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Farm bill extension evidence of lost clout
Tags: SNAP , Congress , House Agriculture Committee , Debbie Stabenow , budget
Senate passes highway bill, including 'phased retirements,' transit subsidy
The Senate voted Wednesday to overhaul transportation programs and keep aid flowing to thousands of construction projects while strengthening highway. The $109 billion measure, approved in a 74-22 vote, included a number of amendments affecting federal pay and benefits, including a provision to allows "phased retirements" for federal employees and an expansion of an expired mass-transit subsidy.
Tags: workforce , retirement , phased retirements , pay and benefits , transportation bill , Congress , Senate , pay freeze , mass transit benefit , NTEU , Max Baucus ,
Senate rejects pay freeze amendment to transportation bill
The Senate has defeated an amendment to a transportation bill that would have extended the federal pay freeze through 2013. In a 57-41 vote, lawmakers rejected the amendment, introduced last week by Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.). The measure needed 60 votes to pass. Federal unions applauded the news.
Tags: pay and benefits , pay , Congress , Senate , pay freeze , NTEU , Colleen Kelley , AFGE
Senate amendment would extend pay freeze through 2013
Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) introduced an amendment Thursday to the Senate Highway Bill that would extend the federal pay freeze for another year as part of special deficit reduction trust fund.
Tags: Senate , highway bill , pay freeze , budget , workforce , pay and benefits , Michael OConnell
Senators want IG probe of tanker data mixup
Seven senators have requested an independent investigation by the Defense Department's inspector general into the accidental disclosure of technical data to rival bidders Boeing and EADS in the Air Force's refueling tanker competition.
Tags: DoD , contracting , Congress , Air Force , Boeing , EADS , Wendy Masiello , Maria Cantwell , Jerry Moran , Lindsay Graham , Charles Schumer , refueling tanker , Procurement Integrity Act , Senate Armed Services Committee , Jared Serbu
