Budget crisis articles
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WATCH LIVE: Secretary Mayorkas testifies on budget as border crisis rages
Homeland security secretary makes his first appearance before committee following historic impeachment.
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Denver defunds police to pay for migrant crisis: Democrat city strips cops' budget of $8.4million in sweeping cuts
The sanctuary city's progressive Mayor Mike Johnston unveiled a budget proposal on Wednesday, allocating $89.9m to assist undocumented migrants. As a result of this reallocation, the police and fire department are some of the those expected to face budget cuts. The amount will be drawn from approximately $45 million that's used for public programs and services
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Former congressional budget leaders slam ‘absolutely broke’ budget process
Several former leaders of the House and Senate Budget committees criticized the current state of the congressional budget process on Wednesday in the wake of Congress's repeated failure to adopt concurrent budget resolutions in recent years. “The budget process is absolutely broke, and it needs to be repaired,” said former Sen. Don Nickles (R-Okla.), who