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Federal Drive Interviews -- Oct. 17, 2012
FTA administrator Peter Rogoff discusses the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act. Attorney Stephen Ramaley talks about a U.S. District Court's decision ruling the 8(a) program unconstitutional. Erik Wasson of The Hill talks about Sen. Tom Coburn's Wastebook 2012. Juliet Beyler discusses the upcoming deadline for service members and their families to apply for retroactive pay.
Tags: Peter Rogoff , Stephen Ramaley , Juliet Beyler , Federal Drive , Cybersecurity Update , cybersecurity , DoD , DoD Report
House GOP budget blueprint repeat of last year
The House Republican response to President Obama's fiscal 2013 budget is similar to last year's, which caused a "political firestorm" for its proposed changes to Medicare, said The Hill staff writer Erik Wasson.
Plan to prevent sequestration unlikely before election
Every day that passes brings your agency a bit closer to automatic spending cuts under sequestration. If Congress can't figure something else out, the process of reducing spending by $1.2 trillion over 10 years will start, with the 2013 budget. But any deal to avoid sequestration probably won't happen anytime before the election, said Erik Wasson, reporter for the Hill newspaper
Tags: The Hill , Congress , sequestration , budget , DoD , Norm Dicks , Federal Drive
Hill update: Omnibus spending bill, payroll stalemate
Erik Wasson is a staff writer with The Hill.
Tags: Congress , The Hill , Federal Drive , budget
Short-term bill more likely before Friday budget deadline
With less than three days to reach a budget deal, lawmakers are more likely now to pass a short-term spending measure rather than a $1 trillion omnibus bill for the rest of the fiscal year, which started Oct. 1. The Hill's Erik Wasson has an update on the budget talks.
Tags: The Hill , budget , management , Congress , House , Senate , continuing resolution , omnibus , Federal Drive
Deadline nears to reach omnibus deal, avoid shutdown
The fight has started to push an omnibus spending bill through Congress to fund the federal government through the rest of the year. The current continuing resolution expires Dec. 16.
Tags: The Hill , Federal Drive , Congress , budget , management , omnibus , Jacob Lew , Barack Obama
Omnibus approach likely for remaining spending bills
Despite the successful passage last week of a small group of annual spending bills covering several federal agencies' 2012 budgets, Congress will likely fold the remaining bills into a single omnibus.
Tags: Congress , House , Senate , appropriations , budget , The Hill , continuing resolution , omnibus spending bill , minibus spending bill , Jack Moore
Congress hops aboard the minibus
Congress crafted a partial measure to fund some agencies through fiscal year 2012 and extend a continuing resolution for others. Erik Wasson of The Hill acknowledges that the current budget process has been the most complicated he's seen.
Tags: The Hill , supercommittee , Congress , House , Senate , OMB , Jack Lew , John McCain , budget 2012 , Michael OConnell , DoD
After Senate defeat, what's next for jobs legislation?
Erik Wasson, a staff writer with The Hill newspaper, joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris to discuss the president's jobs bill, which was defeated in the Senate this week.
Tags: The Hill , Congress , Senate , american jobs act , Council on Jobs and Competitiveness
Post-shutdown threat, will Congress take up 'sacred cows'?
Erik Wasson, a staff writer with The Hill newspaper, joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris to discuss 2012 agency budgets and the deficit-reducing supercommittee.
Tags: Federal Drive , Tom Temin , Amy Morris , Congress , budget , House , Senate , The Hill
