during the august reset. government revenues are low in part because of the big tax cut law. house speaker nancy pelosi kept her side together on the bill. the 219 yeas meant they could approve it without republicans at all. taking action to avoid another government shutdown. senate democrats planning. [knocking] really? here is dirty little secret. this bill doesn t avoid government shutdown. there is no money in this bill to fund the government. to avoid another shutdown, congress has to approve spending bills before the october 1st deadline. one invasion fights for border security, i.c.e., and a wall. the house has gone until
worried about we could run out of cash of the august recess. government revenues are lower because of the big tax cut law. house speaker nancy pelosi kept her side together, 219 days means democrats could have approved it without help from republicans at all. we need action to avoid another government shutdown. democrats plan to really? here is a dirty little secret. this bill doesn t avoid a government shutdown. there is no money in this bill to fund the government. to avoid another shutdown congress has to approve spending bills before an october 1st deadline. one can envision fights over border security, ice and a wall. the house is gone until september 9th with senators here
here and there no refund at all or they have to pay for the first time. look at the local headlines. spokane, washington, for example, wash your federal tax refund only a pittance, you re not alone. charleston, south carolina and maine warning the same. the detroit free press points out smaller refunds means some won t catch up on their bills. with us, ben white. what was interesting to me as i was looking at local newspapers, frankly, a lot of them just cut and paste. these are real local stories that local reporters have gone out. they ve been the headlines in the newspaper. that s really going on here? what s really going on here is that we had this big tax cut law passed in 2017. in 2018 the trump administration changed the withholding tables so people would see more money in their paychecks. people might have seen $30 more