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budget reconciliation

Senate budget bill grants Trump sweeping powers to reorganize agencies, lay off federal workers

Senate budget bill grants Trump sweeping powers to reorganize agencies, lay off federal workers

A Senate reconciliation bill advanced this week would give President Trump nearly unchecked authority—and a $100 million fund—to reorganize or shrink federal agencies, bypassing most congressional oversight, as reported by Government Executive. The proposal, added by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, seeks to revive “reorganization

Projected Senate deliberations on the FY2025 budget

Projected Senate deliberations on the FY2025 budget

As the House attempts to pass the FY2025 budget, we take a look at the Senate, where the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" faces internal Republican divisions and procedural challenges. Tax and revenue The House seeks to extend the 2017 tax cuts (originally enacted under the Tax Cuts