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FILTER RESULTS ►How Piecemeal Fixes Will Make Sequestration Worse
A report out today from the Democrats on the House Appropriations Committee shows costly new flaws in Congress’ approach to fiscal policy. Beyond providing updated information on the anticipated impacts to specific programs from theShow More Summary
Attorney General Eric Holder Testifies Before the House Judiciary Committee (Live Updates)
2:00 PM Rep. Nadler appropriately highlighted how GOP members of the committee called for aggressive prosecution of those responsible for leaks last year. They wanted to subpoena reporters, bring them before grand juries and jail them if they did not answer questions. Now, they are upset about the DoJ seizing AP records. But, he said let’s [...]
Hot Mic Catches NJ Senators Mocking Gun Owners
A hot mic at a May 9 New Jersey Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee hearing caught state senators mocking gun owners after the meeting ended. The Senators had just finished discussing new gun control legislation when the hearing adjourned. Show More Summary
Farm Bill; Appropriations Hearing; Ag Economy; and, EPA- Friday
Farm Bill Developments David Rogers reported yesterday at Politico that, “A new drafted Farm Bill, released by the Senate Agriculture Committee late Thursday [full draft, summary], reflects concessions to powerful pork and beef lobbies as well as an effort to secure Southern Republican votes with target prices for rice and peanut producers. “The Midwest Corn Belt [...]
GOP Senators Vote To Increase Government Spending On Border Patrol By Tens Of Billions Of Dollars
Five Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee who frequently rail against government spending voted to increase federal appropriations on border security by an undetermined billions of dollars during the Senate Judiciary Committee’s mark-up of the bipartisan senate immigration bill on Thursday, agreeing to deploy twice as many border agents to the South Western border than [...]
Obama Appoints Pritzker, Master OFA Fundraiser, to Commerce Secretary
President Obama has nominated Penny Pritzker, the Chicago billionaire who headed up his fabulously successful 2008 finance committee, to be the next commerce secretary. Appropriately enough, today is her 54th birthday – what a sweet gift Obama has given his old friend. Show More Summary
FOMC Statement: "fiscal policy is restraining economic growth", "prepared to increase or reduce the pace of its purchases"
The key changes: 1) "fiscal policy is restraining economic growth." 2) "The Committee is prepared to increase or reduce the pace of its purchases to maintain appropriate policy accommodation as the outlook for the labor market or inflation...Show More Summary
Consumer Agency Chief Defends Data-Gathering
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau head Richard Cordray defended his agency's plan to collect financial data on 10 million consumers as necessary and appropriate in testimony today before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. The data, which...
House oversight committee requests study of federal pay scale
Key members of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee requested an analysis Thursday to help determine the “appropriateness” of the federal pay scale. In a letter to the Government Accountability Office obtained by The Washington Post, Reps. Darrell Issa … Continue reading ?
Hagel: US can support Israel if it strikes Iran, Key Senate committee calls on US to back Israeli action against nuclear program; Pentagon requests $400m. more for Iron Dome
NEW YORK – Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told the House subcommittee on defense appropriations on Tuesday that the US has “the military capability” to back any Israeli action against Iran should President Barack Obama decide to do so.Hagel...Show More Summary
The April HIT Standards Committee
The April HIT Standards Committee focused on refining the work plan for 2013, ensuring that standards work is appropriately divided among SDOs, S&I initiatives, and HITSC committee workgroups.Doug Fridsma presented ONC's recommended next steps, based on the feedback from the HITSC Workgroup chairs. Show More Summary
Keystone Pipeline Will Create Only 35 Permanent Jobs, Emit 51 Coal Plants’ Worth Of Carbon
Today, Secretary of State John Kerry told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that he wasn’t touching the Keystone pipeline decision with a ten-foot pole: “I am staying as far away from that as I can now so that when the appropriate time comes to me, I am not getting information from any place I shouldn’t [...]
Secretary Kerry Testifies on the FY 2014 Foreign Affairs Budget
On April 17, Secretary of State John Kerry testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the House Appropriations Committee regarding the Foreign Affairs budget for 2014. In his opening remarks, Secretary Kerry reaffirmedShow More Summary
Senate Mulls Changes in Intelligence Oversight
The Senate Intelligence Committee has recommended creation of a new Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Intelligence to prepare the annual intelligence budget. “The [proposed] Subcommittee on Intelligence shall appropriate all funds...Show More Summary
Policy Issues; Ag Economy; Budget; and, Immigration- Wednesday
Policy Issues: Appropriations Committee Hearing, Farm Bill Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack testified at a House Appropriations Agriculture Subcommittee hearing yesterday; the lawmakers met to consider the Administration’s priorities for USDA and make a closer inquiry of the President’s 2014 budget. Show More Summary
Security Clearances Proposed for Some House Members
Members of the House of Representatives who serve on the Intelligence Committee or the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee should be required to obtain security clearances as a condition of the service, said Rep. Steve Buyer (R-IN), who introduced legislation to that end last week. “These two Committees have access to the most closely guarded secrets our [...]Show More Summary
Missouri State Police Gave Concealed Carry Permit Holders' Info to Feds
In the process of Missouri's Senate Appropriations Committee investigating worrying aspects of the state's new driver's licensing system, they learned that the Missouri State Highway Patrol twice gave a database of concealed carry permit holders to federal authorities. Show More Summary
Senate Appropriations Committee Poised To Chop $376 Million Out Of House Income Tax Relief
Earlier this session the North Dakota House passed HB1250, introduced by Rep. Craig Headland, which represented over a half-billion in tax relief. Here’s what that bill does, as passed by the House on a nearly unanimous vote: The financial institutions tax rate goes from 6.5% to 6%. That’s a $2.4 million cut. The number of [...]Show More Summary
Audio: Legislator Accuses Colleagues, Higher Ed Officials Of Plotting To Push Chancellor Shirvani Out
Rep. Bob Skarphol, a supporter of embattled Chancellor Hamid Shirvani and the chairman of the education subsection of the House Appropriations Committee, dropped a bombshell during a meeting of his committee today. He made accusations of a conspiracy among legislators and higher ed officials to undermine and to push Chancellor Hamid Shirvani out. It was [...]Show More Summary
Open Letter to Senator Barbara Mikulski on the “Monsanto Protection” Rider
A letter to Senator Mikulski and Other Members of the Senate Appropriations Committee about inserting a rider into Section 735 of the interim funding bill, which effectively places purveyors of biotech products such as genetically modified organisms beyond the reach of the courts. Show More Summary
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