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NPR's Steve Inskeep spoke with U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., about President Trump's budget bill, now in the Senate.

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Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon expects changes to Trump's spending bill

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., about President Trump's budget bill, his own concerns about the legislation, and some of the changes he hopes to see.

June 03, 2025
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  • Steve Inskeep and
  • Claire Murashima
In an aerial view, electric cars sit parked at a charging station in Corte Madera, Calif., on May 15. Federal tax credits that have encouraged the purchase of electric vehicles could be phased out, depending on what happens with negotiations over the Republican tax and spending package currently before the Senate.

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The fate of the EV tax credits depends on the GOP's megabill

The House version of the tax bill would revoke credits for EVs starting at the end of this year. If the plan survives, it would dramatically shape automaker investments and EV sales.

June 03, 2025
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  • Camila Domonoske
Legislation to enact President Trump's tax and spending agenda moves to the GOP-controlled Senate this week.

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The future of Trump's tax and spending agenda, according to a Republican strategist

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Republican strategist and former U.S. Senate staffer Ron Bonjean about the path in the Senate for President Trump's tax and spending agenda.

June 02, 2025
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  • Steve Inskeep and
  • Claire Murashima
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks during a news conference at the Capitol on May 6, 2025, in Washington.

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Trump's bill advances in rare weekend vote as House conservatives negotiate changes

Republicans advanced their massive tax cut and border security package out of a key House committee during a rare Sunday night vote as deficit hawks allowed it to move forward.

May 19, 2025
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Congressional freshmen of the 119th Congress pose on the steps of the House of Representatives of the U.S. Capitol on Nov. 15, 2024, in Washington, D.C.

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Congressional lawmakers almost got a pay bump this year. Then it crashed and burned

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill haven't had a pay increase since 2009, representing a 31% decline in their salary when adjusted for inflation.

December 27, 2024
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  • Barbara Sprunt
The end-of-year federal spending bill contains major changes to retirement savings in the U.S.

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Big changes to retirement savings in new federal spending bill

From emergency savings accounts to assistance for student loan borrowers, the new federal spending bill aims to make it easier to save for retirement.

December 29, 2022
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  • Arezou Rezvani
FILE - President Joe Biden speaks about his administration's plans to lower prescription drug costs and protect Social Security and Medicare, Nov. 5, 2022, in Joliet, Ill. Millions of people who enrolled in Medicaid during the COVID-19 pandemic could start to lose their insurance plans by April 1 if Congress passes the $1.7 trillion spending package leaders unveiled Tuesday. The legislation will sunset a requirement of the COVID-19 public health emergency that the Biden administration has been under mountin

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Millions to lose Medicaid coverage under Congress' plan

Millions of people who enrolled in Medicaid during the COVID-19 pandemic could start to lose their insurance plans by April 1 if Congress passes the $1.7 trillion spending package leaders unveiled Tuesday.

December 21, 2022
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  • Associated Press
Democratic lawmakers are proposing a way to offer low-income adults Medicaid in states that have so far refused to expand the program. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., spoke about the issue during a press conference with fellow lawmakers at the U.S. Capitol on September 23, 2021.

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Democrats' spending bill includes plan to get free health care to uninsured Americans

There are more than 2 million uninsured adults in states that didn't expand Medicaid. Congressional Democrats have a plan to cover them — if they can find money for it in the massive spending bill.

October 01, 2021
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  • Phil Galewitz
Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017 in Washington.

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David Perdue Throws Himself Into Middle Of Trump “S***hole” Controversy

On this edition of Political Rewind, Georgia Senator David Perdue puts himself front and center in one of the biggest controversies of the Trump...

January 17, 2018
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  • Bill Nigut

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