The risk of a government shutdown is off the table until next fall after nine-month fiscal year 2012 spending bill became law over the weekend. The omnibus bill passed in the Senate
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Lawmakers on Capitol Hill had to pass another stopgap funding measure before Thanksgiving, but had one measure of budget success as they passed a “minibus” bill to fund several Cabinet departments and
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So, it’s another year. You’re back in the office and, soon, a new Congress will get back to work too, taking up all the issues it left on the table before it
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It’s back to the drawing board on government funding, as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced he was abandoning a $1 trillion omnibus spending bill because it failed to garner enough support
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In the wake of the Congressional midterm elections and a dust up over appropriations in September that resulted in a continuing resolution, Democrats are once again seeking to pass a spending bill.
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