The agreement will place additional work requirements on older Americans to receive food assistance, but will remove those barriers for veterans and homeless adults.
Tag: Federal Budget (US)
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Here’s What’s in the Debt Limit Deal
Spending caps, additional work requirements for food stamps and a new natural gas pipeline are just several of the components in a deal President Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy reached to prevent default.
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Why the Debt Limit Spending Cuts Likely Won’t Shake the Economy
With low unemployment and above-trend inflation, the economy is well positioned to absorb the modest budget cuts that President Biden and Republicans negotiated.
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With Debt Ceiling Deal in Hand, McCarthy and Biden Turn to Task of Selling It
With the right and the left up in arms about the agreement in principle reached by the president and the speaker, both sides started to make the case for its quick passage, a tall order in Congress.
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Did Biden Find Reasonable Middle in Debt Limit Deal or Give Away Too Much?
The deal to raise the debt ceiling bolsters President Biden’s argument that he is committed to bipartisanship, but it comes at the cost of rankling many in his own party.