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The federal employee vaccination mandate has launched fresh arguments in Congress

The Senate returns to work today as questions hover over the $3.5 trillion spending bill sought by most Democrats.

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(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

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

Federal Report

FILE - In this July 12, 2021 file photo, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen prepares to speak during a meeting of eurogroup finance ministers at the European Council building in Brussels. Yellen is telling Congress, Wednesday, Sept. 8, that she will run out of maneuvering room to keep from broaching the government’s borrowing limit during the month of October. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)

Yellen warns US may hit debt limit in October

Budget

Congress hints, Postal Service reform might be a real possibility this year

Congress

US relying on Treasury securities to keep things afloat amid growing debt

Federal Drive

Debt ceiling and border wall: gridlock as usual on Capitol Hill this week

Federal Drive

Congress pushes government towards a cliff

Tom Temin Commentary

Fed up feds may have good news on shutdown

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FILE - In this April 2, 2015, file photo, a visitor leaves the Sacramento Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Rancho Cordova, Calif. A new program that was supposed to get patients off waiting lists at Veterans Affairs medical centers by letting them switch to private-sector doctors is proving to be an even bigger disappointment than initially thought. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

VA lays out standards for veterans to see private doctors

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Congress faces raising debt ceiling before next potential shutdown

Federal Drive

CBO: Debt ceiling will be reached by late March

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Is the G fund in trouble?

Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says the G fund becomes a political football each time Congress debates raising the debt ceiling, and that makes many…

Federal Report

FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013, file photo, the U.S. Treasury Building stands in Washington. On Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016, the Treasury Department reports on foreign holdings of U.S. debt for December 2015. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

Treasury eyes TSP’s G fund as stopgap way to avoid debt ceiling

The Treasury Department will have to take extraordinary measures, which may include borrowing from the Thrift Savings Plan’s G fund, for the next few months…

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How concerned are you about the prospect of a government shutdown?

Government Shutdown

President Donald Trump once again threatened the possibility of a government shutdown, this time over funding for the construction of a wall along the southern border.

debt ceiling

The federal employee vaccination mandate has launched fresh arguments in Congress

September is looking downright nutty

Yellen warns US may hit debt limit in October

Congress hints, Postal Service reform might be a real possibility this year

US relying on Treasury securities to keep things afloat amid growing debt

Debt ceiling and border wall: gridlock as usual on Capitol Hill this week

Congress pushes government towards a cliff

Fed up feds may have good news on shutdown

VA lays out standards for veterans to see private doctors

Congress faces raising debt ceiling before next potential shutdown

CBO: Debt ceiling will be reached by late March

Is the G fund in trouble?

Treasury eyes TSP’s G fund as stopgap way to avoid debt ceiling

How concerned are you about the prospect of a government shutdown?

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