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Retiring Rep. Darrel Issa was nominated Wednesday to head a trade agency that a 2017 Trump administration budget blueprint wanted eliminated.

Senator David Perdue (R-GA) told Breitbart News Sunday in an exclusive interview that President Donald Trump will probably not sign another spending bill that does not include funding for his proposed southern border wall.

Senator David Perdue (R-GA) told Breitbart News Sunday in an exclusive interview that the state of America’s financial affairs is “desperate.”

President Donald Trump endorsed the idea that the Senate should not get an August break if they failed to move a funding bill foward.

“I’ve been speaking with General Mattis. We’re going to be doing things militarily,” Trump said, adding, “Until we can have a wall and proper security, we’re going to be guarding our border with the military.”

The omnibus purposefully narrows the scope of what the president can do with the $1.6 billion—just 0.12 percent of the spending bill—included in the bill for border security.

The omnibus spending bill passed by the Republican-controlled House and Senate does not fund the 1,000 new Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents that President Trump requested last year.

It happened again. Congress let a funding debate come down to the last minute. And once again, Democrats won.

The NRA issued a statement pointing out that more companies are ready and willing to step in and partner with law-abiding gun owners. 

NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland — President Donald Trump’s Director of the Office of Management and Budget Mick Mulvaney wants Americans to know that the federal government has changed under the Trump administration.

Nobody seems to agree on how much the federal government should actually spend, nor do folks agree on how much the deficit-ridden feds can actually pay for any new infrastructure.

Budget Director Mick Mulvaney admitted during a Monday evening White House press briefing that the administration’s proposed budget does not balance within ten years, pointing rather to a turn in the “tide.”

On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “New Day,” Representative Mo Brooks (R-AL) stated that the budget passed by Congress last week is the worst legislation he’s voted on in his time in Congress and no other bill is close. Brooks said, “Do

Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) joined Breitbart News Saturday SiriusXM hosts Matt Boyle and Amanda House to discuss DACA, amnesty, and the pending budget deal.

Democrats are “winning the narrative” and “winning their priorities” in Capitol Hill spending deals despite congressional GOP majorities and a Republican president, said Tom Van Flein, current chief of staff for Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ), on Friday’s edition of SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Tonight with host Rebecca Mansour.

On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks argued that “everyone’s a hypocrite” on deficits and the Republican Party is “an identity party, not an economic party, right now.” Brooks stated,  “What strikes me as special about this is that

The White House budget will be released on Monday, despite Congress currently negotiating a two year spending agreement. The White House plans to request $3 billion in funding for President Donald Trump’s long-promised wall on the Southern border.

During a speech on the Senate floor on Thursday, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) stated people should have to answer why they were against running deficits under President Obama but support deficits under Republican presidents. Rand said, “I want people to

“The Budget Agreement today is so important for our great Military,” he wrote on Twitter. “It ends the dangerous sequester and gives Secretary Mattis what he needs to keep America Great.”

The logistical arm of the Department of Defense (DOD) has improperly documented hundreds of millions in spending on everything from construction projects to computers.

The White House changed its voicemail message to blame congressional Democrats for failing to pass a budget over partisan squabbles on immigration.

President Donald Trump praised Republicans for fighting to keep the government open but suggested that they end the Senate rule requiring 60 votes to pass a budget.

186 House Democrats voted against keeping the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) funded for the next six years as they opposed a stopgap spending measure in the House of Representatives Thursday that would keep the government open for the next four weeks.

House Speaker Paul Ryan on Thursday blasted Democrats for refusing to pass a 2018 government spending bill that does not include a DACA fix.

Republicans will destroy their base of political support if they help pass a “crappy” amnesty bill, said Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) on Wednesday.

Democrats have successfully blocked the government’s 2018 budget for another month, giving them more time to exhaust and frustrate President Donald Trump and GOP leaders into accepting the Democrats’ game-winning amnesty for millions of illegals.

Troops will not receive a paycheck this Friday if Congress fails to pass a budget or another short-term spending measure by then, according to the Pentagon.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, faced with a slim 51-vote majority in the upper chamber of Congress, is reportedly mulling forgoing a budget altogether in 2018, a new report from Politico suggests.

Democratic leaders are holding the 2018 federal budget hostage to their demand for a cheap-labor amnesty — but are also obscuring their very unpopular demand behind a barrage of subsidiary demands, according to GOP politicians.

During Friday’s Democratic Weekly Address, Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) stated that Democrats don’t want a shutdown and the ball is in Congressional Republicans’ court if they want a shutdown. Transcript (via FedNews) as Follows:  “Hi, I’m U.S. Senator Chris Coons,

Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rossello Nevares asked federal taxpayers to pay $94 billion towards the island’s recovery from Hurricane Maria, then reportedly spent $100 million on Christmas bonuses for the territory’s government employees.

With his position in Cabinet reportedly on the line, Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond has delivered an Autumn Budget which he claims will prepare Britain for Brexit.

“I hope the Fake News Media keeps talking about Wacky Congresswoman Wilson in that she, as a representative, is killing the Democrat Party!” Trump wrote on Twitter.

During Friday’s Democratic Weekly Address, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) stated the Republican budget and tax plan is “the most destructive and unfair” in modern American history. Sanders said, “President Trump and his Republican colleagues are now pushing the most destructive

President Donald Trump sat down for dinner with House Speaker Paul Ryan on Thursday night to discuss a packed list of fall legislative goals.

By showing he can deal with Pelosi and Schumer, Trump may have found the one way of making Republicans unite.