Congressional Quarterly
Economics editor for Congressional Quarterly
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Jodi Schneider
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FROM Jodi Schneider
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Will Washington Flirt with Disaster or Punt until Next Year? The lame duck Congress has until next week to prevent a government shutdown. At the moment, that sounds unlikely. But tea-partiers outraged about the President's immigration action could upset the best laid plans of Republican leaders. Meantime, the President's threatened veto of a tax break extension has Democrats who still run the Senate at odds with the White House. That could delay next year's taxpayer refunds. We look at the options, including short-term fixes for long-term problems.
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Senate Republicans Vote against Democratic Energy Bill With gasoline more than $4 a gallon, Senate Democrats today tried to tax the windfall profits of America's five largest oil companies. Republicans said, "No." Jodi Schneider is economics editor for Congressional Quarterly .
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President Bush Presents His 2008 Budget President Bush's latest budget is a staggering $2.9 trillion, with one fifth--$624 billion--for the military. Among his priorities are restraining Medicare, Medicaid and other domestic entitlement programs, maintaining efforts to stabilize Iraq and balancing the budget within five years. Jodi Schneider is Economics Editor for Congressional Quarterly .
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Will the Senate write a healthcare bill in secret? While Democrats and Republicans argue White House relations with Russia, another question is being decided behind closed doors: who gets help buying health insurance and who doesn't? We hear how the pros and cons are being shrouded in secrecy.
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The Trump agenda: where's the beef? President Trump says big things are happening. After celebrating a House bill on health care, he doesn’t yet have Senate agreement. With James Comey’s public testimony scheduled tomorrow, the President today tweeted his selection of a new FBI Director. Is the Chief Executive all style and no substance? Later, terror attacks in Iran and conflicting claims about who’s behind them.
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Replacing Obamacare: Now you see it… now you don’t As the Senate deliberates replacing Obmacare, health coverage for millions of people is at stake. There've been no public hearings, and a draft measure won't be made public. Is the House version so unpopular that that Senate is hiding a version that looks much the same?
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Trump's 'America First' goes missing abroad In the Middle East, President Trump is changing some policies of the Obama Administration—and reversing his own campaign attacks on Islam as a religion that "hates us." We hear about his visit to Saudi Arabia and what's at stake for the rest of his foreign excursion.