Nita Lowey

• House leadership tracker: Republicans begin naming ranking members

  Federal News Network is tracking which members of the new Democratic House majority are vying for leadership positions that can have a direct impact on federal employees, including Speaker of the House and committee chairmanships.

  Congress

  November 09, 2018
• OMB’s Mulvaney: Agency’s budget increase will help with reorganization responsibilities

  Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney said his agency's budget reflects the priorities of the overarching fiscal 2018 budget.

  Budget

  June 22, 2017
• Pay raise on track, but White House seeks to derail IRS budget cuts

  The White House has threatened to veto a fiscal 2017 spending bill that would further cut the Internal Revenue Service's budget by $236 million.

  Budget

  June 23, 2016
• EPA fiscal 2017 budget faces cuts over Flint water crisis

  The House Appropriations Committee dealt a significant budget blow to the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday as lawmakers debated the agency's role in the water crisis surrounding Flint, Michigan.

  Budget

  June 15, 2016
• Spending bill draft makes another round of cuts to IRS

  An early draft of a fiscal 2017 spending bill aims to deliver more severe cuts to the Internal Revenue Service, and would prevent the agency from enforcing provisions in the Affordable Care Act.

  Budget

  June 10, 2016
• Pay raise intact in House 2017 appropriations bill

  Federal employees are one-step closer to a 1.6 percent pay raise in 2017 as the $21.7 billion Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill passed out of subcommittee.

  Budget

  May 25, 2016
• Thursday federal headlines – September 17, 2015

  In today's news, federal employees can begin signing up for the self-plus one option in the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program when the annual open season starts Nov. 9, Defense Secretary Ash Carter isn’t planning for sequestration as he works with the military services for the 2017 budget planning cycle, and four senators have repeated their call for President Barack Obama to name a permanent inspector general at the Veterans Affairs Department.

  Federal Newscast

  September 17, 2015
• Alternative GOP budget proposal ‘dead on arrival,’ shutdown worries continue

  Reps. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Nita Lowey (D-NY) said there have been few bipartisan negotiations so far, and a new budget proposal from the Republican Study Committee has them particularly worried. Congress has until Sept. 30 to pass some sort of budget resolution that would keep the government open past the end of the month.

  Government Shutdown

  September 17, 2015
• Sequestration snarling 2014 budget process

  The annual appropriations process is a complex and arduous Washington practice. But sequestration has snarled the process this year. As appropriators work to set agency funding, the House and the Senate disagree about how to account for the cuts in next year's spending plans.

  Budget

  July 07, 2013