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Secretary of the Army Mark Esper says having a full budget on time means they can start training, maintaining equipment and making purchases at start of fiscal year with more certainty.
October 10, 2018 -
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The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee doesn't like that year-end buying spree, but are these members the cause of the buying spree in the first place?
September 17, 2018 -
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The Senate included a 1.9 percent federal pay raise in a series of four appropriations bills, which it passed Wednesday. The Senate proposal differs from both the House version and the White House's recommendation.
August 01, 2018 -
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The last week before the July Fourth recess looks to be a busy one on Capitol Hill, from the farm bill to potentially making another run at immigration legislation.
June 26, 2018 -
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Lawmakers are still trying to find a permanent funding source for the VA MISSION Act, as the president publicly expressed his disagreement with some of the new law's finer points.
June 08, 2018 -
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Roslyn Layton is a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and argued against the pattern of inconsistency.
May 18, 2018 -
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We should expect to see continued give and take between the executive and legislative branches, because no one can write perfect language every time and because the executive branch wants the freedom to act.
May 03, 2018 -
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The "Holman Rule" lets members of Congress make changes to a federal employee’s salary or position without input from the appropriations committee -- or the employee or its agency.
March 20, 2018 -
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David Berteau says contractors need to be more active in helping their federal counterparts fight for program funding in budget talks.
February 12, 2018 -
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Federal News Radio's Tom Temin says the new, two-year, topline spending ceiling raised eyebrows even as it raised the coming deficits.
February 09, 2018 -
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In today's Federal Newscast, a bill to make sure Congressional members use their own money to settle with harassment victims passed the House unanimously.
February 07, 2018 -
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Congress probably won't have enough time to pass a budget before this Thursday's deadline. But what will happen?
February 05, 2018 -
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Margot Conrad from the Partnership for Public Service shares ideas with excepted employees and managers on how to survive, without pay, during a shutdown.
January 31, 2018 -
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American University's Bob Tobias says the government is all about the people it employs and the appropriations it has to work with.
January 25, 2018
