All will not be lost if negotiations go nowhere and the deficit reduction supercommittee fails to reach an agreement, according to Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.). During an appearance on CNN’s “State of
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Congress returns to Washington this week after a month-long recess, with a full slate of issues on its agenda. C-SPAN reports lawmakers will focus on three issues that dominated their schedules before
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A bill proposed in the House of Representatives last week would add another year to the two-year federal pay freeze, reduce the federal workforce by 10 percent and cut Defense Department procurement
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President Barack Obama’s announcement last week of a proposed two-year pay freeze for federal workers was only outdone by the advice of his deficit commission a few days later, recommending even deeper
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The co-chairmen of the presidential deficit commission released a final version of their report today, calling for a contentious mix of federal workforce cuts, pay freezes and tax increases. At a Capitol
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President Barack Obama announced a two-year federal pay freeze yesterday, amid ongoing concern over the $1.4 trillion deficit. Obama said the proposal – which applies to all federal workers, including civilians in
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The co-chairmen of President Barack Obama’s deficit commission announced extensive cuts to a variety of programs as part of the panel’s mission to find ways to balance the budget and improve the
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