Oversight
Spending bills will top Senate agenda, likely through weekend
Senate will spend the weekend working through an omnibus appropriations bill and will return to the health debate next week.
Oversight
House Dems consider two-part omnibus plan for endgame
Continuing resolution expires Dec. 18 and seven appropriations bills are pending.
Defense
Speaker dislikes surtax to pay for war
Pelosi also says House members will seek more details on Obama's Afghanistan plan so they can "make some judgment about the nature of the threat."
Oversight
Lawmakers eye new spending extension
A senior House Republican aide said the new resolution is likely to fund the government until Dec. 15.
Oversight
House majority leader 'frustrated' by slow pace in Senate
The House has passed all 12 fiscal 2010 spending bills, but few of them have moved through the Senate.
Oversight
Lawmakers will focus on spending bills next week
One-month continuing resolution to keep government running past Sept. 30 would buy lawmakers time to finish spending bills, but additional extensions might be necessary.
Oversight
House aims for Thursday vote on stopgap spending bill
Legislation would keep the federal government running after the fiscal year ends on Sept. 30, giving lawmakers more time to finish appropriations measures.
Oversight
Hoyer: Stopgap spending measure will be necessary
Continuing resolution will be needed to keep agencies running from the Oct. 1 start of the fiscal year until the appropriations bills are complete, House majority leader says.
Oversight
House will return to a packed agenda
The House has passed all 12 appropriations bills, but the Senate is unlikely to do so before Sept. 30, meaning a stopgap measure probably will be necessary.
Oversight
Senate, House to turn to spending bills
House is expected to finish the last of the 12 appropriations measures by the end of next week.
Defense
House to work on approps, Senate on Defense
Pay/go, food safety bills are also on next week's congressional agenda.
Defense
Democrats set fast schedule for Defense bill
Senate leaders want to clear floor for health care legislation and vote on Supreme Court nominee.
Oversight
Lawmakers face big agenda, tight calendar
In the next six months, Democrats want to pass the fiscal 2010 spending bills, overhaul the healthcare and financial regulatory systems and perhaps tackle immigration reform.
Oversight
House passes Commerce-Justice-Science funding bill
Lawmakers approve $64.4 billion appropriations measure after taking a record-breaking 53 votes in one day.
Defense
War supplemental tops next week’s congressional agenda
Democrats hope to garner enough votes to override possible filibuster of bill.
Oversight
Obama requests $1.5 billion for swine flu in supplemental
President says he wants money "out of an abundance of caution."
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