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Obama talks Petraeus probe, reforming government in post-election news conference
In his first news conference since Election Day, President Barack Obama took questions from reporters on a range of issues, including impending across-the-board budget cuts and the widening sex scandal that ensnared CIA Director David Petraeus.
Tags: Barack Obama , budget , Congress , David Petraeus , Mitt Romney
Tips for following the 'fiscal cliff' negotiations
President Barack Obama and leaders of the lame-duck Congress may be just weeks away from shaking hands on a deal to avert the dreaded "fiscal cliff." So it's natural to wonder: If they announce a bipartisan package promising to curb mushrooming federal deficits, will it be real?
Tags: Barack Obama , John Boehner , Congress , budget , sequestration
Back to budgets, Ryan returns to comfortable topic
Tags: Paul Ryan , budget , John Boehner , Congress , House , sequestration
How far over the 'fiscal cliff' could they go?
The dealmakers who warn that a year-end plunge off the "fiscal cliff" would be disastrous don't seem to be rushing to stop it. Why aren't they panicking?
Tags: sequestration , Barack Obama , Congress , John Boehner , budget
Lawmakers laying odds against sequester taking place
Sens. Mark Warner and Bob Corker and Rep. Chris Van Hollen all believe there is at better than a 50 percent chance Congress and the White House will agree on a budget reduction plan before Jan. 1. But federal pay and benefits, and contract spending remain on the table to be part of the cuts.
Tags: management , Congress , Mark Warner , Chris Van Hollen , Bob Corker , Bloomberg Government , Deloitte , budget , sequestration , Jason Miller
Over the fiscal cliff: Soft or hard landing?
Tags: sequestration , Barack Obama , John Boehner , Congress
In deficit talks, fed groups fear alternatives could cut benefits
Many in government are worried about the threat of sequestration, the across-the-board budget cuts set to take effect in January unless Congress and the White come up with an alternative deficit-cutting plan. But federal employee groups and sympathetic lawmakers are also concerned about such alternatives -- if they contain changes to federal employee pay or compensation. Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and a slate of federal-employee unions and groups are warning of such proposals in the deficit talks to replace sequestration.
Tags: Congress , sequestration , pay and benefits , Chris Van Hollen , Federal-Postal Coalition , Jessica Klement , NARFE , Bruce Moyer , retirement contribution
Fed groups pounce on Obama's COLA-cutting proposal
In the latest proposals traded back and forth between the White House and Boehner, the President proposed changing the formula the Labor Department uses to measure inflation — which would reduce annual COLAs for Social Security beneficiaries, including federal and military retirees. Federal-employee unions and groups remain worried the COLA proposals are still very much on the table.
Tags: Congress , John Boehner , Barack Obama , pay and benefits , benefits , retirement , COLA , chained CPI , Center for Budget and Policy Priorities
Boehner: Up to Democrats to prevent budget cuts
Tags: John Boehner , budget 2014 ,
Cliff poses tiny dollar gap, wide political ravine
Tags: John Boehner , Barack Obama , sequestration , Congress , House , budget , Robert Bixby , Concord Coalition , Plan B
