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Saturday, April 05, 2025
Congress faces a Friday deadline to avert a government shutdown, with President Donald Trump backing a House GOP plan to pass a continuing resolution that would keep departments and agencies funded through Sept. 30, the end of fiscal 2025.
The House Appropriations Committee approved a funding bill Wednesday for the Agriculture Department, Food and Drug Administration and Commodity Futures Trading Commission that would boost spending by more than 10%, including hefty amounts for ag research and climate-change-related programs.
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt spent his Thursday either deflecting blame or pledging to do better as he answered questions from two panels of House members.
WASHINGTON, Mar. 1, 2017 - President Trump used his first speech to Congress last night to outline an ambitious agenda that includes $1 trillion in infrastructure spending as well as tax cuts and health care and immigration reform.
