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WTOP/Dave DildineCongress, government shutdown

Will Congress get a budget deal done with only days before the first shutdown deadline?

Congress will encounter the first of two deadlines for avoiding a partial government shutdown.

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Debt Limit

Congress is gone until next week, but the budget questions drone on

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AP Poll Polarization

Budget talks for 2024 are rocking, raising talk of a government you-know-what

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Debt Limit

What does the latest debt ceiling deal mean for federal agencies?

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Remote work concept. Working at home. Telework.

A fresh legislative effort to get federal employees back into the office

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Congress Pelosi Women

Now the question is what the lame duck Congress will be able to do

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Joe Manchin

It’s practically official: Brace for the next continuing resolution

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The U.S. Capitol dome is seen past the base of the Washington Monument just before sunrise in Washington, Saturday, Dec. 22, 2018. Hundreds of thousands of federal workers faced a partial government shutdown early Saturday after Democrats refused to meet President Donald Trump's demands for $5 billion to start erecting a border wall with Mexico. Overall, more than 800,000 federal employees would see their jobs disrupted, including more than half who would be forced to continue working without pay. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

New obstacles emerge to any hope of Congress getting a budget in time for fiscal 2023

China can’t do anything to prevent Congress from passing a budget on time for 2023. But the China competitiveness bill could do just that. With the year-end…

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The U.S. Capitol building is seen before sunrise on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, March. 21, 2022. The Senate Judiciary Committee is set to begin its historic confirmation hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. The 51-year-old federal judge would be the first Black woman on the Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

Congressional update from WTOP’s Mitchell Miller

We get the latest about what’s going on at Capitol Hill from WTOP’s Congressional Correspondent Mitchell Miller.

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A due to limited supplies sign is shown on the baby formula shelf at a grocery store Tuesday, May 10, 2022, in Salt Lake City. Parents across much of the U.S. are scrambling to find baby formula after a combination of supply disruptions and safety recalls have swept many of the leading brands off store shelves. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Federal agencies’ roles in helping to solve the baby formula shortage

The Department of Health and Human Services has some new authorities to hopefully help resolve the nationwide shortage of baby formula.

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