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Congress targets Justice Department on wasteful spending
At the same time President Obama's budget was sent to the Congress on Wednesday, a House panel was giving one major department the third degree about its own spending habits, as the Justice Department acknowledged to lawmakers that it spent $54 million in 2012 just on conferences. "The Department spent ...
Manchin/Toomey deal on gun sale background checks
Two Senators unveiled a plan today to extend background checks to all commercial gun sales, whether at a gun show or online. The deal between Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA) would also exempt some gun sales from background checks, when they occur between relatives or neighbors. ...
Democrats set first test vote on gun bill
With a split developing among Republican Senators over efforts to block gun control legislation from even reaching the Senate floor for debate, Democrats set up an initial parliamentary vote on Thursday that seems likely to pave the way for the start of formal debate on new gun restrictions. Before the ...
GAO warns on government duplication, overlap
In yet another warning to Congress about waste from duplicative, fragmented and overlapping federal government programs, the Government Accountability Office gave lawmakers even more examples of where money could be saved with some changes to how Uncle Sam operates. For example, the 283 page report pointed out that three agencies ...
Senate poised for debate on guns
Democrats in the Senate took the first parliamentary steps on Monday to start debate on gun legislation, even as a group of Republicans threatened to filibuster the measure, as President Obama again said it's time for votes on a variety of gun plans. "Now, I know that some of these ...
White House focuses on gun legislation
With the U.S. Senate ready to start debate later this week on legislation designed to deal with gun violence, the White House will use a variety of tools this week to put the heat on Senators in both parties. "If we're going to tackle this problem seriously, then we really ...
Fresh warning of sequester delays for air travel
Giving the back of the hand to those who have questioned whether the sequester will negatively impact air travel in the United States, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood again said on Friday that the traveling public will feel budget cutbacks in coming months. The comments came amid news reports that questioned ...
Obama budget to embrace "Chained CPI"
Leaking out more details about President Obama's budget plan for 2014, senior officials say that plan will include a controversial effort backed by Republicans to hold down the costs of entitlement programs, but that any such change must be accompanied by GOP support for future tax increases. "Chained CPI" is ...
Sandy spurs change in hurricane warnings
Stung by criticism in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, the National Weather Service has decided to change the way that forecasters handle major storms, so that hurricane experts can keep issuing advisories even after a storm has become post-tropical. "Beginning 1 June 2013, the National Weather Service (NWS) is adopting ...
First furloughs hit Congress
As federal departments and agencies deal with automatic budget cuts and the possibility of furloughs for federal workers, those forced pay cuts have now arrived on Capitol Hill, as Sen. Mark Begich (D-AK) became the first lawmaker to officially announce staff furloughs due to the $85 billion sequester. "Begich’s staff ...
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