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Tomorrow’s vote has a lot of nerves on edge on Capitol Hill

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband is recovering. But the attack at the Pelosi home in San Francisco has Congress rattled once again about security.

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How Congress plans to fill in the budget framework for 2022 appropriations

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

Federal Report

Biden signs bill to avert partial government shutdown

Government Shutdown

(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

The writers of this century-old law might not recognize how it is actually followed

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Filling the Federal Reserve Board

Budget

Mueller testimony and debt limits: Congress’ agenda this week

Federal Drive

Mnuchin urges Congress to quickly pass new debt limit

Agency Oversight

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

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Debt limit to arrive 2 days early, Treasury secretary warns Congress

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House GOP offers shutdown-debt plan, but no agreement yet

House Republicans are offering to pass legislation to avert a default and end the 11-day partial government shutdown as part of a framework that would…

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Furloughs, debt ceiling and lobbying

On this week’s Capital Impact show, Bloomberg Government analysts discuss how the debt limit and furloughs are affecting the economy, and how a case being…

Budget

Congress’ to-do list crowded with budget headaches

Budget

Congress returns to work today with a crowded agenda and little time. Lawmakers must come to agreement on 2014 funding before the fiscal year ends Sept. 30 or risk a government shutdown. Also on the agenda: coming up with an alternative to the automatic spending constraints known as sequestration and negotiating a raise in the government’s borrowing limit. There are also other measures affecting federal employees that remain to be worked out, including legislation to overhaul the cash-strapped Postal…