Appropriations

Update 819: The Politics of Disaster Assistance

Update 819 — Storms of Disinformation:Speaker Johnson: Assistance “Can Wait” Millions of Americans affected by Hurricanes Helene and Milton in the last month have had to endure not only personal and financial catastrophe but a flood of disinformation from Republicans about the status and availability of federal disaster assistance. Calls continued this week for Congress …

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Update 808: Budget’s September Sprint

Update 808 — Sprint: September and Beyond:FY25 Budget, Harris Tax Proposals, Jobs Report This week’s leading macroeconomic news: the August jobs report, which showed that the American labor market has solidly shifted into lower gear, with job gains, 142,000 for the month, notably cooling. Also, Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris debuted a new set of …

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