Congress
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The Morning Federal Newscast is a daily compilation of the stories you hear Federal Drive hosts Tom Temin and Amy Morris discuss throughout the show each day. The Newscast is designed to give FederalNewsRadio.com users more information about the stories you hear on the air.
October 27, 2011 -
A rare public hearing of the supercommittee suggests members aren\'t close to developing a plan to cut more than $1 trillion from the federal deficit over 10 years. Congressional Budget Office Director Doug Elmendorf warned them that cuts to discretionary funding, including feds\' pay, would not solve the problem.
October 27, 2011 -
A picture is starting to form about what federal and postal workers can expect from Congressional budget-cutters. And as you probably suspected, it isn\'t pretty, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey.
October 27, 2011 -
Humberto Sanchez, Senate reporter at Roll Call, has an update from the Hill.
October 26, 2011 -
Russell Berman, a staff writer at The Hill newspaper, joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris to discuss where things stand with the supercommittee less than a month before its deadline to present proposals to Congress.
October 26, 2011 -
The House is expected to approve a measure repealing a law that withholds 3 percent of government contractors\' payments. The original law was enacted in 2006 to ensure contractors paid their taxes. But it\'s seen its implementation delayed until 2013, and it has grown increasingly unpopular with both Democratic and Republican lawmakers.
October 26, 2011 -
Amid calls for military retirement reform, Pentagon officials say the system that\'s in place right now is not the main driver of the department\'s escalating personnel costs and is affordable . Their remarks Tuesday before a Congressional subcommittee run counter to a Defense Business Board report that suggested retirement costs may eventually crowd out warfighting capability.
October 26, 2011 -
Three senators are proposing major reforms to the federal government's acquisition process.
October 21, 2011 -
Lawmakers charged with reducing the federal deficit should look to contractors\' compensation rather than reduce government workers\' pay and benefits, a coalition of federal unions and management associations wrote in a letter to supercommittee leaders.
October 21, 2011 -
The White House is threatening to veto a bill that would repeal the 3 percent tax withholding on government contractors because of the spending cuts attached to the legislation. The Senate version of the bill would cut $30 billion in government spending to pay for repealing the tax, which the White House says is too much.
October 21, 2011 -
The final vote was 64-36 for the former Obama policy director.
October 20, 2011 -
Government Accountability Office employees could face six days of furlough this year as the watchdog agency expects a possible cut of $35 to $42 million in its budget compared with last year.
October 20, 2011 -
Senior defense leaders told Congress they\'ve already made huge steps toward implementing the recommendations of the Commission on Wartime Contracting. Former members of the panel say DoD still has a lot of work to do.
October 20, 2011 -
James Lewis of the Center for Strategic and International Studies says the strategies of the chambers differ but the policies are actually similar.
October 19, 2011 -
The new bill, passed in the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, would require more consistent reporting of improper payments by federal agencies.
October 19, 2011