Oversight
Moderate Democrats pitch bailout repayment bill
Six Blue Dog leaders advocate legislation to recoup the cost of the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program and pay down the growing deficit.
Oversight
Ways and Means leader is wary of deficit-cutting panel
Rangel says he is concerned about the executive branch encroaching on the autonomy of the legislative branch.
Oversight
Senate leader throws his picks into deficit commission mix
Republicans are expected to make their selections soon.
Oversight
Obama creates debt panel
Former Sen. Alan Simpson, R-Wyo., and Erskine Bowles, White House chief of staff to President Clinton, will lead commission.
Oversight
Obama to issue order for deficit commission within 10 days
Democratic leaders have pledged to hold a vote on the panel's recommendations, with the Senate moving first.
News
House sends debt limit increase, pay/go to White House
Four policy items will be exempt from requirement that new increases in mandatory spending and tax cuts be offset.
Oversight
Debt limit increase nears final House vote
Republicans accuse Democrats of playing "deceitful procedural games" to advance the measure.
Oversight
Spending plan attracts bipartisan criticism
Lawmakers say the Obama administration should not count on a presidential commission to bring down the deficit to 3 percent of GDP.
Oversight
Democrats see key ingredients for passage of 2011 budget
Challenge will be balancing spending to spur job growth with efforts to keep the deficit in check.
Oversight
Democrats get mixed budget office views on TARP
CBO chief tells senators using TARP money to offset jobs bill would add to the deficit, but jobs package could stimulate the economy and in turn reduce the deficit.
Oversight
Senate approves debt ceiling increase
Pay/go amendment requires any mandatory spending increases or tax cuts to be offset.
Oversight
Reaction to Obama freeze proposal comes with caveats
Lawmakers express mixed feelings about effectiveness of president's plan to to freeze nonsecurity discretionary spending.
Defense
Congress has light load for State of the Union week
Health care reform is expected to go on the back burner as Democrats regroup.
Oversight
Bipartisan group announces debt panel
Commission will draw up a package of spending cuts and taxes to be considered.
Oversight
GOP senator seeks $120 billion in funding cuts
Proposed amendment to debt limit bill would rescind funding for duplicative programs and funding that hasn't been designated for a particular purpose fast enough.
Oversight
Senator: Obama favors panel on deficit
President is likely to create a commission by executive order if legislation fails, Ohio Republican says.
Oversight
House majority leader touts deficit reduction commission, pay/go
Comments come as Senate is looking at debt ceiling increase.
Oversight
Labor leaders pitch health bill concerns to Obama
Union officials are wary of an excise tax provision in the Senate version, which they claim would hit their members and other middle-class workers.
Defense
Senate sends Defense spending bill to Obama
Measure will be the last of the 12 annual appropriations bills to be enacted.
Defense
House passes Defense spending bill, riders
Chamber also approves five-day continuing resolution to keep the Pentagon running until the Senate passes and the president signs the appropriations measure.
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