sequestration

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Full-year CR could mean big cuts to agency discretionary budgets

In today’s Federal Newscast: Rocks are falling from the ceiling at an IRS underground storage facility. A full-year Continuing Resolution could require…

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OMB pushes 1% discretionary sequestration requirement off

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Why there’s not a huge cause for optimism for the rest of the federal budget year

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Now that the debt ceiling debate has been settled, it’s back to business as usual for contractors, right?

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(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)The U.S. Capitol is seen in Washington, Tuesday, July 20, 2021. To enact President Joe Biden’s expansive domestic agenda this year, Democrats have mapped out a convoluted legislative maze. The party wants to push the new president's multitrillion-dollar plans for supercharging federal infrastructure, climate change and social programs through a Congress in which they have only paper-thin majorities. GOP opposition is certain to be solid. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

House staffers could now make more than the representatives they work for

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115th Mobile Public Affairs Deta/Sgt. Jennifer LenaPfc. Michael Roberts and Pvt. Nicholas Brown, cavalry scouts for Charlie Troop, 1st Squadron, 82nd Cavalry Regiment navigate rough eastern Washington terrain on foot while conducting dismounted zone reconnaissance training at the Yakima Training Center in Yakima, Wash., June 25, 2019. The training is part of a large-scale exercise known as eXportable Combat Training Capability (XCTC), which focuses on improving individual and team skillsets, decision making, equipment familiarization, and deployment readiness. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. Jennifer Lena, 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)

House NDAA will cause battle in conference, amendments address climate change, transgender issues

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space force

Fate of space force in House NDAA to be decided in open debate, stage set for clash over topline spending

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readiness

Dunford says the need for military readiness isn’t over

Dunford says the holes in readiness are filled, but the military needs to build on its competitive edge.

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Senate committee authorizes $750 billion defense budget, establishes space force

The Senate Armed Services Committee is the first congressional entity to officially approve of a space force with their latest defense budget.

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defense budget

House Appropriations Committee floats $700B defense budget in rebuke to Trump

The House Appropriations Committee bill moves tens of billions of dollars into the base budget, possibility setting up a sequestration showdown.

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