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David Sherfinski

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David Sherfinski covered politics for The Washington Times.

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"I don't see at this point a lot of appetite for cutting spending," said House Budget Committee Chairman John Yarmuth, Kentucky Democrat. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Democrats pan Trump gambit to boost defense spending

President Trump's fiscal-year 2020 budget plan will use an accounting trick to try to boost defense spending while cutting domestic discretionary spending, the White House's acting budget chief said Monday.

February 25, 2019
Sen. Ron Johnson, Wisconsin Republican, wants to know why illegal immigrant felons are being released from police custody. (Associated Press)

Ron Johnson laments Trump emergency declaration

Sen. Ron Johnson, Wisconsin Republican, on Sunday said President Trump's move to declare a national emergency on the southern border is part of a trend where Congress has seen itself become the weakest of the three branches of the federal government.

February 17, 2019
"I don't see at this point a lot of appetite for cutting spending," said House Budget Committee Chairman John Yarmuth, Kentucky Democrat. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Democrats sell key spending deal to liberal members

Democrats built support Wednesday for the Homeland Security spending deal, looking to tamp down concerns over border wall money and arguing that another partial government shutdown would be the worst outcome.

February 13, 2019
Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, walks as he speaks with reporters as they work to pass a bill that would pay for President Donald Trump's border wall and avert a partial government shutdown, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Conservatives try to slow push to pass border wall deal

House conservatives on Wednesday demanded Congress slow the rush to approve the homeland security spending bill, and suggested passing a short-term bill to keep the government open while giving all sides more time to digest what's in the deal.

February 13, 2019
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., left, joined by Majority Whip John Thune, R-S.D., center, and Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., right, chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee and the top Senate border security negotiator, speaks to reporters about the bipartisan compromise worked out last night to avert another government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republicans secure border wall ‘down payment’ in spending deal

President Trump may not have been happy with it, but congressional Republicans said he actually made out pretty well in the new spending deal emerging on Capitol Hill, with at least a "down payment" on his border wall and expansive powers to detain immigrants caught living illegally in the U.S. interior.

February 12, 2019