Fiscal and Economic News from
Around the Nation

June 2017

Source: Reuters
Jun 9, 2017
House Freedom Caucus Chief Calls for U.S. Tax Reform Plan by End-July
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Source: Reuters
Jun 7, 2017
Debt Limit Showdown Looms Sooner as Wealthy Bet on Trump Tax Cut
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Source: POLITICO
Jun 6, 2017
Trump Sides with Mnuchin on Debt Ceiling Strategy
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Source: CNN
Jun 6, 2017
Healthcare Vote Possible by July 4, McConnell Tells Trump
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Source: The Hill
Jun 6, 2017
Fractured Republicans Get Options on Healthcare
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Source: Roll Call
Jun 5, 2017
Republicans Return From Recess Under Healthcare Time Crunch
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Source: New York Times
Jun 3, 2017
Trump Plans to Shift Infrastructure Funding to Cities, States and Business
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Source: The Hill
Jun 2, 2017
Trump to Leave Infrastructure Out of Tax Reform
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Source: NPR
Jun 2, 2017
May Jobs Report: 138,000 More On Payrolls; Unemployment Dips Slightly
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Source: The Washington Post
Jun 1, 2017
Trump White House Rejects Conservative Push for Debt-ceiling Collision
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May 2017

Source: CNBC
May 31, 2017
Private Payrolls Add 253K in May vs. 185K est.: ADP
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Source: Bloomberg
May 31, 2017
To Repeal Obamacare, Senate May Have to Keep Some of Its Taxes
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Source: Bloomberg BNA
May 31, 2017
Debt Limit Warnings May Face Skepticism on Hill, with Reason
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Source: New York Times
May 30, 2017
Despite Weak Inflation, Fed Is Likely to Raise Interest Rates in June
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Source: Roll Call
May 30, 2017
House Appropriators Float 12-Bill Omnibus Before Recess
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Source: Roll Call
May 30, 2017
Senate Staff Beginning to Draft Healthcare Bill Over This Week’s Recess
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Source: The Hill
May 30, 2017
GOP Debt Ceiling Uncertainty Grows
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Source: POLITICO
May 30, 2017
Debt Fight Blindsides Congress
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Source: CNBC
May 26, 2017
Debt Ceiling Could be Hit Late this Summer: Sources
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Source: Roll Call
May 26, 2017
Senate Strategy on House Healthcare Bill
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Source: New York Times
May 24, 2017
G.O.P. Health Bill Would Leave 23 Million More Uninsured in a Decade, C.B.O. Says
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Source: Roll Call
May 24, 2017
Debt Limit Deadline Already Creeping Up Congress
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Source: The Hill
May 24, 2017
Ryan: House Could Pass Bill that Doesn't Include Border Tax
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Source: Bloomberg Politics
May 24, 2017
Fate of Republican Health Bill Teeters on New Financial Analysis
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Source: Washington Post
May 23, 2017
GOP Divisions Grow Over Proposal for a Border Adjustment Tax
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