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  1. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said he doubts a fiscal deal can be struck — or even a framework secured — before Congress' late-summer break. Saul Loeb / AFP

    Senators: Sequester-avoiding deal not likely before Aug. recess

    The onetime target of early August for passing sweeping fiscal legislation is slowly being replaced by a consensus that striking a 'grand bargain' could prove difficult.

    • May. 13, 2013

  2. GOP reaction in IRS case targeting tea party groups spurs calls for probe, apology

    President Obama should apologize for the admission by the IRS that it singled out conservative tea party groups for extra scrutiny as they applied for non-profit status, Republican members of Congress said Sunday.

    • May. 12, 2013
  3. President Obama is seen with Tom Perez on March 18 at the White House. Jewel Samad / AFP

    Obama faces battle over Labor secretary nominee

    President Obama faces a potentially big Senate battle over his nominee for labor secretary, Thomas Perez.

    • May. 9, 2013
  4. Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., said, the Social Security Administration should stop charging other agencies for access to its death records database because it is a key tool in heading off government payments to the deceased. Thomas Brown / Staff

    Senator: Free up access to SSA database to head off payments to dead

    The Social Security Administration should stop charging other agencies for access to its death records database because it is a key tool in heading off government payments to the deceased, a senator said Wednesday.

    • May. 8, 2013
  5. OPM's Elaine Kaplan, left, and GSA's Dan Tangherlini are in 'acting' positions while their agencies await permanent leaders. They joined new Interior Secretary Sally Jewell at a recent announcement of GSA's hybrid vehicle initiative. Mike Morones/Staff

    High-level vacancies dot the Obama administration

    Barely three months into its second term, the Obama administration is confronting an epidemic of empty desks.

    • May. 7, 2013
  6. Sylvia M. Burwell was confirmed April 24 to lead the Office of Management and Budget. Thomas Brown / Federal Times

    Senate confirms Burwell to lead OMB

    Sylvia Burwell won unanimous Senate confirmation Wednesday to be the next director of the Office of Management and Budget.

    • Apr. 24, 2013
  7. GOP Senate Armed Services Committee member Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas has a take-no-prisoners style that isn't gaining him many friends among his fellow senators. AFP

    Sen. Cruz’s brusque style ‘not making any friends’

    WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein gritted her teeth and smiled politely. The longtime California Democrat somewhat nervously placed a hand on her lapel. “I really shouldn’t go there,” she told Defense News, leaning in as she dragged the last word for emphasis.

    • Apr. 2, 2013

  8. Senate passes funding bill, shutdown threat dims

    The Senate approved Wednesday its version of a spending bill for the rest of fiscal 2013.

    • Mar. 20, 2013

  9. CR could reduce furloughs, other cuts

    Congress is racing to pass a 2013 spending bill needed to avert a partial government shutdown when the current stopgap funding measure expires next week.

    • Mar. 17, 2013
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