Many Feds Face Furloughs Twice
Lawmakers Push Retroactive Furlough Pay
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No TSP Contributions During a Shutdown
How Contractors Might Weather a Shutdown
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Analysis: By Joe Biden’s Own Metric, the Obama Administration Is Failing
September 17, 2013 Until the shooting in the Washington Navy Yard cast a pall over the city, Monday was supposed to be a day for President Obama to mark the fifth anniversary of the financial crash and tout his administration's handling of the economic recovery. His argument -- in remarks at the White ...
Commentary: The Best Way to Guarantee Something Will Fail Is to Call It a 'Grand Bargain'
July 31, 2013 It's like clockwork -- which is good, because nothing else about the nation's budgeting process seems to work these days: If it's a late summer in the Obama era, it's time to talk about a "grand bargain" on spending that's almost certain to go nowhere. (Linguistic aside: Perhaps it's telling ...
Forget the Charm, Keep the Offensive: Obama's Aggressive New Strategy
June 5, 2013 No more Mr. Nice President. For a brief few weeks this spring, the president was on what was universally, and rather uncreatively, described as a "charm offensive." But a series of high-profile power plays this week show suggest a White House that has either lost faith in the value of ...
How a 'Vote-a-rama' Could Be the Key to Funding Government
March 22, 2013 Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is getting ready for a vote-a-rama this week. That sounds like an old, tired SNL skit, but don't be fooled -- it's actually an old, tired Senate trick. Well, not that tired. Here's the story: Sometimes, the Senate holds flurries of votes on budget resolutions. ...
Joe Biden's 10 Best (Kinda Weird) Pieces of Advice
February 21, 2013 Vice President Biden has some advice. Actually, he has lots of advice, and he parceled some of his wisdom out Tuesday during a Facebook town hall. Asked whether an assault-weapons ban would make it harder for law-abiding citizens to defend themselves, he delivered this instant-classic answer: If you want to ...
Why don’t Democrats love Hagel, and who would they prefer at Defense?
January 31, 2013 When Chuck Hagel walks into his hearings before the Senate Armed Services Committee this morning, he'll be a favorite (though not a sure thing) to win confirmation as secretary of defense. But he still won't be a favorite of many progressives. By now, high-profile Democratic senators have gotten in line ...
White House Crushes Death Star Petition, Nerd Dreams Everywhere
January 14, 2013 It turns out the Death Star won't be coming to a galaxy not too far away anytime soon. Last month, we brought you news of a petition demanding that the White House build a Death Star, noting that it had reached a threshhold that would require administration response. Now the ...
Eric Holder, contempt of Congress and Fast and Furious: What you need to know
June 21, 2012 What is Fast and Furious? For years, the U.S. government ran an elaborate "gunwalking" operation on the Mexican border. It was a high-stakes sting operation in which the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms -- a part of the Justice Department -- opted not to stop purchases of weapons that ...
Who is Mike Leavitt, the man leading Romney's transition team?
June 5, 2012 Even as a presidential campaign fights to win the election, it has to be preparing for what comes after. For any candidate who's not an incumbent, that means selecting a transition chair who quietly sets in motion a plan for an administration, including choosing who might fill top posts if ...
