |Jay O'Brien |Arthur Jones II |Sarah Beth Hensley

A vote on the megabill aimed at advancing President Donald Trump's agenda failed in the House Budget Committee Friday afternoon amid objections from hard-liners, halting the bill's progress at the committee. Republican Reps. Andrew Clyde, Josh Brecheen, Lloyd Smucker, Ralph Norman and Chip Roy all voted against clearing the bill out of committee -- defying Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson.

3 weeks ago | abc7.com | Lauren Peller |John Parkinson |Jay O'Brien |Arthur Jones II |Sarah Beth Hensley

ByLauren Peller, John Parkinson, Jay O'Brien, Arthur Jones II and Sarah Beth HensleyFriday, May 16, 2025 4:29PMA vote on the mega-bill aimed at advancing President Donald Trump's agenda failed in the House Budget Committee Friday afternoon amid objections from hard-liners. A vote on the mega-bill aimed at advancing President Donald Trump's agenda failed in the House Budget Committee Friday afternoon amid objections from hard-liners.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Lauren Peller |John Parkinson |Allison Pecorin

The House narrowly voted to approve the GOP budget blueprint Thursday by a vote of 216-214, delivering a major victory for President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda. Trump congratulated the House on the bill's passage, saying in a post on his Truth Social platform that this "sets the stage for one of the Greatest and Most Important Signings in the History of our Country.""Among many other things, it will be the Largest Tax and Regulation Cuts ever even contemplated," Trump said.

Jan 23, 2025 | abc7chicago.com | Lauren Peller |Allison Pecorin |Armando Garcia |John Parkinson |Stacey Dec

WASHINGTON -- The House passed an amended version of the Laken Riley Act on Wednesday on a vote of 263-156, teeing up major immigration reform at the start of President Donald Trump's second administration. Forty-six Democrats joined Republicans in voting in favor of the bill, breaking with Democratic leadership.