Barbara Sprunt
Appearances
NPR News Now
NPR News: 12-20-2024 8PM EST
The legislation includes $100 billion in aid to communities recovering from natural disasters and a one-year extension of federal farm policy and aid to farmers. It does not increase the nation's borrowing limit, something Donald Trump demanded, but House Speaker Mike Johnson says the president-elect is still satisfied.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 12-20-2024 8PM EST
Trump and his advisor, billionaire Elon Musk, undermined a bipartisan agreement reached earlier this week, causing Republicans to spend several days intensely negotiating a new bill to appease Trump, their own members, and the Democrats whose votes were needed to approve the bill. Barbara Sprunt and Peer News, the Capitol.