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Shutdown averted, pay freeze extended as Congress passes 2013 funding bill
The House voted today to approve a measure to fund federal agencies through the remainder of fiscal 2013. The bill averts a government shutdown but extends the freeze on federal employees' pay through the end of 2013. The bill now heads to President Barack Obama for his signature.
Tags: 2013 budget , sequestration , Congress , House , Senate , USPS , Barbara Mikulski , pay freeze , Jack Moore
Tracking the 2013 Budget
Congress has made quick work, so far, of the 12 annual bills setting agency spending for fiscal 2013. Over the past few months, the House Appropriations Committee has approved 10 of the bills, and the full House has OK'd five of them. The full Senate has approved no appropriations bill so far this year, however the committee has reported out eight bills.
Tags: budget , House , Senate , House Appropriations Committee , Senate Appropriations Committee , Jack Moore
Education secretary urges balanced budget cuts
Tags: Education , budget , Arne Duncan , Senate Appropriations Committee , sequestration
OMB: Spending bills exceed budget caps, could trigger cuts
Spending levels appropriated by Congress, so far, for fiscal 2013 fail to live within the limits set by last year's Budget Control Act (BCA), the Office of Management and Budget said in a report issued Monday. If Congress fails to adhere to the annual limits, OMB is required to enact automatic cuts to bring them back into balance, Acting OMB Director Jeffrey Zients wrote in a letter to President Barack Obama that preceded OMB's report.
Tags: OMB , Jeffrey Zients , sequestration , budget , Jack Moore
House votes to bar Pentagon deal with Russian firm
Tags: budget , DoD , Chris Van Hollen , John Boehner
Boehner says no decision on farm bill vote
Tags: House , budget , USDA , Tom Vilsack ,
White House threatens vetoes for nearly all House appropriations bills
Congress is off to a strong start passing annual appropriations bills for fiscal 2013. But the White House has taken issue with several of the bills' provisions, with President Barack Obama threatening to veto many of the bills if they come come to desk.
GOP measure shields lawmakers' office budgets
Even as they press cuts to food stamps and a host of other domestic programs, Republicans running the House of Representatives are shielding their own office expense accounts from further cuts.
Tags: Congress , House , budget , Norm Dicks , Paul Ryan ,
As Congress nears deal, feds prep for shutdown — just in case
As the clock ticks closer toward Dec. 16 — when the seventh continuing resolution funding government operations this year is set to expire — speculation about a partial government shutdown has begun swirling.
Tags: Congress , House , Senate , budget , government shutdown , payroll tax cut , OMB , OPM
Agencies face budget curbs in $1 trillion bill
Tags: Congress , House , Senate , omnibus
