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Pay freeze bill heading for House vote

The House Rules Committee voted to fast-track legislation extending the pay freeze for federal employees through the end of the fiscal year. Federal workers are now slated to get a 0.5 percent pay increase in March when a stopgap continuing resolution expired. However, the measure approved by the House Rules Committee, introduced by Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.), would block that increase.

Tags: Congress , pay and benefits , pay , pay freeze , Barack Obama , Ron DeSantis , Chris Van Hollen

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USPS makes case for ending Saturday delivery as postal reform push continues

The U.S. Postal Service's worsening financial situation led Postmaster General Pat Donahoe to announce last week the agency would end Saturday mail delivery beginning in August. But lawmakers on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee were divided over Donahoe's announcement. The postmaster general told the committee during a hearing Wednesday the decision was necessary to save $2 billion a year and to begin shoring up the service's funding shortfalls.

Tags: Congress , Senate , budget , USPS , Saturday delivery , Mark Pryor , Pat Donahoe , Tom Carper , Darrell Issa , Elijah Cummings , Tom Coburn , Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

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Cliff poses tiny dollar gap, wide political ravine

Tags: John Boehner , Barack Obama , fiscal cliff , sequestration , Congress , budget , Robert Bixby , Concord Coalition , Plan B

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House to return to session Sunday evening

The House will be back in session Sunday evening as the "fiscal cliff" looms, threatening across-the-board tax increases and spending cuts with the new year.

Tags: Congress , sequestration , fiscal cliff

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House won't vote before midnight on 'cliff' deal

The House will miss the midnight Monday deadline lawmakers set for voting to avoid the "fiscal cliff." House Republicans notified lawmakers that the chamber will vote Monday evening on other bills. They say that will be their only votes of the day.

Tags: Congress , budget , sequestration , fiscal cliff

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GOP sequestration plan calls for reducing federal workforce

Republicans on the House and Senate Armed Services Committees have proposed an alternative to the automatic budget cuts set to go into effect next month that includes reducing the size of the federal workforce by 10 percent through attrition.

Tags: Congress , Senate , sequestration , Jack Moore , Buck McKeon , Kelly Ayotte , attrition , federal workforce

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Obama to visit Israel in first visit as president

Tags: budget , sequestration , Congress , Senate

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Term limits, now

Thanks to congressional redistricting, many members of the House of Representatives have jobs for life if they choose to keep running for reelection. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey wonders: Is it maybe time for term limits for everybody?

Tags: Mike Causey , Federal Report , Congress , workforce , term limits , Senate

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Congress sends bill to Obama averting govt default

Tags: Congress , budget , debt limit

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Lawmaker looks outside VA to fill mental care gap

Tags: VA , Jeff Miller , mental health funding , Congress , TRICARE

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