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Who Will Replace Lindsey Graham as Senate Budget Chair? COVID Vaccine Critic Ron Johnson Is Next in Line

Sen. Ron Johnson is expected to lead the Senate Budget Committee after Sen. Lindsey Graham's death, impacting major spending debates. Graham's final efforts focused on Saudi-Israel relations.

International Business Times UK

Lindsey Graham, defense hawk and four-term senator, dead at 71

Senate Budget Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., a long-standing foreign policy hawk who became a close ally of President Donald Trump during his final years, has died at 71 “from a brief and sudden illness,” according to his office. The Washington, D.C. medical examiner Sunday issued preliminary findings that Graham died…

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'This Needs to Be Done:' GOP Back £70Bn 'Go-It-Alone' Plan Funding ICE, Border Patrol to Bypass Democrats

Senate Republicans advance a $70B immigration enforcement plan via budget reconciliation, bypassing Democrats and deepening divisions as border security takes priority over bipartisanship.

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Reconciliation bill preparations get underway despite doubts

Work on the second reconciliation bill of the 119th Congress took a baby step forward Wednesday as the House and Senate Budget Committee chairs met to review plans for the first step in the process: drafting a budget resolution. Despite considerable doubts among Republicans that they can unify for a…

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Why reconciliation is a ‘privilege’ for lawmakers, not a right - Roll Call

A look at the nuances of the budget reconciliation process' "Byrd rule" compared with a "privilege scrub."

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Senate Launches Budget 'Vote-A-Rama' For Trump's Immigration Agenda

Senate engages in 'vote-a-rama' for 0 billion budget package focusing on mass deportations and security measures, with significant implications for immi...

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Vought nomination advances despite Democrats' boycott - Roll Call

The Senate Budget Committee approved Russ Vought’s nomination to be Office of Management and Budget director despite a boycott by Democrats.

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Senator Graham Urges Senate To Prioritize Border Security Bill In Budget Process

"While I support spending restrictions and tax cuts, my top priority – and the first order of business in the Senate Budget Committee – is to secure a broken border. The bill will be transformational, it will be paid for, and it will go first," Senator Lindsey Graham wrote on…

Latin Times

Kentucky state operating budget expected to find the governor's desk by week's end

The agree-to two-year operating state budget is expected to head to the governor’s desk soon. Details of the conference committee report came during the last conference committee meeting on Tuesday.

WEKU

GOP senator says Americans should ‘take comfort’ in the climate crisis because his home state is cold

Ron Johnson made his comments during a Senate Budget Committee meeting

The Independent UK

KY General Assembly gives final approval to income tax reduction

The Kentucky Senate has voted 30 to five to lower the state’s income tax rate from 4.5% to 4%, starting next year. Senate Budget Committee Chair Chris McDaniel said tax policy is a key lever for economic development in Kentucky.

WEKU

Sanders: "Don't ignore economy"

"Now is the time for Democrats to take the fight to the reactionary Republican Party"

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Bernie Sanders: ‘extremely modest’ spending bill fails to meet the moment

Leftwing senator says party squandered chance to be bold, and takes aim at ‘corporate Democrats’ Sinema and Manchin

Salon

Sanders goes after dirty corporations

"No government," said the Vermont senator, "should be handing out corporate welfare to union busters"

Salon

Sanders warns against Bezos "bailout"

Sanders is pushing lawmakers to dump the $10 billion "bailout to Blue Origin," Bezos' space company

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Sanders praises union movement

If you think union wins at Amazon and Starbucks are an "aberration," you would be "sorely mistaken," Sanders says

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Bernie links inflation to "profiteering"

Sanders says corporations using "specter of inflation to make outrageous profits by price-gouging Americans"

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