Loren Duggan
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Congress barely avoided a government shutdown on Friday by passing a continuing resolution just hours before the previous CR was set to expire. But they didn't buy themselves much time.
December 14, 2020 -
Transition funding for the incoming Biden administration, like all other federal appropriations, is coming from a continuing resolution, which expires in less than two weeks.
November 30, 2020 -
Both houses of Congress are working this week. They've got internal housekeeping items to attend to, but also some bills critical to keep the government functioning.
November 16, 2020 -
Congress is pretty much going nowhere in the next couple of weeks. But there is the question of the budget and the National Defense Authorization Act.
November 02, 2020 -
Congress has not finished debating what to do about another stimulus bill for pandemic response.
October 19, 2020 -
For how all the latest Congressional activity might sort out, Bloomberg Government Editorial Director Loren Duggan spoke to Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
October 05, 2020 -
Like the full moon you know will be rising soon, the continuing resolution for the 2021 fiscal year, it starts next week, is finally taking shape in Congress.
September 21, 2020 -
Not much got done in Congress over the last two weeks, and tomorrow is the first day of the last month of the fiscal year.
August 31, 2020 -
They're gone. Both the House and Senate are basically in recess until Labor Day, with only perfunctory goings on.
August 17, 2020 -
The Senate returns this week with a pretty long list of things to do. Nomination votes, debating a coronavirus bill and the 2021 budget.
August 03, 2020 -
The Senate will craft a stimulus bill very different from that of the House, and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services could get bailout help from Congress this week.
July 20, 2020 -
The House tucks into two weeks of committee work that includes appropriations for fiscal 2021 in addition to another possible stimulus bill.
July 06, 2020 -
Amendments and political concerns are likely to hold up budgetary talks for next year. Bloomberg Government Editorial Director Loren Duggan joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin for the latest.
June 22, 2020 -
Congress — most of it, anyway — returns to Washington with a long agenda. At the top of the list is what will be in a fourth stimulus bill if there is one.
May 26, 2020 -
Hazardous pay for federal employees is starting to gather a little steam in Congress.
May 11, 2020