Fiscal and Economic News from
Around the Nation

July 2019

Source: The Washington Post
Jul 8, 2019
Treasury Could Breach Debt Ceiling in First Half of September, Much Sooner Than Previously Thought
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Source: Roll Call
Jul 8, 2019
Congress Returns to Pressure to Get Spending Deals Done
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Source: The Associated Press
Jul 7, 2019
Congress Has Ambitious Agenda Tackling Health Care Costs
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Source: The Associated Press
Jul 7, 2019
Poll: 1 in 4 Don’t Plan to Retire Despite Realities of Aging
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Source: CNBC
Jul 5, 2019
Strong Job Growth is Back: Payrolls Jump in June Well Above Expectations
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Source: The New York Times
Jul 5, 2019
Trump Suggests Executive Order on Drug Prices, With a Scope That Is Unclear
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Source: The Associated Press
Jul 3, 2019
Trump Says he Will Tap Economists for 2 Key Fed Vacancies
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Source: The Associated Press
Jul 3, 2019
Show of Hands on Immigrant Health Care Belies a Thorny Issue
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Source: Forbes
Jul 3, 2019
Congress May Have The Answer To Some Of Today's Retirement Planning Issues
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Source: CNBC
Jul 2, 2019
This Is Now the Longest US Economic Expansion in History
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Source: The Wall Street Journal
Jul 2, 2019
You Filed Returns. The IRS Compiled the Data. Here’s How the New Tax Law Is Working.
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Source: Roll Call
Jul 1, 2019
$4.59B Border Aid Package Signed into Law
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June 2019

Source: The Hill
Jun 30, 2019
Internal Cracks Emerge in GOP Strategy to Avoid Shutdown
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Source: The Washington Post
Jun 29, 2019
Trump to Name Tomas Philipson, a Health-Care Expert, as His Next Chief Economist
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Source: Bloomberg
Jun 29, 2019
The Fed Typically Kills Expansions. Now It Must Save This Record Upswing
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Source: npr
Jun 28, 2019
The Gap Between Rich And Poor Americans' Health Is Widening
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Source: Forbes
Jun 28, 2019
More Tax Talk In The Second Democratic Debate
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Source: Roll Call
Jun 28, 2019
McConnell Waiting on House and White House Deal on Spending Caps
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Source: The Alternative Press
Jun 27, 2019
House Sends Trump $4.6B Border Bill, Yielding to Senate
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Source: The Hill
Jun 27, 2019
Trump's Health Care Pitch to Focus on Lowering Costs
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Source: The New York Times
Jun 26, 2019
Senate Approves $4.6 Billion Bill for Border With Fewer Restrictions
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Source: Roll Call
Jun 26, 2019
Senate Panel Approves Health Cost Bill But Plans Changes
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Source: The Hill
Jun 26, 2019
Tlaib Rolls Out Bill to Create Tax Credit for Low-and Middle-Class People
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Source: Roll Call
Jun 26, 2019
Familiar Offsets Could Resurface in Spending Caps Talks
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Source: The Hill
Jun 25, 2019
House Approves $383 Billion Spending Package
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