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Reid not sure Congress can avert shutdown
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said it's possible there will be a government shutdown at the end of this month.
Tags: Harry Reid , Mitch McConnell , Jim Moran , Gerry Connolly , Congress , House , Senate , budget , The Hill
Weekend session possible after failed House CR vote
A six-week continuing resolution did not pass the House in a vote today. The government runs out of funds on Sept. 30 if Congress does not pass a bill. What's more, lawmakers face a shortened deadline to sort out 2012 funding — Congress will be in recess all next week.
Tags: budget , appropriations , Congress , House , Senate , Harry Reid , Mitch McConnell , Jim Moran ,
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 , continuing resolution ,
Congress clashes anew over CR, disaster aid
The House approved a short-term spending measure Thursday after lawmakers rejected a similar bill earlier this week.
Tags: Congress , budget , House , Senate , CR , FEMA , disaster aid , Energy Department
Analysis: House, Senate will 'thrash it out,' before agreement
Bill Frenzel a global scholar of economics at Brookings Institution, joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris to discuss perspective on what's happening on the Hill, and whether the government is facing a shutdown.
Tags: House , Senate , Congress , budget , CR , Bill Frenzel , Brookings Institution , Federal Drive , Congressional Spotlight
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.
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Senate leaders to attempt a compromise as shutdown looms
Time for lawmakers to pass a continuing resolution is running short as the fiscal year ends Friday. The Senate rejected the House version of CR Friday, and will take up debate on its version Monday afternoon. In the meantime, cuts to GAO and the E-Government Fund are drawing ire from supporters.
Tags: technology , budget , Congress , House , Senate , Harry Reid , continuing resolution , Tom Coburn , Joseph Lieberman , Dave McClure , GSA , GAO , OMB , E-Government Fund , Jason Miller , appropriations
Analysis: Congressional negotiations 'frustrating as hell'
Stan Collender, a federal budget expert and a partner at Qorvis Communications, joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris to discuss the twists and turns of the budget negotiations.
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Analysis: Budget stalemate is centered on 'tiddlywinks' amount
The Senate failed to pass a continuing resolution Friday over an issue that amounts to "tiddlywinks," said Steven Dennis, Senate reporter for CQ Roll Call.
Tags: steve dennis , CQ Roll Call , Congress , Senate , In Depth , budget , FEMA , continuing resolution , Jolie Lee
Senate passes 'clean' CR to avert shutdown
The Senate's six-week funding measures includes $2.65 billion for FEMA at the start of the fiscal year, dropping a provision for $1 billion worth of disaster aid that was the root of legislative gridlock. The House must pass a CR before Friday, when funding for the government runs out.
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