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Congress passes defense policy bill with budget boost, military justice reforms
After months of debate and weeks of angst, the Senate has sent its annual defense bill to the president.
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Budget
Senate passes stopgap funding bill, avoiding shutdown
The measure now goes to President Joe Biden to be signed into law.
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Shutdown averted; Congress approves stopgap budget plan
The budget extension came just a few hours before federal agencies would have been forced to shutter due to a lack of funding.
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Why federal government shutdowns happen
Congressional failure to pass funding legislation before the start of a new fiscal year didn't always result in a shutdown of agency operations.
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GOP blocks bill to keep government going; new try ahead
In Monday night's vote, senators voted 50-48 against taking up the bill, well short of the 60 "yes" votes needed to proceed.
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IRS funding has become a ‘self-fulfilling prophecy’
The lack of resources at the IRS has led the agency to focus more on the "easy" audits, which then leads Congress to predominantly see the low-value tax problems, rather than high-value audits.
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House budget backs Biden vision for federal pay raise, proposes more for IRS
Federal employees would still get a 2.7 percent pay increase in 2022 under the House's version of the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill.
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Will ‘BRAC for VA’ lead to veterans hospital closures or building more clinics?
Department leaders are expected to announce the names of the new Asset and Infrastructure Review commissioners later this month.
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Postal Service looks to raise first-class stamp to 58 cents
The price hikes are part of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s 10-year plan for the agency, which faces an estimated $160 billion in operating losses over the next decade.
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Full FY22 budget coming May 27
It is expected the Pentagon will seek to retire older systems to free up funding in its budget request.
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House Armed Services chair ‘deeply concerned’ by White House budget delays
The Democratic chairman of the House Armed Services Committee blasted the White House for “dragging their feet” on the federal budget, urging its release by May 10 to avoid a continuing resolution.
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Biden requests $715B for Pentagon, hinting at administration’s future priorities
U.S. President Joe Biden’s fiscal 2022 budget request asks for $753 billion in national security funding, an increase of 1.6 percent that includes $715 billion for the Defense Department.
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How Republicans might accept a smaller defense budget
Republican Rep. Ken Calvert is willing to meet Democratic lawmakers partway in their reported plans to trim the defense budget: cut back on civilian employees, not equipment and modernization.
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Former Pentagon comptroller: Observations and opportunities for America’s defense budget
The time is right for a fresh start, one that involves continued aggressive and unafraid changes to how the Pentagon is resourced.
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New law eases tax repayment pain for more than a million troops
Legislation would stretch out the payments over a 12-month period instead of four months.
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Latest fight over defense bill may push final passage into 2021
The annual defense authorization bill has hit yet another procedural roadblock, this time over an unrelated fight over stimulus checks related to the ongoing pandemic.
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Trump signs massive measure funding government, COVID relief
The massive bill includes $1.4 trillion to fund government agencies through September.
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Trump vetoes defense bill, but Congress appears poised to override him
The president waited until the last moment to issue his attempted block of the massive defense policy measure.
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Massive spending bill passed by Congress, sent to Trump
Congress passed a $900 billion pandemic relief package that would finally deliver long-sought cash to businesses and individuals and resources to vaccinate a nation confronting a frightening surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths.
Lawmakers move to ease tax repayment pain of more than a million troops
Legislation would stretch out the payments over a 12-month period instead of four months.
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Feds get extended payroll tax timeline, likely pay increase in 2021
Federal employees and service members will be able to extend payments back to Social Security over 12 months, rather than the initial four-month timetable
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Congress seals agreement on $900 billion COVID relief bill
House leaders informed lawmakers that they would vote on the legislation on Monday, and the Senate was likely to vote on Monday, too.
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Sen. Rand Paul delays defense bill vote over troop drawdowns
Paul's objections on Thursday threatened another must-pass bill, a one-week spending measure that would keep the government open through Dec. 18.
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Lawmakers act to avert shutdown, buying time for COVID talks
Still spinning their wheels on COVID-19 relief, lawmakers grabbed a one-week government funding extension on Wednesday that buys time for more talks — though there is considerable disagreement over who is supposed to be taking the lead from there.
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Congress returns with virus aid, federal funding unresolved
After months of shadowboxing amid a tense and toxic campaign, Capitol Hill's main players are returning for one final, perhaps futile, attempt at deal-making on a challenging menu of year-end business.
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Trump signs temporary government funding bill
The temporary extension will set the stage for a lame-duck session of Congress later this year, where the agenda will be largely determined by the outcome of the presidential election.
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