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President Bush has sent Congress a $3.1 trillion spending blueprint -- the largest in the nation's history. Below are links to Government Executive's ongoing coverage of Bush's proposals for spending increases and reductions, and the prospects for his plan on Capitol Hill.

LATEST NEWS

• Leaders to fight own panel's decision to buy more F-22s (06/26/09)
  Defense chief has called more funding unnecessary particularly as the Air Force begins to buy F-35 Joint Strike Fighters and relies more heavily on unmanned aerial vehicles.
• Administration touts rapid stimulus spending on transportation projects (06/25/09)
  Federal agencies have helped states exceed Recovery Act goals, officials say.
• Obama threatens veto of defense bill over fighter jet add-on (06/24/09)
  Allowing funding for more F-22 Raptors would reverse the Pentagon's decision to end production of the stealthy fighters.
• Senator considers buying more fighter jets for Navy (06/23/09)
  Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., said he does not back congressional efforts to add more F-22 Raptor fighter jets or C-17 Globemaster III cargo planes to Air Force arsenal.
• Senate approves $106 billion supplemental conference report (06/19/09)
  Bill includes $79.9 billion for the wars Afghanistan and Iraq and $10.4 billion for the State Department and foreign operations.
• Lawmaker backs more fighter jet funding despite appearances (06/18/09)
  Rep. Neil Abercrombie, D-Hawaii, says he supports additional F-22s but does not favor tapping environmental cleanup funds to offset the costs.
• Lawmakers continue to pound public-private job competitions (06/17/09)
  Amendment to Defense authorization bill would suspend Pentagon job contests for three years.
• Missile defense funding debate dominates panel's markup (06/17/09)
  Republicans attempted to add $1.2 billlion to $9.3 billion request for missile defense programs.
• House passes compromise version of wartime supplemental (06/17/09)
  Conference report wins approval despite Republican objections over IMF funding.
• Unexpected funding cut puzzles Census Bureau's backers (06/16/09)
  Appropriators cut fiscal 2010 funding by the amount they thought the bureau would have left over from fiscal 2009, but officials already had committed the extra funds to a media campaign.
• Republicans to use authorization markup to mount security offensive (06/15/09)
  GOP lawmakers criticize Democrats for decreasing missile defense funding over fiscal 2009.
• Seapower chairman to revise cost cap for littoral ships (06/12/09)
  Mississippi Democrat wants to take government costs out of the $460 million ceiling.
• House panel reverses cuts in aircraft programs (06/12/09)
  Measure overrules Pentagon's decision to kill an alternative engine for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
• House, Senate Dems tentatively agree on supplemental (06/02/09)
  Senate majority leader says moving some appropriations bills separately rather than bundling them together will be a priority this year.
• SEC official sees 'logic and efficiency' with merger (06/02/09)
  Market watchdog would work together well with Commodity Futures Trading Commission even without merger, chair says.
• Recession is exacerbating Social Security claims backlog, panelists say (05/28/09)
  Attorneys and judges blame regulations and a lack of funding for difficulties tackling the growing caseload.
• U.S. tries exit tracking system at two airports (05/28/09)
  Atlanta and Detroit tests will last for 35 days.
• Air Force wants accelerated production of strike fighters (05/19/09)
  Chief of staff says it is "imperative" that the service buy at least 80 F-35s a year -- and as many as 110 annually -- as soon as possible.
• Air Force submits smaller wish list (05/19/09)
  The modest request indicates that the services are heeding Defense secretary's calls to end the military's backdoor lobbying of Congress to secure money for items not included in the budget.
• Supplemental to allow new troop deployment to border (05/14/09)
  DHS chief says the funding could be used to send extra troops to curb border violence.