Defense Spending & Budget News - Page 25

April 1, 2024

Congress grants $380 million in border security funding to Middle Eastern countries

The $1.2 trillion spending bill recently passed to avert a shutdown includes money for border security in foreign countries, even as Congress remains deadlocked on the U.S. border.

April 1, 2024

Republicans warm to Social Security, Medicare reform as 2024 election nears

House Republicans are cautiously getting more vocal about the need for entitlement reform, though experts say the odds of actual change are a long shot.

March 25, 2024

Lawmakers brace for brutal new government spending fight on heels of last shutdown battle

Conservatives in the House and Senate are worried Congress is already behind on the government funding process for the next fiscal year, which begins Sept. 30.

March 23, 2024

Biden signs $1.2T government spending bill after late night Senate vote

Fox News correspondent Madeleine Rivera has more on what's in the spending package and House GOP infighting on 'Fox News Live.' 

March 23, 2024

Trump silent as Biden signs $1.2 trillion spending bill amid GOP infighting

While his allies and supporters railed against a $1.2 trillion spending bill that averted a government shutdown, former President Trump remained out of sight and silent on the GOP infighting.

March 23, 2024

Senate passes mammoth $1.2T spending package after brief partial government shutdown

The Senate passed a $1.2 trillion spending package on Friday, just hours before entering a partial government shutdown.

March 22, 2024

Senate GOP poised to delay $1.2T funding package amid 'utterly absurd' process

Senate Republicans frustrated with a lack of procedure and unfettered spending are poised to delay the passage of the second slate of appropriations bills.

March 21, 2024

Chip Roy: $1.2T spending bill funds open borders and mass releases

Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, warns nothing in the bill will stop the flow at the border and says any Republican who votes for it should be 'ashamed' on 'Your World.' 

March 12, 2024

Iowa senator seeks to increase government transparency and end Biden administration's 'secret spending'

Sen. Joni Ernst is introducing a bill to make government spending more transparent amid billions of dollars being reported under a vague descriptor.

March 12, 2024

House GOP exposes 'woke' items in Biden's $7.3 trillion budget

House Republicans are circulating a new memo highlighting "woke programs" President Biden is seeking to fund in his massive fiscal year 2025 budget proposal.