Oversight
Democrats deny walking out of super committee talks
Rep. Van Hollen calls claim "ridiculous."
News
Leaders join deficit-reduction talks, aides say
Boehner, Reid, McConnell and their staffs are working with super committee members to hammer out a deal.
Oversight
Super committee hears from previous deficit panel chairs
Expectation that the committee will 'go big' is dwindling as the group plays out what feels like a sequel to this summer's debt-ceiling fight.
Oversight
Senate confirms Bryson as new Commerce secretary
Founder of the Natural Resources Defense Council replaces Gary Locke, who became ambassador to China in July.
News
Occupy Wall Street demonstration at Senate offices ends in arrests
Hundreds of protesters descended on Washington last week, assembling near the White House and K Street but avoiding Capitol Hill until Tuesday.
Oversight
Congress has three options on funding bill
The Senate can pass the House’s measure; lawmakers can reach a compromise that requires the House to return and vote; or Congress can allow a government shutdown.
Oversight
Lawmakers reach agreement to avoid shutdown
Deal would keep the government afloat until mid-November, setting up the possibility of another showdown days before the super committee's deficit plan is due.
Oversight
Senate rejects House funding measure; standoff continues
Prospect of government shutdown looms.
Oversight
Shutdown looms as federal funding bill dies in House
House and Senate now either have to work out a short-term spending measure this week or stay in session through their planned recess ahead of the Oct. 1 start of fiscal 2012.
Defense
GOP likely to prevail on limiting disaster aid; expect to avert shutdown
Failure of the amendment would likely clear a path for Senate passage of the House-passed continuing resolution.
Oversight
'Super committee' to hold first organizational meeting on Thursday
Meeting will be followed by the deficit-cutting panel's first public hearing on Sept. 13.
Oversight
Super committee to prep for first hearing
Under the debt deal, the panel must recommend by Thanksgiving cuts worth $1.5 trillion over 10 years.
Oversight
Deficit-cutting panel has a fallback option
The super committee could come up with a not-so-grand bargain that doesn’t completely avoid across-the-board cuts but makes a dent in the size of those reductions.
Oversight
GOP leaders name deficit reduction panel members
Debt deal asks bipartisan super committee to come up with cuts by Nov. 23.
News
Reid announces deal to end FAA impasse
Transportation Secretary Ray Lahood will be using his waiver authority to waive provisions affecting rural communities, lawmakers say.
News
Senate poised to approve debt deal, send it to president
The vote, followed quickly by Obama signing the bill, will bring an anticlimactic end to a months-long battle.
Oversight
End to FAA mess in sight
Senate considers House-passed bill -- including GOP provisions -- to fund the aviation agency into September.
Oversight
FAA partial shutdown continues
Senate prepares to follow the House to recess, while Treasury loses out on some $200 million per week in tax revenue collected through airline tickets.
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