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Pay, Pensions, Puppies & The Debt Limit

Which of the following items are NOT at stake in the current White House-Congressional debt limit dance: pay raises, your insurance premiums, the health of your brand-new puppy or future raises for federal and Social Security retirees? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says it's both serious and confusing and, maybe down the road, amusing too.

Tags: Mike Causey , Federal Report , pay and benefits , retirement , budget , Social Security , pay freeze

Thursday - 07/14/2011, 04:00am EDT

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Wrangling continues over debt ceiling, budget

Get the latest update on the contentious debt ceiling debate between lawmakers and the White House from The Hill staff writer Alexander Bolton.

Tags: Federal Drive , budget , Congress , Alexander Bolton , The Hill

Wednesday - 07/13/2011, 08:51am EDT

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Obama challenges GOP to compromise on debt

Obama challenged Republicans to make the necessary compromises.

Tags: Barack Obama , budget , Congress , Associated Press

Monday - 07/11/2011, 03:23pm EDT

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Debt ceiling deadline: What Congress must do now

Stan Collender, a federal budget guru, gives his analysis of what must be done in the coming weeks.

Tags: budget , Stan Collender , Qorvis Communications , Congress , In Depth

Thursday - 07/07/2011, 05:43pm EDT

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Debt ceiling debate likely to continue for weeks

Ian Swanson, a staff writer for The Hill, spoke to Federal News Radio about the intensifying debate between Capitol Hill and the president.

Tags: Ian Swanson , The Hill , Congressional Spotlight , Congress

Wednesday - 07/06/2011, 09:50am EDT

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How much is it?

Dave Ross, commentator

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Friday - 06/03/2011, 06:22pm EDT

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Federal retirement benefits on the chopping block

Host Debra Roth is joined by Federal News Radio's Mike Causey, NARFE Legislative Director Dan Adcock, and World at Work's Lenny Sanicola to talk about pending legislation in Congress that would change retirement benefits for federal workers.
May 20, 2011

Tags: pay and benefits , federal pay , federal retirement , TSP , Congress , Tim Geithner , deficit reduction , deficit reduction commission , fiscal commission , Civil Service retirement and disability trust fund , FERS , CSRS , Debra Roth , Shaw, Bransford and Roth , Mike Causey , Your Turn , Dan Adcock , NARFE , Lenny Sanicola , World at Work , Fed Talk

Friday - 05/20/2011, 07:13pm EDT

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Beseiged Feds: Shelter-in-Place or Take Off?

The way things are going on Capitol Hill, federal and postal workers seem to have only one of two choices, says Senior Correspondent Mike Causey: they can retire before things get worse or decide to shelter in place because they may get worse yet.

Tags: pay and benefits , Mike Causey , retirement , TSP , G-fund

Tuesday - 05/17/2011, 04:00am EDT

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