Look for some conversation in the Senate today about whether more than 100 amendments dealing with Environmental Protection Agency permitting authority are germane to the farm bill. Bloomberg BNA’s LaTrina Antoine and Amena H. Saiyid report that Democrat Kay Hagan...
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An Environmental Protection Agency contractor collects water samples for testing on May 31, 2010 near the point where the South Pass of the Mississippi River meets the Gulf of Mexico near Venice, Louisiana.
Are EPA Permits Germane to the Farm Bill?
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Copies of the Fiscal Year 2014 Budget sit on a pallet at the U.S. Government Printing Office in Washington, D.C. on April 8, 2013.
Bush Debt Load Endorsed by Republicans Now Rejected
By Jonathan Nicholson When Republicans and Democrats describe each other’s budgets, a person could be forgiven for thinking the plans are as far apart as possible. Republicans say putting the budget into balance by 2023 is necessary to help get...
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REI Chief Executive Officer Sally Jewell is congratulated by outgoing Interior Secrtary Ken Salazar after she was nominated by President Barack Obama to be the next Secretary of the Interior in the State Dining Room of the White House on Feb. 6, 2013.
Senator May Throw Speed Bump in Path of Interior Nomination
Alaska’s Lisa Murkowski, ranking Republican on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, is threatening to put a hold on the nomination of Sally Jewell to head the Interior Department until it agrees to reverse a preliminary decision rejecting a...
Read more »Real Hearings, Real Debate for ’14 Budget?
Can regular order make a comeback? Senate Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Barbara Mikulski said she’s working with her counterpart in the House to come up with a strategy for going into the next fiscal year without the need for a continuing...
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Senator Max Baucus, a Democrat from Montana and chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, left, and Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah, the ranking Republican on the committee, in Washington in this file photo.
Senators Set Priorities on EU Trade Deal
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, a Montana Democrat, and ranking member Orrin Hatch, a Utah Republican, have given U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk their priorities concerning a potential agreement on trade, investment, and regulatory cooperation between the U.S. and ...
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Representative Dave Camp, a Republican from Michigan and chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, speaks at a Rotary Club meeting in Midland, Michigan, in this file photo.
Camp Considers Working Groups to Tackle Tax Reform
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp wants to break his panel into smaller working groups to tackle specific aspects of tax reform, Bloomberg BNA’s Marc Heller reports. Ray Beeman, tax counsel to the committee, said in a webinar...
Read more »Federal Court to Hear Filibuster Challenge
A federal court plans to hear arguments Dec. 3 on a legal challenge to the Senate’s filibuster rule. That date puts a decision in the case off until deep into the lame-duck session or for the next Congress, reports Bloomberg...
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Pulpit Freedom Sunday: Doubling Up
Some 1,300 pastors will take to the pulpit this Sunday to make the point that the Internal Revenue Service cannot tell them what to say or not say to their congregations about politics. The yearly event, known as Pulpit Freedom...
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Attendees sit under the National Debt Clock at the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Tampa.
$16 Trillion Debt `Grim Landmark’ — Republicans say as Democrats Open
At the Republican National Convention in Tampa last week, digital debt clocks hanging above the convention floor alerted delegates to the rising toll of the accrued federal debt: Approaching $16 trillion as Mitt Romney accepted his party’s nomination for president....
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Job seekers meet prospective employers at an employment fair sponsored by National Career Fairs in San Diego.
Budget Agencies At Odds On Lasting Effect of Recession: CBO vs. OMB
The government’s two major budget agencies are taking opposing positions on the long-term impact of the 2007-2009 recession and sluggish recovery on the economy, Bloomberg BNA’s Jonathan Nicholson reports. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, in its updated economic and budget forecast issued...
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