A Maryland state government budget that creates a new tax and raises others is closer to reality, following approval in the ...

The CBO forecast warns that the government would be unable to borrow money and pay its obligations without a debt ceiling ...

The chambers will have different instructions for the budget blueprint Senate Republicans aim to advance by Easter recess.

James Andrew Malone won a close race in a Lancaster County, Pa. district, scoring an upset in a territory that a Democrat ...

TALLAHASSEE — Sen. Randy Fine, the bellicose Republican from Melbourne Beach, is wrapping up his last days in the Legislature ...

If Republicans fail to get the votes on their own to lift the debt ceiling, with the deadline expected in August or September ...

Republicans are riding a wave of enthusiasm and good will after a historic November victory, yet some congressional ...

The U.S. government has until August or September to lift the country’s borrowing limit to avert a default on its $36 ...

Some conservative lawmakers are quietly urging the president to restore research funding as cuts threaten academic ...

Republicans are trying to pass a bill to cut taxes by $4.5 trillion by reducing government spending by $2 trillion, including ...

"Democrats are struggling with how and when to resist President Donald Trump’s agenda. And it doesn’t help their cause that Trump is unifying ...

Adriana Ramos-Yamamoto, a policy analyst with the California Budget & Policy Center, said one approach could include enacting ...