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Agriculture appropriations first to go to conference committee

The conference committee is the first step in reconciling the House version of the appropriations bill with the Senate's.

Tags: Congress , House , Senate , budget , USDA , appropriations , Steny Hoyer

Thursday - 11/03/2011, 09:43am EDT

Continuing Resolution and the Myth of Job Creation

New jobs can't be created in the federal government as things stand.

Tags: Lurita Doan , stimulus , Bureau of Labor Statistics , CR , job creation , Jobless numbers , Unemployment statistics

Monday - 10/17/2011, 01:09pm EDT
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Foreign Service braces for budget cuts, the likelihood of USPS health plan proposal

Mike welcomes Susan Johnson of the American Foreign Service Association and Steve Losey and Sean Reilly of the Federal Times.
October 5, 2011

Tags: Your Turn , pay and benefits , Mike Causey , USPS , Steve Losey , Sean Reilly , Federal Times , budget , Congress , State , Foreign Service , American Foreign Service Association , susan johnson

Wednesday - 10/05/2011, 02:50pm EDT
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Where's your agency's funding?

Lawmakers have passed five of the 12 bills that set spending for federal departments in fiscal 2010, which began October 1.

Tags: mngt , 2010 budget , Jodi Schneider ,

Friday - 09/30/2011, 10:47am EDT
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Spending bill update: omnibus or mini-bus?

Congress has passed just five of twelve 2010 spending bills. Where are the remaining seven?

Tags: Congressional Spotlight , agency funding , Jodi Schneider , omnibus ,

Friday - 09/30/2011, 10:47am EDT
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Congress to extend deadline for Postal Service debt

The Postal Service would get seven more weeks to pay a $5.5 billion debt to the Treasury under the continuing resolution passed Monday by the Senate. A House version includes the same provision. The bill is due on Friday.

Tags: USPS , Congress , Tom Carper , House Oversight and Government Reform Committee , senate homeland security and governmental affairs , budget , Emily Kopp , senate homeland security and governmental affairs , senate homeland security and governmental affairs , senate homeland security and governmental affairs , Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

Wednesday - 09/28/2011, 03:54am EDT

After averting shutdown, a bigger budget fight brews

The Senate passed a continuing resolution to extend spending six weeks beyond the current fiscal year, ending on Friday. The House plans to vote Monday on the bill which funds government until Nov. 18. But on Nov. 23 is another important budget date — the joint select committee on deficit reduction must submit its recommendations to Congress on ways to reduce $1.2 trillion to $1.5 trillion in cuts over the next decade.

Tags: Federal Drive , Amy Morris , Tom Temin , Steve Bell , Bipartisan Policy Center , Congress , shutdown

Tuesday - 09/27/2011, 04:11pm EDT
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Analysis: 'Somebody's going to have to blink' in budget debates

Russell Berman, a staff writer with The Hill newspaper, joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris to discuss the latest from the halls of Congress.

Tags: Federal Drive , The Hill , Russell Berman , Congress , House , Senate , budget , shutdown

Tuesday - 09/27/2011, 12:25pm EDT
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Senate kills short-term continuing resolution

The threat of a Oct. 1 government shutdown is closer after the Senate rejected a short-term funding bill passed in the House that would keep government funded beyond the Sept. 30 end of the fiscal year.

Tags: Congress , budget , House , Senate , shutdown

Tuesday - 09/27/2011, 12:21pm EDT
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