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Understanding Congress' payroll tax cut fight
Tags: Congress , payroll tax cut , Barack Obama , Harry Reid , budget 2012
Finally, some bipartisanship _ oops, nevermind
Tags: Congress , House , Senate , John Boehner , Social Security , tax cut , Scott Brown , Tom Read , payroll tax cut
Defense hawks insist on sparing military from cuts
Tags: DoD , Leon Panetta , John McCain , Howard McKeon , Harry Reid , budget , supercommittee , House Armed Services Committee , John Boehner , G. William Hoagland
Obama gives recess appointment to CMS head
The administration says the move to install Donald Berwick was critical for progress. Republican lawmakers are livid that the appointee will not face immediate scrutiny.
Tags: Barack Obama , Donald Berwick , CMS , recess appointment , Chuck Grassley , AFL-CIO , Philip E. Coyle III , Joshua Gotbaum , Senate , Rachel Stevens
Congress dodges one crisis, now on to the next
One crisis averted, on to the next. The day after Congress managed to avoid a government shutdown — again — Republicans and Democrats stared ahead Tuesday at major fights over spending that underscore a deep divide that's sure to define the fast-approaching national elections.
Tags: Congress , budget , House , FEMA , Senate , Dick Durbin ,
Reid not sure Congress can avert shutdown
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said it's possible there will be a government shutdown at the end of this month.
Tags: Harry Reid , Jim Moran , Gerry Connolly , Congress , House , Senate , budget , shutdown , The Hill
Weekend session possible after failed House CR vote
A six-week continuing resolution did not pass the House in a vote today. The government runs out of funds on Sept. 30 if Congress does not pass a bill. What's more, lawmakers face a shortened deadline to sort out 2012 funding — Congress will be in recess all next week.
Tags: budget , appropriations , Congress , House , Senate , Harry Reid , Jim Moran , shutdown
Unions rally against debt-limit retirement cuts
The two largest federal unions are urging feds to stand up against proposed cuts to federal pay and retirement by calling Congressional leaders and rallying in New York. Last week, 21 federal unions sent a letter to Treasury and OMB demanding to know what would happen to federal employees should Congress and the White House fail to raise the debt ceiling but got no response.
Tags: AFGE , John Gage , Harry Reid , NTEU , debt ceiling , retirement , pay and benefits , Emily Kopp
House votes to block contractor disclosure
Three members of the House and four members of the Senate introduce companion pieces of legislation to head off the White House's draft executive order requiring contractors to disclose political contributions.
Tags: contracting , industry , Susan Collins , Lamar Alexander , Rob Portman , Darrell Issa , Tom Cole , Sam Graves , White House , political contributions , executive order , PSC , Stan Soloway , Jason Miller
Netanyahu delivers unusual lecture to Obama
Chris Wallace, host of Fox News Sunday
Tags: Chris Wallace , Fox News Sunday , Benjamin Netanyahu , Barack Obama ,
