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The cuts are a ’rounding error,’ and back-end loaded
Published: Tuesday, May 13th, 2025 @ 10:24 am
By: Countrygirl1411
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A group of House conservatives are requesting an update from Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on spending negotiations ahead of yet another set of deadlines that could trigger a government shutdown and suggested a back-up plan that could trigger across-the-board spending cuts
Published: Saturday, March 2nd, 2024 @ 2:15 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Republicans are back in the driver's seat in the House of Representatives, which means wild and excessive government spending will finally be brought under control. The GOP is vowing to do whatever is necessary to balance the books in Washington.
Published: Wednesday, January 24th, 2024 @ 11:45 pm
By: Babylon Bee
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The Senate passed a short-term spending bill on Wednesday night that will continue to fund the government at current levels until early 2024.
Published: Wednesday, November 29th, 2023 @ 1:23 pm
By: Daily Wire
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A Republican lawmaker argued on Tuesday in favor of making a play for spending cuts without “fear” of a government shutdown as the appropriations process ramps up.
Published: Saturday, August 12th, 2023 @ 8:28 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Most Americans favor cutting spending alongside raising the debt ceiling as President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) negotiate a deal to avert a U.S. default, according to a recent survey.
Published: Friday, June 9th, 2023 @ 4:43 pm
By: Daily Wire
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voters on same wave length as GOP, at odds with Biden and Democrats
Published: Saturday, May 20th, 2023 @ 9:00 pm
By: John Steed
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The White House responded to a budget cut proposal from the House Freedom Caucus with a series of criticisms that the group’s senior lawmaker calls “preposterous.”
Published: Monday, April 3rd, 2023 @ 4:48 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Governor Cooper released his recommended budget for the biennium today. The General Assembly has already begun budget writing, and the Governor’s recommendations, in this case, are purely political.
Published: Wednesday, March 22nd, 2023 @ 11:07 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The White House intends to cut the federal budget deficit by a total of $3 trillion over the next decade, a reduction that falls short of the $20 trillion in cuts required to balance the budget.
Published: Thursday, March 16th, 2023 @ 12:28 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Consumer spending fell 0.2 percent in December, making this the second consecutive month of decline. Covid savings are drying up and high interest rates appear to be cooling the economy.
Published: Tuesday, February 14th, 2023 @ 3:50 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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White House officials took an adversarial posture toward House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) ahead of his Wednesday meeting with President Joe Biden about the debt ceiling and possible spending cuts.
Published: Friday, February 10th, 2023 @ 11:28 pm
By: Daily Wire
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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) said that spending cuts to Social Security and Medicare are “off the table” as lawmakers seek to fund the government while reducing deficits.
Published: Wednesday, February 8th, 2023 @ 11:53 pm
By: Daily Wire
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while RINO Tillis stands silent
Published: Wednesday, February 1st, 2023 @ 4:08 pm
By: John Steed
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Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) quipped about the pending debt crisis, expressing confidence that Congress will work to resolve the issue and hoping that President Joe Biden will negotiate with House Republicans to establish meaningful spending cuts.
Published: Sunday, January 29th, 2023 @ 8:07 am
By: Daily Wire
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support strong for GOP demanded spending cuts
Published: Monday, January 23rd, 2023 @ 9:16 pm
By: John Steed
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The federal government’s budget is in such disarray that balancing the books would require a 30% spending cut or a 40% increase in taxes, a recent study found.
Published: Sunday, January 8th, 2023 @ 11:57 am
By: Daily Wire
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North Carolina state revenues have taken a major hit since the Coronavirus outbreak began.
Published: Wednesday, June 17th, 2020 @ 3:40 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Difference Between Current Continuation Spending Plan and Cooper’s Own Budget Proposal Are Not LargeContrary to what many on Jones street – or breathless capital news reporters – would have you believe, there really is very little difference between Gov. Cooper’s FY 2019-20 budget proposal and the “unofficial” spending plan currently being executed.
Published: Tuesday, February 11th, 2020 @ 12:03 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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On Monday, The Wall Street Journal reported on a development students of American governance have known about for years, but politicians have studiously avoided doing anything about: the United States' debt will cost us more in the near future than our own national defense
Published: Monday, November 12th, 2018 @ 5:22 pm
By: Daily Wire
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As we go into the 2018 election season, there is a great deal of talk among Republicans, both in the White House and in Congress, to pursue what is being referred to as "tax cuts 2.0."
