THE PULSE OF THE PLANET
Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ suffers major setback as GOP fiscal hardliners sink key budget committee vote Republican fiscal hawks refused to back down even after the president’s intervention earlier, with enough objecting to prevent Trump’s sweeping tax bill from advancing in a crucial House budget committee vote which, Reuters notes, could determine whether the bill…
President Trump pressed House Republicans to “stop talking” and coalesce behind the colossal bill that carries hallmarks of his agenda. Source link
The debate is starting. At the start an MP moved a motion that the house sit in private. During debates on private member’s bills, opponents of bill sometimes use this procedure (which triggers a vote which, if passed, means MPs continue sitting with the public and press excluded) because it holds up proceedings, and because…
House Republicans’ sweeping tax and spending bill would require states to fund at least 5% of food benefits for low-income individuals and families, while implementing stricter work requirements for beneficiaries. Source link
House Republican leaders said that major legislation to extend President Trump’s 2017 tax cuts would also cut taxes on tips and overtime pay, cut federal taxes on Social Security payments for low- and middle-income seniors and much more. Source link
The House Ways and Means Committee unveiled a portion of its sweeping tax legislation set to be the centerpiece of President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” teeing up the final sprint to ram the president’s agenda through the House. Source link
By Ian Bickis The Canadian Press Posted May 10, 2025 1:21 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Canadian snowbirds could stay longer in the United States without a visa if a bill recently proposed in the U.S. House of Representatives becomes law. The bipartisan bill put forward by Reps….
A recently introduced bill, if it passes, would allow research on cannabis despite its schedule I status, which some experts say could help policymakers “craft effective” legislation in the future and potentially allow more clinical research on medical cannabis. Representatives Dina Titus and Ilhan Omar introduced the Evidence-Based Drug Policy Act of 2025 (EBDPA) last…
Billionaire Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates — the 13th-richest man in the world — says he will donate 99 per cent of his remaining tech fortune to the Gates Foundation, which is set to shutter in 2045, earlier than initially planned. Gates’ current assets are valued at $113.5 billion USD, according to Forbes. His pledge is…
