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Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks speaks during a briefing at the Pentagon

Defense Deputy Secretary Hicks urges Congress to pass 2024 NDAA

The 2024 National Defense Authorization Act is critical to support the nation’s military personnel as 40% of the budget will go towards personnel matters…

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FILE - People walk outside the U.S Capitol building in Washington, June 9, 2022. The biggest investment ever in the U.S. to fight climate change. A hard-fought cap on out-of-pocket prescription drug costs for seniors in the Medicare program. A new corporate minimum tax to ensure big businesses pay their share. And billions leftover to pay down federal deficits. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Congress recesses with its federal budget still under construction

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FILE - In this July 28, 2014, file photo, lightning strikes over Lake Mead near Hoover Dam that impounds Colorado River water at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area in Arizona. The sweeping $1 trillion infrastructure bill approved by the Senate this week includes funding for Western water projects that farmers, water providers and environmentalists say are badly needed across the parched region. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Can a 10-year federal infrastructure plan really sustain itself for 10 years

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Sunlight shines on the U.S. Capitol Dome in Washington, Friday, Jan. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Congress is on recess this week, as the February budget deadline looms

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In some ways you have to pity Congress, trying to spend trillions it doesn’t have

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House passes CR to keep govt open until Dec. 20, guarantee military pay raise

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With the 2-year budget deal signed into law, what’s next for federal employees?

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Patrick Shanahan

Senators on Trump Space Force plan: Not so fast

The Trump administration’s proposal for creating a Space Force as a new military service encountered bipartisan skepticism in the Senate

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Eric White/Federal News NetworkDavid Berteau

Civilian agencies spending less than 2019 appropriations, unlike DoD

Evidence is mounting that civilian agencies are spending less than what they received in appropriations for fiscal 2019.

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Falling appropriations for legislative branch have watchdogs worried

As Congress starts the appropriations process for fiscal 2020, one of the questions it’s faces is how much to spend on the legislative branch itself.

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