‘Trump likes winners’: How John Thune manages the Senate and Donald Trump
Shortly after Donald Trump blindsided senators and endorsed the House’s plan to advance the president’s agenda Wednesday, Senate Leader John Thune convened his leadership team to navigate next steps.
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Reps correct errors in N54.99trn budget, pass adjusted expenditure figures
The House of Representatives on Tuesday corrected what it described as inadvertent errors it observed in the allocations for recurrent (non debt) expenditures in the N54.99trillion 2025 appropriation ...
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Why Democrats Will Probably Shut Down the Government Soon
Despite their apparent powerlessness, Democrats can block appropriations measures with a Senate filibuster, as they could in 2018 when Republicans had a governing trifecta as well. So they have to be ...
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In a supposedly boring session, General Assembly tackles some big issues
It was a session when the high cost of housing and closely linked issues of local government powers took central stage, as ...
Dead Or Alive? With A Week To Go, Some Sunshine Bills Are Teetering
A number of accountability bills have sailed through legislative committee hearings. Others could use some last-minute public support.
The Legislature’s Schedule Works Only For The Most Powerful
To be effective and competent at the Legislature, legislators and their staff need time to gather knowledge, analyze it, ...
Budget battles and the lopsided lineup seeking statewide office: Thomas Suddes
One-party rule imperils Ohioans’ wallets and their state’s treasury (think House Bill 6, the FirstEnergy bailout, or the ...
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Trump Can't Shut Down the Department of Education, but Student Loan Borrowers Should Beware
The Department of Education was created by Congress in 1979 to track, manage and coordinate education programs and procedures at the federal level. Trump advisers have said they want to call on ...
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2025 APPROPRIATION BILL: Issues, drama of a national budget
As the 2025 budget continues to generate reactions from various quarters, JOHN AMEH details the concerns from critics and how lawmakers have been responding to them.Nigeria has a new Appropriation ...
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Virginia legislature finishes session amid anxiety over federal job cuts
The Virginia legislature has ended its 45-day session by addressing a slew of budget amendments ranging from tax cuts to ...
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California Senate Bill takes aim at saving farm lands
Amid a push by local leaders to conserve farmlands and open spaces in the Bay Area from future development, state senator David Cortese has introduced a bill that would shore up funding to preserve ...
Trump fires Joint Chiefs chair amid flurry of dismissals at Pentagon
President Donald Trump fired the country's senior military officer as part of an extraordinary Friday night purge at the Pentagon that injected politics into the selection of the nation's top military ...