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Posted at 7:00 pm on August 6, 2017 by Josh Kimbrell The Budget Control Act of 2011, a.k.a “Sequestration” was an ill-conceived idea to try and force the 112th Congress into some sense of fiscal responsibility. The deficit in the early Obama years regularly topped $1 trillion per year, and after Republicans won the House in the 2010 midterms there was little agreement on how to control deficit spending. The Republican House and the Democrat Senate could not agree on spending reductions, and President Obama didn’t want any spending reductions at all.

Sens. this month that would make it easier to prosecute websites that facilitate sex trafficking. Unfortunately, the Portman-McCaskill bill would have unintended consequences that would threaten free speech online and expose lawful companies to significant legal jeopardy. A better approach would be for the U.S.

South Korean President Moon Jae In requested a phone call with President Trump on Sunday, amid escalating tensions with North Korea.  Trump is on the second day of his extended stay at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey. The president left Washington on Friday to spend 17 days at his golf club, on what he has called a working vacation.   The Hill 1625 K Street, NW Suite 900 Washington DC 20006 | 202-628-8500 tel | 202-628-8503 fax The contents of this site a

Hillary and MORE attended a special screening of Wonder Woman at a Brooklyn movie theater Saturday. The couple viewed the movie at Alamo Drafthouse in New York, the same theater chain that drew backlash for offering female-only screenings of the film when it first opened. The Brooklyn theater tweeted out an image of the Clintons on Sunday morning. “Honored to have hosted [MORE] & [Bill Clinton] last night for

President Trump spoke with South Korean President Moon Jae In on Sunday evening, amid escalating global tension with North Korea.  “Just completed call with President Moon of South Korea.

"And I do hope that it's delicious," she added, to laughter. "We're working on that, yes indeed." Last autumn, conservative critics of the new standards — which cap meal calories at 650 for students in kindergarten through fifth grade, at 700 calories for middle school students and 850 calories for high school students — charged that the restrictions made meals unappetizing to children. Reps.

TOKYO — Every year in early August, Japanese politicians and peace activists converge on Hiroshima to commemorate the day when the city was devastated by an American atomic bomb.

BOGOTÁ, Colombia — Armed men in military uniforms and camouflage released a video early Sunday morning calling for Venezuelans to rebel against President Nicolás Maduro after his party established an all-powerful assembly meant to secure its grip over the country. Around the same time, a military base was attacked in the state of Carabobo, near the capital, Caracas, an assault that the government said it had repelled, but not before some of the assailants made off with weapons. “We declare ourselves in legitimate rebellion, united more than ever with the valiant state of

Masayoshi Son, the Japanese telecommunications mogul, has always been known as an inveterate deal maker. But amid a breakneck spree of investing in start-ups, Mr. Son’s most anticipated moves will likely involve an old-line phone service provider: Sprint. The reason is clear. Sprint, controlled by Mr.

BEIRUT, Lebanon — For six years, an independent United Nations-appointed panel has documented a litany of war atrocities in Syria that have grown increasingly brazen: torture of prisoners, attacks on hospitals, sexual slavery. On Sunday, the panel confirmed that one of its three members — Carla del Ponte, a Swiss prosecutor — had resigned. Speaking by phone from Tic