The Senate on Monday began consideration of a $59 billion war supplemental spending package.
The White House says President Obama would use a new power to try to weed out earmarks such as water and sewer grants and road projects not requested by the administration.
If President Obama has his way, Congress will give him and his successors the authority to offer his own package of specific cuts to spending bills.
Congress is headed for a showdown this week over government spending, an issue that is dividing Democrats as lawmakers prepare to face voters still hurting from the recession but also angry about the huge cost…
Congress wants to know whether or not security has improved.
Democratic leaders in the Senate consider adding the budget blueprint to a $59 billion dollar emergency spending package winding through Congress. But things are never as easy as that on the Hill. Congressional expert Jodi Schneider explains.
Elena Kagan will be grilled during Senate confirmation hearings this summer. The grilling can\'t last long given the demands on time. Jodi Schneider with American Banker explains.
Your agency\'s oversight by Congress can cause heartburn for the leadership of the organization.
Senator Ted Kaufman has a rare three-fer praising three feds at once from the Library of Congress.
As the head of the IRS\'s Electronic Tax Administration, Terrence Lutes became the government\'s evangelist for online tax filing. We learn more in this encomium from Sen. Ted Kaufman.
Three Pentagon Force Protection Agency officers responded when a lone gunman opened fire at the main entrance to the Pentagon on March 4, 2010. We learn more in this encomium from Sen. Ted Kaufman.
Agency budgets are about to hit the chopping block, and none too soon. Congressional expert and Senior Editor of American Banker, Jodi Schneider, says to expect continuing resolutions come the fall.
House Transportation subcommittee asked for updates from program head, Transportation IG, and GAO.
The low-ball 1.4 percent pay raise the White House has proposed for federal workers and military personnel may be a poker chip politicians will use over the summer. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey tells why the 2011 pay raise isn\'t chiseled in stone.