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Sunlight shines on the U.S. Capitol Dome in Washington, Friday, Jan. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Congress is on recess this week, as the February budget deadline looms

Budget reconciliation, administration nominations, and the looming appropriations deadline to get past a long continuing resolution. Those are all on the…

Congress

Yes it got an infrastructure bill passed, but Congress still has a lot of work to do

Congress

FILE - In this March 4, 2021, a bird flies near the U.S. Capitol dome at sunrise in Washington. The Republican fundraising committee dedicated to flipping the House in the 2022 midterm elections says it raised more than $105 million this year through September 2021. The record haul marks a 74% increase over last cycle and includes $25.8 million raised in the third quarter of the year. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Checking in on the year-end checklist, and it’s not pretty

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The U.S. Capitol is seen in Washington, Tuesday, July 20, 2021. To enact President Joe Biden’s expansive domestic agenda this year, Democrats have mapped out a convoluted legislative maze. The party wants to push the new president's multitrillion-dollar plans for supercharging federal infrastructure, climate change and social programs through a Congress in which they have only paper-thin majorities. GOP opposition is certain to be solid. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

September is looking downright nutty

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Close up of female hands counting US dollar banknotes at the table in front a laptop computer. Woman accountant with money and notebook.

More paid leave for feds on the table, as COVID-19 reconciliation talks begin

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The path forward for Trump’s proposed federal retirement cuts in 2020

Explainers

Senate budget committee working on 2020 resolution

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Large amount of IT updates may have doomed Forever GI bill from the start

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Senate GOP resolution revives familiar debate over federal retirement, spending cuts

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The Capitol is seen at dawn as overnight storm clouds pass, in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Feds saved from retirement cuts in 2018 budget resolution with House vote

Senate passes budget resolution without instructions for retirement cuts

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FILE - This April 4, 2017, file photo, shows the Capitol at dawn in Washington. On Thursday, July 13, 2017, the Treasury Department releases federal budget data for June. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

How the 2018 budget resolution process may impact you and your retirement

The congressional budget resolution is long, complicated and could impact your federal retirement. Federal News Radio explains how the resolution process…

House advances 2018 budget resolution with federal retirement cuts

The House will likely pass a budget resolution that would reform civil service pensions to reduce the federal deficit by $32 billion over 10 years.

Retirement

House committee’s 2018 budget proposal sets stage for federal retirement cuts

A 2018 budget proposal from the House Budget Committee asks federal employees to contribute more toward their retirement as a way to find $203 billion in mandatory spending cuts next year.