President Donald Trump is expected to ask $8.6 billion from Congress for the 2020 budget, with some analysts saying this could be a good political move ahead of the next race.
There’s a real risk that Democratic presidential candidates could try to overhype the report and in the process, they may fail to craft a solid message that would appeal to voters in these battleground states
In a published letter, former GOP lawmakers want Republican lawmakers in Congress to push back on Trump’s national emergency declaration, urging to pass a resolution to terminate the emergency.
In the recent 35-day shutdown, more than $9 billion in federal compensation went unpaid. The government was reopened for three weeks and it’s in the process of paying the amount owed to the workers who were furloughed.