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A new and troubled Commerce Department financial system has fresh glitches

A new finance system for the Commerce Department has had a rough rollout. Now it's delayed a program initiative from the Biden administration.

Workforce

National Weather Service financial system rollout less predictable than the weather

Congress

Congress recesses with its federal budget still under construction

Congress

At least the congressional budget hearings are following regular order

Congress

Earmarks returned big time to grease the latest budget negotiations

Congress

Congress steps off the government shutdown cliff. So now what?

Congress

There's no 2023 budget, but lots of new money is flowing into at least some federal agencies

FILE - In this June 12, 2019, file photo, clouds roll over the U.S. Capitol dome as dusk approaches in Washington. The committee charged with helping Republicans wrest control of the House next year raised $45.4 million over the last three months, a record quarterly haul during a year without a national election. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
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Budget

What the ones who actually have a say in next year's budget are saying

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Congress

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

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Congress

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

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Congress

In some ways you have to pity Congress, trying to spend trillions it doesn't have

FILE - In this March 30, 2019, file photo the Dome of the U.S. Capitol Building is visible as cherry blossom trees bloom on the West Lawn in Washington. Washington health officials recommended on Wednesday, March 11, 2020, that all “non-essential mass gatherings, including conferences and conventions,” be postponed or canceled through the end of March, a move that could imperil the popular Cherry Blossom Festival. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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Congress

The burners are lit, but the budget debates on Capitol Hill are just warming up

FILE - This April 2, 2021, file photo shows bridges spanning the Allegheny River in downtown Pittsburgh. Republicans in Congress are making the politically brazen bet that it’s more advantageous to oppose President Joe Biden’s ambitious rebuild America agenda than to lend support for the costly $2.3 trillion undertaking for roads, bridges and other infrastructure investments. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
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Congress

That proposed infrastructure bill has a little something for everybody, including your agency

FILE - This July 16, 2019, file photo shows the Capitol Dome in Washington. The U.S. government's budget deficit hit $735.7 billion through the first four months of the budget year, an all-time high for the period, as a pandemic-induced recession cut into tax revenues while spending on COVID relief measures sent outlays soaring. The Treasury Department reported Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021, that the deficit so far for the budget year that began Oct. 1 is 89% higher than the $389.2 billion deficit run up in the same period a year ago. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
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Congress

After a decade-long hiatus, earmarks appear to be headed back to the Congressional appropriations process

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Congress

Will Congress ever return to the normal budget process? Whatever that is

FILE - In this Aug. 3, 2020, file photo dark clouds and heavy rain sweep over the U.S. Capitol in Washington. At least a government shutdown is off the table. But as lawmakers straggle back to Washington for an abbreviated pre-election session, hopes are fading for a pandemic relief bill, or much else. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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Congress

Congress to separate continuing resolution talks with new coronavirus relief

FILE - In this May 3, 2020, file photo, light shines from inside the U.S. Capitol dome at dusk on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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Congress

House able to finally start taking up some normal business

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Budget

Democrats plan to oppose White House 2021 budget request and more

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Federal Drive

2019 budget bills unlikely from Congress before FY 2018 ends, but Senate going to try

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Federal Drive

Jack Fitzpatrick: A closer look at the 2018 budget's finer details