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House panel clears $91 billion VA-HUD spending bill

October 8, 2002 The House VA-HUD Appropriations Subcommittee approved a $90.9 billion fiscal 2003 discretionary spending bill Monday for the departments of Veterans Affairs, Housing and Urban Development, and the space, environmental and science agencies. The House bill is $500 million below the $91.4 billion bill (S. 2797) approved by the Senate Appropriations ...

Senate committee approves military tax breaks

September 12, 2002 A day after the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the Senate Finance Committee voted to give more tax breaks to members of the armed forces and the Foreign Service. The committee cleared the chairman's mark of the Armed Services Tax Fairness Act (H.R. 5063) on a voice vote. ...

Senate panel weighs military tax breaks, but delays vote

September 9, 2002 Just a few days before the first anniversary of the September 11 attacks, the Senate Finance last week considered a tax equity bill for members of the armed forces but failed to get quorum to vote on the measure. The committee was expected to easily pass the chairman's mark of ...

Senate panel creates ombudsman to push small business contracting

July 25, 2002 The Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Wednesday called for an ombudsman in the Small Business Administration to help small and minority businesses gain more federal contracts. The bill (S. 2753) would establish an ombudsman in the SBA's Office of Advocacy. It also raises the statutory goal for federal contracts ...

Keep visa office at State Department, two panels say

July 10, 2002 The question of who should issue visas is shaping up as one of the battleground issues facing the House Select Committee on Homeland Security. Two out of the three committees with jurisdiction over the issue weighed in Wednesday, both declaring that the authority should remain with the State Department. The ...