Lawmakers from Progressive Caucus join in call for higher hourly wages, collective bargaining rights.
Independent actuaries said the program's trustees are too optimistic.
"If they have questions that are still out there, I think we want to know what those questions are," ranking Democrat says.
Watchdog warns that incomplete inventory could help arming of insurgents.
The lab exposed workers to live anthrax and deadly strains of bird fly by improperly transporting them.
Lawmakers from Progressive Caucus join in call for higher hourly wages, collective bargaining rights.
The House-passed version of the fiscal 2015 Defense spending bill supports a 1.8 percent pay boost for service members.
New poll shows 75 percent of state residents support mandatory cutbacks.
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Mr. Burns, the Simpsons' resident curmudgeon and old rich guy, emerged from his post-election depression to explain what this fiscal cliff thing is all about in terms we common folk can understand: “Think of the economy as a car and the rich man as the driver. If you don’t give the driver all the money, he will drive you over a cliff. It’s just common sense.”
He also detailed his "progressive" views on immigration and Sen. Marco Rubio...
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Mark Micheli is Special Projects Editor for Government Executive Media Group. He's the editor of Excellence in Government Online and contributes to GovExec, NextGov and Defense One. Previously, he worked on national security and emergency management issues with the US Treasury Department and the Department of Homeland Security. He's a graduate of the Coro Fellows Program in Public Affairs and studied at Drake University.
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