News
Senate eyeing omnibus spending bill in September
Defense spending bill is the only one to be approved by both chambers so far.
News
GOP leaders face multiple hurdles on spending bills
Measures designed to limit administration's competitive sourcing effort may again prove contentious.
Management
House spending bills will be rolled into one omnibus
Senate negotiators are still attempting to forge a consensus on the fiscal 2005 budget resolution.
Defense
Defense spending bill delayed, omnibus considered
Almost 200 amendments remain pending to the defense authorization bill.
Management
Budget deal still under negotiation; homeland spending bill moves forward
Conservatives balk at a proposed Senate rule change in fiscal 2005 budget legislation to reinstate "pay/go" offset requirements for three or five years.
Defense
Pentagon relents in standoff over military construction bill
Service chiefs agree to testify in hearings that could foreshadow which military bases will be closed.
Management
Senate spending process to go forward even without budget deal
Senate Appropriations Committee chairman gives negotiators until next Tuesday to secure the two votes needed to pass the budget resolution.
News
GOP leaders to senators: Vote for budget bill or lose pork
Moderates threatened with loss of earmarked projects in their states.
Management
Appropriators gird for fight over budget enforcement
Bill would impose discretionary spending caps for five years. Appropriators want input in setting the caps.
News
Senate leader postpones vote on budget resolution
Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., fails to win backing of at least two GOP moderates; vote to be delayed until after Memorial Day.
Defense
Bush budget lacks funds for Baghdad embassy
Building, staffing and providing security for the facility could cost up to $1 billion in 2005.
Defense
OMB typo creates confusion over Iraq funds request
The Pentagon asked that supplemental funds be "available October 1, 2005" -- a year later than needed.
Management
Panel presses administration to hire 3,000 temporary firefighters
Western states are struggling to deal with the latest wildfire outbreak.
Defense
Senate leader seeks to increase Pentagon's supplemental request
Emergency fiscal 2005 funds for Iraq and Afghanistan could total as much as $50 billion, and the Pentagon could have the flexibility to shift money between accounts.
News
Senate budget chief lobbies hard for spending plan
Budget resolution remains mired in conference committee over the issue of whether tax cuts, spending increases must be offset.
Management
Budget negotiations remain gridlocked
Senate GOP moderates withhold support for the latest budget plan.
Defense
Administration to request $25 billion military supplemental
GOP leaders predict strong support for a stopgap spending measure to fund operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Defense
Study shows homeland spending boosts other programs
A new report shows that nearly one-third of the money earmarked for homeland security in fiscal 2004 paid for non-homeland security activities.
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