Published: Thursday, July 19th, 2018 @ 1:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina legislative leaders released their agreed-upon budget proposal Monday, with votes expected to take place this week
Published: Monday, June 4th, 2018 @ 11:37 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The $23 billion House and Senate budget compromise will include a 3.1 percent increase in spending in the 2017-18 budget year, which is higher than the two chambers agreed to several months ago when budget writing began
Published: Friday, June 23rd, 2017 @ 8:17 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The North Carolina Senate's budget plan would increase state spending at half the rate proposed by Gov. Roy Cooper and include a tax cut package projected to save taxpayers $1 billion over its first two years of implementation
Published: Monday, May 29th, 2017 @ 1:46 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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When Republicans were in the minority in North Carolina's political power structure they frequently complained that Democrats were like a broken record.
Published: Sunday, March 19th, 2017 @ 11:08 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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If the relationship between new Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and the Republican-led General Assembly remains a “known unknown” at this point, one element of that relationship almost certainly can be characterized as a “known known”
Published: Wednesday, January 25th, 2017 @ 9:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina's 2016-17 state budget responsibly limited the growth rate of state spending, wisely padded the state's Rainy Day Fund, cut taxes further and continued one of the most aggressive trends of teacher pay increases in the nation.
Published: Monday, October 3rd, 2016 @ 5:01 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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College officials should be praised when they curtail wasteful spending, but when they cut the budget by eliminating core educational programs, they deserve public scorn
Published: Monday, August 22nd, 2016 @ 11:31 am
By: John William Pope Center
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North Carolina's 2016-17 state budget responsibly limited the growth rate of state spending, wisely padded the state's Rainy Day Fund, cut taxes further and continued one of the most aggressive trends of teacher pay increases in the nation.
Published: Saturday, August 13th, 2016 @ 12:27 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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As the state budget agreement moves through the legislative approval process toward Gov. McCrory's desk, there is plenty of media coverage summarizing the major issues addressed in this year's spending plan, such as teacher pay, tax cuts and rainy day funds
Published: Wednesday, July 6th, 2016 @ 6:37 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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On net, this year's final budget deal can be viewed positively by conservatives. Tipping the scales in favor of the spending plan include: a net tax cut of nearly $400 million over two years, allowing the renewable energy tax credit to expire, elimination of taxpayer support for the highly...
Published: Saturday, September 19th, 2015 @ 3:47 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Governor Pat McCrory announced today that he has reached an agreement with Senate and House leaders on the spending amount for a revised state budget. At a morning breakfast meeting with the Governor at the Executive Mansion, House and Senate leadership agreed upon a budget spending amount...
Published: Saturday, August 22nd, 2015 @ 6:28 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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The North Carolina Senate this week unveiled its state budget spending for the upcoming FY 2015-16 fiscal year. The plan includes total spending of $21.47 billion, compared to $22.15 billion in the House budget plan.
Published: Sunday, June 21st, 2015 @ 3:23 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The federal government spends more money each year than it collects in taxes and other revenue. That means annual spending deficits. Each deficit drives up the federal debt. Nick Dranias, president and executive director of the Compact for America Educational Foundation, has an interesting idea...
Published: Wednesday, May 27th, 2015 @ 10:30 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The federal government spends more money each year than it collects in taxes and other revenue. That means annual spending deficits. Each deficit drives up the federal debt. Nick Dranias, president and executive director of the Compact for America Educational Foundation, has an interesting idea for
Published: Monday, May 25th, 2015 @ 7:12 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The question of whether North Carolina education spending has increased or decreased is front and center in the race for U.S. Senate. Supporters of Democrat Kay Hagan's campaign have bombarded the airwaves with claims that Republican candidate Thom Tillis cut $500 million from the state education...
Published: Sunday, September 21st, 2014 @ 8:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina state government is spending more money per person this budget year than ever before. A new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report documents that fact, which gets lost in ongoing debates about state budget "cuts."
Published: Sunday, August 24th, 2014 @ 11:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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John Boehner, Eric Cantor, Paul Ryan and the rest of the House GOP leadership have pretty much stomped out the last vestiges of the GOP's claim to being the party of smaller government.
Published: Saturday, December 14th, 2013 @ 8:56 am
By: Brant Clifton
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We just went through a bit of drama getting a state budget agreement that increased spending and cut taxes. Now, word comes that Gov. McCrory's commerce secretary wants a new tax
Published: Sunday, August 4th, 2013 @ 11:03 am
By: Brant Clifton
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The mainstream media and The White House are warning of a coming apocalypse brought on by "draconian" spending cuts in the budget sequester that is to kick in on March 1.
Published: Friday, February 22nd, 2013 @ 9:29 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Our state has been suffering with high unemployment and sluggish economic growth since the 2008 financial crisis primarily because of an inadequate educational system, high taxes and poor investments by state government.
Published: Wednesday, February 6th, 2013 @ 1:41 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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