Lawmakers take differing stances on Medicaid cuts, green tax credits and business deductions.

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The Republican plan was shaping up to be a political albatross. Putting Medicare funding on the table probably won’t help.

The acrimony between the president and his former adviser is further complicating the Senate's prospects of passing Trump's ...

At a Rotary Club gathering in Watertown, South Dakota, last year, Senator John Thune didn’t hold back. The national debt, he ...

Cutting-edge biomedical research stands to be decimated by the spending bill passed by the House. NBC News' David Noriega ...

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Well, most of it.Swagel, a mild-mannered academic economist, runs the Congressional Budget Office, the fiscal scorekeeping ...

Senate Republican Leader John Thune reiterated that "failure is not an option" as he works to get GOP holdouts on the ...

Senate Republicans will try to chart a path forward for the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" during a series of meetings on ...

Elon Musk is breaking with Trump and dialing up his attacks on the GOP spending megabill. Meanwhile, Republicans attack the ...