Fiscal and Economic News from
Around the Nation

June 2019

Source: The New York Times
Jun 26, 2019
Senate Approves $4.6 Billion Bill for Border With Fewer Restrictions
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Source: Roll Call
Jun 26, 2019
Senate Panel Approves Health Cost Bill But Plans Changes
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Source: The Hill
Jun 26, 2019
Tlaib Rolls Out Bill to Create Tax Credit for Low-and Middle-Class People
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Source: Roll Call
Jun 26, 2019
Familiar Offsets Could Resurface in Spending Caps Talks
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Source: The Hill
Jun 25, 2019
House Approves $383 Billion Spending Package
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Source: The Washington Post
Jun 25, 2019
7 Ways $1.6 Trillion in Student Loan Debt Affects the U.S. Economy
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Source: POLITICO
Jun 25, 2019
Soaring Federal Debt Risks “Fiscal Crisis,” Budget Agency Warns
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Source: The Hill
Jun 25, 2019
CBO Projects “Unprecedented” Debt of 144 Percent of GDP by 2049
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Source: The Hill
Jun 24, 2019
Congressional Scorekeeper: Repealing SALT Deduction Cap Would Benefit High Earners
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Source: CNBC
Jun 24, 2019
Fed’s Kaplan Says It’s “Too Early” To Decide If Interest Rates Need to Be Cut
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Source: The Associated Press
Jun 24, 2019
Trump Order Seeks Disclosure of Hospital Prices
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Source: Roll Call
Jun 24, 2019
Trump’s Poverty Proposal Prompts Alarms Over Cuts to Medicaid, Head Start
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Source: The Hill
Jun 21, 2019
Key Trump Proposal to Lower Drug Prices Takes Step Forward
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Source: The Hill
Jun 20, 2019
Protecting US From Rising Sea Levels Will Cost $400 Billion Over Next 20 Years, Study Finds
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Source: The Hill
Jun 20, 2019
House Panel Approves Bills on Tax Extenders, Expanding Tax Credits
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Source: POLITICO
Jun 19, 2019
Budget Talks at Impasse as Spending Cuts, Debt Ceiling Threaten Economy
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Source: The Washington Post
Jun 19, 2019
Budget Meeting on Capitol Hill Produces No Progress as Deadlines Loom
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Source: The Associated Press
Jun 19, 2019
White House Offers Budget Freeze if Dems Don’t Agree to Deal
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Source: The New York Times
Jun 19, 2019
The Fed Threads the Needle, for Now
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Source: The Hill
Jun 19, 2019
Key Senators Release Bipartisan Package to Lower Health Care Costs
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Source: The Hill
Jun 18, 2019
Congressional Leaders, White House Officials to Meet Wednesday on Spending
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Source: The Hill
Jun 18, 2019
House Panel to Hold Hearings on SALT Deduction Cap
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Source: Marketplace
Jun 18, 2019
Fed’s Challenge: To Spur Inflation
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Source: Bloomberg
Jun 18, 2019
Markets Say U.S. Doesn’t Need China—or Fed—to Buy Its Debt
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Source: POLITICO
Jun 16, 2019
White House, Congressional Leaders Will Try Again to Reach Spending Deal
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