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Feds win reprieve from healthcare excise tax

Federal employees covered under some of the more expensive plans in the Federal Employees Heath Benefit Program now have some breathing room as well.

Tags: P&B , FEHBP , NTEU , excise tax , Gerry Connolly , Chris Van Hollen , Barbara Mikulski

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Lawmakers try to water-down the pay freeze

Former Virginia Congressman Tom Davis said federal employees are on the chopping block because they are easy prey. Davis, now a director with Deloitte and Touche, said a letter from the Washington-D.C. area delegation could impact the potential two-year pay freeze the White House is proposing. The eight House members say feds are being targeted unfairly to help reduce the deficit.

Tags: pay and benefits , David Obey , Jack Lew , Frank Wolf , House Appropriations Committee , OMB , Tom Davis , Deloitte and Touche , pay freeze , federal benefits , Jason Miller

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Paid parental leave bill passes House committee

Bill has been approved by key House committee; now moves to Senate

Tags: Pay & Benefits , paid parental leave , Max Cacas

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Obama's Israel stance may cost Democrats

Mark Plotkin, WTOP political analyst

Tags: Mark Plotkin , Barack Obama , Benjamin Netanyahu , Israel , Joe Lieberman , Eric Cantor , John Boehner

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Lawmakers push back against the pay freeze

Washington-area lawmakers move to put a freeze on the pay freeze, asking it be limited to one year.

Tags: pay and benefits , pay freeze , David Obey , James Moran , Gerry Connolly , Frank Wolf , Chris Van Hollen , John Sarbanes , Donna Edwards , Elanor Holmes Norton , Ruben Gomez , pay debate

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Elections 2010: Focus on federal workers

A partial shift in power on the Hill means committee chairmanships will change in the House but not in the Senate. A variety of issues from the federal budget to telework, and federal pay and regulatory policies will be re-examined.

Tags: pay and benefits , Congress , Mike Causey , Dan Adcock , Leslie Phillips , Darrell Issa , Jason Chaffetz , Bob Cusack , Suzanne Kubota , Jerry Bodlander , Susan Crabtree , federal pay raise , pay raise , 2011 budget , furloughs , Bill Bransford , hiring freeze , workforce reductions , health care , FEHBP , Social Security , $250 payment , Jolie Lee , Julia Ziegler , 1.4 percent raise , federal employees , Election 2010

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Dozens fall ill at Obama rally in Md.

The crowd at the rally to support Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley was packed shoulder to shoulder.

Tags: President Obama , rally , Bowie State University , Martin O'Malley , Prince George's Fire and EMS , Mark Brady , Bob Ehrlich , Barbara Mikulski

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Incumbents win Md. congressional primaries

Local incumbent U.S. representatives won their primary bids Tuesday.

Tags: Donna Edwards , Roscoe Bartlett , Elijah Cummings , Md. elections

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Candidates gunning for Hoyer, not each other

The candidates vying in Tuesday's primary in the 5th Congressional District care less about which of them emerges victorious than that someone beats 28-year Democratic incumbent, Rep. Steny Hoyer in the general election.

Tags: Primary elections , Chris Chaffee , Collins Bailey

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Hoyer explains changes to FY 2011 budgeting

House Democrats passed a budget bill that sets discretionary spending at levels below President Obama's. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer explains why.

Tags: Federal Drive , Congressional Spotlight , Congress , FY 2011 budget , discretionary spending

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