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Joint Chiefs: Looming cuts would 'hollow' military
Tags: DoD , Leon Panetta , Congress , budget , Ray Odierno , Navy , Air Force , Marine Corps , Buck McKeon , DoD Report , sequestration
Cyber bill tracker
The pressing need for cybersecurity legislation has led to widely divergent paths in the House and Senate. The House has opted for a more incremental approach, while the Senate has crafted comprehensive legislation
Tags: cybersecurity , Darrell Issa , John McCain , Mike Rogers , Dan Lungren , NSA , DHS , House Homeland Security Intelligence Committee , Joseph Lieberman , Dianne Feinstein , Jay Rockefeller , Susan Collins , Michael McCaul , NSF , Elijah Cummings , Congress , House , Senate
Senate approves Obama choice to lead NRC
Tags: Gregory Jaczko , NRC , Barack Obama , Darrell Issa , Congress , technology
Cliff averted, it's on to the next fiscal crisis
Tags: Congress , House , budget , Senate , CBO , sequestration , Tim Geithner , Treasury , Rob Nabors , John Boehner
Senate shows some comity, if only briefly
Tags: Barack Obama , Congress , White House , Mitch McConnell
Senate ready to pass highway programs overhaul
Tags: Senate , Congress , John Boehner , pay freeze , retirement , highway bill
Highway bill fails to clear hurdle in Senate
The government's power to spend federal Highway Trust Fund money on transportation programs and to levy federal gas and diesel taxes that support the trust fund are due to expire March 31.
Tags: transportation bill , John Boehner , Congress , Senate , House , Highway Trust Fund
Senators introduce alternative cybersecurity bill
The lawmakers believe the legislation, called the Strengthening and Enhancing Cybersecurity by Using Research, Education, Information, and Technology Act or SECURE IT, would be more collaborative and less regulatory than the bill introduced in February.
Tags: Senate , cybersecurity , Cybersecurity Update , technology , Federal Drive , Mitch McConnell , Congress
Federal unions claim sneak attack in unemployment insurance deal
Two federal unions, the American Federation of Government Employees and the National Treasury Employees Union, say lawmakers removed the increase in federal employee contributions from the payroll tax extension, but added it to the unemployment insurance extension, which is part of the overall deal. The unions say if the provision becomes law, feds would see a pay decrease while everyone else would see an increase.
Tags: pay and benefits , benefits , retirement , retirement contribution , workforce , NTEU , AFGE , John Gage , Dave Camp , Colleen Kelley , Jason Miller
Unions denounce FAA bill compromise
Union leaders on Monday denounced a deal in Congress that would make it harder for them to organize airline and railroad workers, saying it was reached without their input.
Tags: Congress , House , Senate , FAA , Transportation , unions , FAA reauthorization , John Mica ,
