Ken Tran

2 weeks ago | news.bgov.com | Ken Tran |Jonathan Tamari |Lillianna Byington

Congress’ long and arduous appropriations process — required to fund the government for the next fiscal year — is already falling behind. The delicate work of crafting spending bills has taken a back seat this year as Republicans put most of their energy into passing President Donald Trump’s sprawling tax and domestic policy bill.

2 weeks ago | bloomberglinea.com | Ken Tran |Erik Wasson

Bloomberg — La Cámara de Representantes de EE.UU. aprobó US$9.400 millones en recortes del gasto federal del DOGE de Elon Musk, con los moderados republicanos tragándose sus preocupaciones sobre el recorte del gasto previamente aprobado para la ayuda exterior y la radiodifusión pública. El paquete de gastos de la Casa Blanca fue aprobado en la Cámara por un estrecho margen de 214 votos a favor y 212 en contra, con el voto en contra de cuatro republicanos.

2 weeks ago | news.bgov.com | Ken Tran |Erik Wasson

The US House approved $9.4 billion in Elon Musk’s DOGE federal spending cuts, with Republican moderates swallowing their concerns about cutting previously approved spending for foreign aid and public broadcasting. The White House’s spending package passed the House on a narrow 214 to 212 vote with four Republicans voting against it. It faces a more uncertain future in the Senate where moderates have voiced opposition to some of the cuts and could strip them out of the package.

2 weeks ago | news.bgov.com | Katherine Rizzo |Roxana Tiron |Ken Tran |Kate Ackley

Pinning Down the Tax BillTurns out the House only thought it was done with the first round of action on the giant debt limit-spending cut-tax bill. Several swaths of the package are in line to be deleted because the legislation wasn’t written in a way that complies with Senate budget rules, BGOV’s Ken Tran reports. Among the provisions that will need do-overs are the ones targeting an energy assistance program and Medicaid provisions related to the Social Security Act.

2 weeks ago | news.bgov.com | Jack Fitzpatrick |Ken Tran

House Republicans plan to take the unusual step of adopting a partial, interim set of spending levels for their government-funding bills Tuesday night, as they struggle to start work on measures to keep agencies running beyond Sept. 30. The temporary provision is a sign of friction between President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans who have complained they still don’t have a full, detailed budget proposal for the 2026 fiscal year from his administration, four months after it was due.