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Democrats fight House GOP's proposed 2011 budget cuts
Argument plan would hurt the poor is undercut by news Obama's fiscal 2012 budget would chop several billion dollars from low income energy-assistance fund.
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Under fire from right, House GOP proposes $100 billion in cuts
Appropriators scrap original plan for $74 billion in cuts to soothe tea party members.
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Senate Dems play waiting game on continuing resolution
House leaders looking to cut discretionary spending by nearly $35 billion this year; some GOP members say it's not enough.
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House GOP releases list of proposed cuts
Proposal to fund government for rest of fiscal 2011 includes reductions for NASA, local police, rural development and low-income women.
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SEC chair says agency's frozen budget is hurting its core mission
Agency is struggling to keep up with new financial reform law mandates, as well as a growing workload under its existing responsibilities.
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Senate appropriator predicts another short-term funding measure
Inouye says chamber does not have time to review House’s proposed cuts before March 4, when the current continuing resolution runs out.
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Inouye: No earmarks for the next two years
Senate Appropriations Committee chairman heeds call from GOP and Obama to eschew bills with pork.
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CBO sees $1.5 trillion deficit
Latest report should serve as another wake-up call that serious belt-tightening is needed, Senate Budget Committee leader says.
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GOP looks to send Obama a message on spending
House Republicans are planning a vote the day of the State of the Union address on a resolution to cut non-security discretionary spending.
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GOP moves to cut spending to 2008 levels
Proposed measure would give Budget Committee chair unprecedented power to set spending levels.
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House GOP mulls retroactive spending cuts
Reaching backward would allow Republicans to spread out the pain more, but would invalidate a rationale for retreating from $100 billion savings goal.
Defense
Shooting won't faze GOP spending agenda
Observers see no tension between security needs, budget-cutting goals.
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Congress sends another continuing resolution to Obama
Stopgap spending bill staves off a government shutdown and gives Republicans a chance to put their mark on fiscal 2011 spending.
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Senate working on short-term funding measure
Continuing resolution would fund agencies for 45 to 90 days early next year.
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Democrats give up on omnibus bill, likely avert a shutdown
Senators abandon effort to pass a $1.11 trillion fiscal 2011 spending bill, will focus on short-term continuing resolution.
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Congress keeps government open for a few more days
Five-day extension of continuing resolution is aimed at providing time to work out a deal on a long-term funding measure.
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Senate omnibus spending bill laden with earmarks
Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., and others are devising a plan to require that the entire 1,924-page bill be read aloud on the Senate floor -- a move that could delay a final vote.
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Senate appropriator says he has the votes to pass catch-all spending bill
Package caps discretionary spending at $1.108 trillion, the level that Republicans demanded this year.
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Deficit commission finds a few more cuts to make
Homeland Security grant programs and international broadcast operations added to a list of more than $200 billion in proposed cuts the panel is fine-tuning.
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House looks to pass full fiscal year CR
Senate will either attach an omnibus spending bill, or adopt longer-term continuing resolution to keep government running.
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