Senate Avoids Shutdown, Passes Cromnibus in Bipartisan Vote
A vote to cut off debate on the cromnibus had been scheduled for 1 a.m. before the deal.
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How Obama Will Pay for His War (Video)
Obama had requested a sharp cut in the OCO — from $85 billion to $58.6 billion in the upcoming fiscal year starting Oct. 1 — to reflect the drawdown in Afghanistan, but the CR funds OCO at the $85
Obama Goes Populist (Video)
Instead of putting people to work on projects that would grow the economy for everyone, they voted to give a huge tax cut to households making more than $1 million a year.”
Coburn’s 2013 ‘Wastebook’ Features Brothels, NASA and Senate ‘Lifestyle Training’
In 2011, when the so-called supercommittee was searching for ways to find more than $1 trillion of savings, Republicans turned to Coburn’s report from that year for ideas, in part because they liked them
Murray-Ryan Budget Deal Overcomes Key Senate Test
The deal will provide appropriators with top-line spending levels just a bit above $1 trillion for each of two years while dulling the blade of the sequestration ax.
Mikulski ‘Cautiously Optimistic’ for Budget Deal
Ryan, R-Wis., that seems likely to provide a two-year deal featuring a roughly $1 trillion top-line figure for fiscal 2014 appropriated spending.
‘Shutdown Isn’t All Bad,’ According to Environment Panel GOP in Top 10 List
1. Richard Windsor has been furloughed — for good!
Collins Stands Behind Plan as Leaders Attempt Larger Deal
1. Fund the government at an annual rate of $986 billion for six months. 2. Extend the debt limit until January 31, 2014. 3. Delay the Medical Device Tax for two years.
Will the Senate Deal-Makers Reach a Deal?
That’s estimated to allow for more than $1 trillion in additional borrowing.
Members Just ‘Showing Off’ by Not Furloughing Staff, Says Reid
“Some members of Congress are showing off, ‘I’m not closing my office,’” Reid said on the Senate floor Saturday, referring to the staff furlough decisions left up to each member since the Oct. 1
Senate Votes to Keep Obamacare Funded, Sends CR Back to House
Boehner indicated Thursday that he intended to change the Senate bill and send it back to that chamber, prompting Senate Democrats to warn that such an action would make a government shutdown on Oct. 1
Murray Weighs In on Tax Debate in Response to Baucus and Hatch
In fact, more than three-quarters of the total benefits of all itemized deductions flow to the top 20 percent of income earners, while the top 1 percent receives almost one-third of all benefits[1].
McCain Pushes for Dollar Coins to Relieve Military Sequester
“A four year transition from the $1 bill to the $1 coin could result in billions of dollars in real savings that we should all be able to support.”
Reid: ‘We’re Through’ Doing Military and Homeland Security Appropriations First
We will be on the floor next week with an appropriations bill, but we are heading to Oct. 1, and we need a solution.”
A Bipartisan Opportunity for Jobs | Commentary
More than 1 in 3 jobs in Washington state is dependent on international trade. And in Ohio, more than one-quarter of manufacturing jobs are dependent on exports.
Mikulski Pushing Spending Bills, Even Absent a Budget
“We hope to have the regular order and have all of our bills marked up and through the full committee by Aug. 1,” she said, adding that she hopes to get some of the bills through the floor as well
Solving the Fiscal Impasse Starts and Ends at the Pentagon
Taking account what was passed into law as part of the fiscal cliff deal, a fiscally responsible and balanced approach would secure an additional $1 trillion in new revenue to match the massive cuts to