Steny Hoyer

A look ahead to the next Congress, with the House Majority Leader.

A look ahead to the next Congress, with the House Majority Leader.

We’re still awaiting the official announcement of National Zoo director John Berry’s nomination to run the Office of Personnel Management. But already, a key lawmaker — and Berry’s former Capitol Hill boss — took some…

Bill has been approved by key House committee; now moves to Senate

How low can they go? House Democrats say they’ll forgo a traditional budget resolution for 2011 and opt for a plan to reduce non-security discretionary spending beyond what the president has proposed. We get details from The Hill’s Walter Alarkon.

House Democrats passed a budget bill that sets discretionary spending at levels below President Obama’s. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer explains why.

A partial shift in power on the Hill means committee chairmanships will change in the House but not in the Senate. A variety of issues from the federal budget to telework, and federal pay and regulatory policies will be re-examined.

Former Virginia Congressman Tom Davis said federal employees are on the chopping block because they are easy prey. Davis, now a director with Deloitte and Touche, said a letter from the Washington-D.C. area delegation could impact the potential two-year pay freeze the White House is proposing. The eight House members say feds are being targeted unfairly to help reduce the deficit.

The conference committee is the first step in reconciling the House version of the appropriations bill with the Senate’s.

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