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CBO: so many models, so little time

We learn just what the Congressional Budget Office is going through during the continuing budget battles on Capitol Hill from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities' Paul Van de Water.

Tags: Federal Drive , CBO , Center on Budget and Policy Priorities , Paul Van de Water , budget , budget 2012 , Suzanne Kubota

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House passes huge GOP budget cuts, opposing Obama

Tags: budget , shutdown , continuing resolution , Congress , House , Senate , Barack Obama , Mitch McConnell , Charles Schumer , John Boehner , Harry Reid

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Shutdown averted, six-day CR passed

The White House and Congress agreed to both a short-term deal and a longer-term one funding the government through 2011 and cutting more than $35 billion. OMB issued new guidance telling agencies to resume normal operations which means feds should report to work as usual.

Tags: budget , shutdown , Congress , management , Harry Reid , John Boehner , Barack Obama , Jason Miller

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Breakdown of cuts in one-week CR

$2 billion in cuts was passed in a temporary one-week continuing resolution to keep the government open. Find out what those cuts are.

Tags: budget , shutdown , Senate Appropriations Committee , management

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Congress continues negotiations; Feds frustration grows

President Obama expects to have an answer Friday morning about whether a shutdown can be averted. Meanwhile agencies have new guidance from OMB on how to prepare to close down their offices. Federal workers vent frustrations and ask questions during a town hall meeting sponsored by Rep. Jim Moran.

Tags: management , shutdown , Barack Obama , John Boehner , Harry Reid , Jim Moran , OPM , OMB , Congress , Dina Long , NTEU , Dan Adcock , NARFE , AFGE , SSA , DOT , FAA , Jason Miller , budget , furlough ,

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