North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum called a special session Tuesday of the Republican-controlled Legislature to address a major budget bill struck down by the state Supreme Court last month, leaving a giant hole in state government operations lawmakers are rushing to fill. The special session will convene Monday. Burgum’s executive …
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President Biden signed a temporary spending bill that will push the ongoing federal budget battle into the next year. Biden signed the bill Thursday after it was passed by both the House and Senate this week with bipartisan support. The spending measure — conceived to avoid a government shutdown — …
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White House budget chief Russell Vought said Wednesday that he expects the number of federal employees laid off to get “much higher” in the coming days. Vought, who is the director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), has led an effort to lay off thousands of nonessential federal …
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