Oversight
Cantor Plans to 'Clarify' Postal Service-Highway Fund Plan for Republicans Next Week
The House majority leader says 'a lot of misinformation' is circulating.
Management
In Wake of Scandal, VA Nominees Stuck in Senate Limbo
Key jobs remain vacant as the Senate deals with treatment of veterans and a backlog of nominees.
Oversight
Senator Calls Plan to Shore Up Highway Fund by Ending Saturday Mail Delivery a 'Nonstarter'
Lawmakers scramble to keep the trust fund from going broke.
Management
Postal Service Funds Would Go to Highways Under House GOP Proposal
The shift would benefit both motorists and the USPS, Republican leaders argue.
Management
Picture This: Tax Dollars May Again Fund Official Portraits
The congressional ban on the practice was temporary, but two lawmakers are proposing a solution.
Management
Technically It Isn't Pork, but It's Close
Bill to fund water-infrastructure projects has lawmakers boasting about all the money they'll bring home—maybe.
Oversight
Auditor: Funding Shortfall Could Halt Transportation Projects
With the Highway Trust Fund depleted, federal payments to states could be delayed.
Oversight
IRS Scandal, Defense Policy Bill on Tap for a Tense Week on Hill
Nomination hearings for HHS secretary will also begin.
Defense
Boehner Pushes for Special Committee to Investigate Benghazi
Speaker cites 'continued obstruction' by the Obama administration.
Oversight
Congress Begins an Appropriations Process It May Not Finish
Plan is already being discussed for a continuing resolution to keep most agencies open until after the Nov. 4 election.
Oversight
House Republicans Are Stepping Up Efforts to Attach Special Policy Riders to Spending Bills
Last year one such provision cut EPA staffing to the lowest levels since 1989.
Oversight
Are We Heading Back Toward $1 Trillion Budget Deficits?
Congressional auditors urge lawmakers to alter tax and spending policies to prevent a fiscal fiasco.
Oversight
Democrats: Prosecuting Lois Lerner Could Violate Your Privacy
One panel plans to seek criminal charges against the former IRS official for her role in the controversy, while another considers holding her in contempt of Congress.
Oversight
Woman Killed in Capitol Hill Chase Was Shot Five Times
Autopsy report shows that Miriam Carey was shot from behind, including once in the head.
Pay & Benefits
Do Cafeterias Need Better Vegetarian Options?
Hill aides campaign for a tastier menu in Capitol eateries.
Oversight
House Republicans Determined to Produce a Budget
But putting one together that can pass won't be easy.
Management
Does a Republican Budget Put Paul Ryan in a Jam?
A spending plan could help or hurt House Republicans—and it looks like they're going to find out which it will be.
Management
Here's What's Happening After the Debt Ceiling: Nothing
As lawmakers head into Presidents Day recess, they have few big-ticket legislative aspirations this year, only a few accomplishments, and plenty of time to campaign.
Management
What Happens to Your Tax Refund in a Debt-Ceiling Stalemate?
Democrats are suggesting that there could be a potential "panic" when Americans file their income-tax returns, if fear builds that the Treasury Department might not be able to immediately refund all that it owes to taxpayers.
Management
Republican Debt-Ceiling Strategy Emerges
House GOP could resurrect a plan to force the Senate to vote on a number of separate items, without making passage of them a requirement for raising the nation's borrowing limit.
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