sequestration
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A key House Republican has unveiled a measure to deliver a huge budget increase to the Pentagon and prevent a government shutdown at the end of next week.
December 14, 2017 -
Just days before the expiration of the latest continuing resolution, Navy officials say the last several years of budgeting-by-CR have already wasted $4 billion.
December 05, 2017 -
The Office of Management and Budget submitted an additional $44 billion request for disaster relief spending in fiscal 2018. To help offset new spending, the Trump administration wants Congress to find new offsets at civilian agencies.
November 20, 2017 -
If Congress passes the budgets Federal News Radio has been hearing about, it could trigger sequestration.
November 20, 2017 -
A majority of federal employees who took a Federal News Radio survey said the president's recent threats of a government shutdown had them feeling more concerned than usual.
August 29, 2017 -
Federal employees still recovering financially from the 2013 furloughs can relax a little, says Senior Correspondent Mike Causey.
August 18, 2017 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Congressional Budget Office reiterated its earlier findings that discretionary spending will not bust established budget caps this fiscal year.
August 15, 2017 -
Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says sequestration is the ultimate boogeyman under the bed in this federally oriented town, where furloughs and government shutdowns can and do happen.
August 04, 2017 -
The House passed a "minibus" of 2018 spending bills before leaving town for a month-long recess. Budget experts say the possibility of sequestration isn't the only reason why the minibus has little chance of survival.
August 02, 2017 -
Defending his department’s $52 billion budget increase for the first time on Capitol Hill this week, Defense Secretary James Mattis ran into heavy skepticism from the committee members who might normally be his most natural allies for a Pentagon plus-up.
June 14, 2017 -
Congress has been criticized for kicking the can down the road when it comes to federal spending, but as the government shutdown clocks ticks closer to midnight — and agencies dust off their contingency plans — some are wondering if that kicked can might be the best option right now.
April 21, 2017 -
What do politicians have in common with the pet goldfish you had as a kid? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey has the answer.
March 28, 2017 -
While the Defense Department balances the threat of sequestration with additional spending money from the White House, some members of Congress are looking at ways to support military members and their families.
March 22, 2017 -
Trump's 2017 supplemental budget goes over the legal budget caps.
March 16, 2017 -
The Trump administration's plan to reduce non-defense discretionary spending by 10 percent means civilian agencies will need to look at programs and personnel, not just for this year, but for the long-term. Some fiscal observers says it's time to consider budget process reform.
March 01, 2017