The deal offsets its two-month sequester delay with $24 billion in savings, half achieved through a tax gimmick and the other half achieved through discretionary spending cuts. Of those, only about $2 billion would come from DoD and other security agencies during the current fiscal year, according to an analysis...
... a hand injury usually caused by the impact of a clenched fist with a skull or a hard, immovable object. Just seems to be an appropriate word to consider when thinking about the 113th Congress.
As the 113th Congress opens, the Senate and the House are starting to look a little bit more like the people they represent. The new Congress includes a record number of women (101 across both chambers, counting three nonvoting members), as well as various firsts for the numbers of Latinos...
One of the biggest questions in the Senate is how the rules surrounding the filibuster will be changed. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Thursday invoked the "nuclear option" which gives him the option of changing filibuster rules by 51 votes (rather then 67), but this can be done only...
Congress cleared the first installment of disaster aid for victims today – authorizing $9.7 billion – in a 345-67 vote. Republican leaders rushed the legislation to the House floor on the new Congress’s second day after Boehner and House Republicans were pressured (ok, slammed) by NJ Gov Christie and other...
Congress may have just passed its last easy doc fix. The one-year payment patch was passed as part of the fiscal cliff package this week. It offset the $25 billion cost of freezing doctors’ pay rates through a series of small health program cuts. Those cuts have the hospitals grumbling....
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