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Committees approve OMB, Transportation nominees
Former Rep. Dan Bishop (R-N.C.), nominee to be the next deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget, appearing ...
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Low-Energy Fridays: Should independent regulators be subject to the White House?
President Donald J. Trump recently issued a new executive order (EO) that will require “independent agencies” to submit their ...
Gov. JB Pritzker and state’s Democratic delegation in Washington say White House withholding $1.9 billion in federal funding
Nearly $2 billion in federal funding is being withheld from Illinois, Gov. JB Pritzker and lawmakers said in a letter ...
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OMB deputy nominee backs Trump spending freezes
Dan Bishop, a former House lawmaker, said he expects the White House to avoid cuts to Social Security and Medicare.
Judge places preliminary injunction on White House's plan to freeze federal funding
A federal judge on Tuesday placed a preliminary injunction on the Trump administration's planned freeze on federal funding, ...
Trump signs order to expand White House control of independent agencies
President Trump signed an executive order Tuesday aiming to expand the White House’s authority over various independent ...
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Trump makes move to control independent regulatory agencies
Trump’s new EO would effectively bring the FTC, SEC, FDIC under control of the White House’s Office of Management and Budget The White House has already said that Trump has the authority to ...
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The White House tightens control over the Fed — but not on rates
Independent agencies — which would also include the Federal Communications Commission, the Securities and Exchange Commission ...
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Gov. Pritzker, Illinois Congressional Delegation Press White House on Withholding $1.8 Billion from Taxpayers
Governor JB Pritzker, Senator Dick Durbin, Senator Tammy Duckworth, and various members of the Illinois congressional ...