Congress
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Congress wants to know whether or not security has improved.
May 19, 2010 -
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.
May 19, 2010 -
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.
May 12, 2010 -
Your agency\'s oversight by Congress can cause heartburn for the leadership of the organization.
May 11, 2010 -
Senator Ted Kaufman has a rare three-fer praising three feds at once from the Library of Congress.
May 10, 2010 -
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.
May 06, 2010 -
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.
May 04, 2010 -
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.
April 28, 2010 -
House Transportation subcommittee asked for updates from program head, Transportation IG, and GAO.
April 27, 2010 -
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.
April 27, 2010 -
The Navy may be changing its name soon from the Department of the Navy to the Department of the Navy and the Marine Corps. Jodi Schneider, Senior Editor in the Washington Bureau of the American Banker, has details on this an what else is moving on the Hill.
April 21, 2010 -
U.S. energy companies and manufacturers are adamant that the Senate climate bill pre-empt the states and the EPA\'s Clean Air Act authority to control greenhouse gases. National Journal\'s Margaret Kriz Hobson, energy and environmental correspondent has details.
April 20, 2010 -
Committee Chairman Ike Skelton says fixing the acquisition system at the Department of Defense is a bipartisan goal.
April 19, 2010 -
OMB says earmarks are on the decline, but what exactly is being considered an earmark? Jodi Schneider, Senior Editor with American Banker has details.
April 14, 2010 -
With the return of Congress this week, one lawmaker intends to return to his weekly ritual: delivering a floor speech in the United States Senate in praise of an exemplary federal employee. Delaware Senator Ted Kaufman says he will continue the weekly tributes through the end of his term this year.
April 13, 2010