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Making Government 'Simpler'
OK Senators Leery of Unfunded Tornado Relief
Boldly Go Where No Fed's Gone Before
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Body Language: Watching the Debate on Mute
October 12, 2012 You might have watched the debate between Vice President Joe Biden and Republican challenger Paul Ryan. But you haven’t heard this version of events, heard being the operative word. This is what happened in the debate as viewed without the volume and without the aide of Twitter. Here’s the vice ...
Senators challenge OMB's guidance on pre-sequester layoff notices
October 3, 2012 Two Republican senators have a few questions for the White House. Sens. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire are seeking an explanation from the administration over its move on Friday to prevent contractors facing sequestration cuts from issuing layoff notices required by law. The senators say ...
What Congress faces on Defense in the lame duck
October 1, 2012 Our colleagues report for National Journal subscribers on sequestration and the Defense Department -- and what we could see from Congress during the lame duck. It seems as if some Democrats and Republicans are beginning to see eye to eye on an approach to halting the $55 billion set to ...
It's now a 2-woman race for top Democrat on House spending panel
September 28, 2012 Our colleagues report for National Journal subscribers the latest on the race for top Democrat on the Appropriations Committee: Rep. Jim Moran is out, leaving Reps. Nita Lowey of New York and Marcy Kaptur of Ohio. Katy O'Donnell on the state of the race: Both women bill themselves as tough ...
What you need to know about the stopgap spending measure
September 11, 2012 Our colleagues at National Journal Daily, report Republicans in Congress agreed to the $1.047 trillion stop-gap budget measure -- which you might know as the continuing resolution -- to avoid a spending battle during the lame-duck session. Here's a look at some keys aspects of the CR. National Journal subscribers ...
Van Hollen to GOP on debt: You built that
September 6, 2012 It did not take Chris Van Hollen long after taking center stage in Charlotte to engage his Republican counterpart on the Budget Committee, vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan. Van Hollen, a Maryland Democrat and the ranking member on the Budget Committee, used a central theme of the Republican convention, "We ...
Former Veterans Affairs official jabs Romney over war in Afghanistan
September 5, 2012 Mitt Romney handed Democrats an opportunity last week when he didn't mention U.S. troops or the war in Afghanistan in his acceptance speech, and they wasted no time in grabbing it. On the first night of the Democratic convention in Charlotte, disabled Iraq war veteran Tammy Duckworth -- a candidate ...
Public really dislikes Congress
August 14, 2012 Just 10 percent of Americans approved of Congress in August, down six points from last month, and tied with February as the lowest rating in Gallup's 38-year history of the measure. The approval rating has been below 20 percent every month since 2011. Before 2007, Congress's approval rating had been ...
Congress formally adjourns until Sept. 10
August 7, 2012 The House and Senate formally adjourned until Sept. 10 on Tuesday morning eliminating the need for pro forma sessions over the August break. The House voted to adjourn, reversing itself after all Democrats and 78 Republicans voted last week to defeat the Senate's adjournment resolution, during a pro forma session. ...
Another typo ties up GOP regulations bill, briefly
July 26, 2012 The Republican Red Tape Reduction Act, which stalled briefly on Wednesday because of a typo, hit another snag on Thursday: The measure to fix the error also contained a mistake. Democrats consented on the floor to fix the error, but only after pricking Republicans for the mistake. "I assume that ...
