Barbara Mikulski

Barbara Mikulski

• Obama's budget straddle

  President Barack Obama's first budget of his new term is a political straddle, aimed at enticing Republicans into a new round of deficit negotiations ... 

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  Aid groups: US should send cash, not food, abroad

  Food aid groups are urging the Obama administration to overhaul the way the United States helps starving people abroad. The White House will not say ... 

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  Catchall spending bill advances in Senate

  A bipartisan full-year funding bill took a big step forward in the Senate on Monday, despite opposition from Republicans who were denied chances to ... 

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  Senate Democrats unveil government funding bill

  Top Senate Democrats and Republicans Monday night released a catchall government funding bill that denies President Barack Obama new money for ... 

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  Obama presses on with GOP charm offensive

  Punctuated with the sounds of ringing phones and clinking china, President Barack Obama's new legislative diplomacy has Republicans wondering what ... 

• Senate Democrat unveils bill preventing shutdown

  A top Senate ally of President Barack Obama said Thursday that Democrats won't push controversial ideas like additional money to implement signature ... 

• AG, FBI warn against across-the-board spending cut

  The nation's two top law enforcement officers have warned that looming across-the-board spending cuts at the Justice Department and the FBI would ... 

• Democrats to unveil bill to replace budget cuts

  President Barack Obama's Democratic allies in the Senate are unveiling legislation Thursday to avoid a looming set of sharp, across-the-board spending ... 

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  White House outlines deep cuts it may have to make

  Trying to ratchet up pressure on Congress, the White House on Friday detailed what it said would be the painful impact on the federal workforce and ... 

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  Senate chairman: Hagel nomination on track

  Chuck Hagel's nomination to be the next defense secretary remains on track despite Republican demands for additional information about his paid ... 

• Senate passes bill to improve embassy security

  The Senate on Monday approved legislation that would allow the State Department to transfer $1.1 billion to improve security at U.S. 

• Senate approves $60.4 billion Sandy aid bill

  The Senate on Friday approved a $60.4 billion emergency spending aid package for victims of Hurricane Sandy that had been backed by Senate Democrats. 

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  Mikulski becoming 1st woman to head Appropriations

  Maryland Sen. Barbara Mikulski is set to become the first woman to chair the prestigious Senate Appropriations Committee, a position left open this ... 

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  Leahy sworn in as president pro tempore of Senate

  Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont was sworn in Tuesday as president pro tempore of the Senate. As the longest serving Democrat now in the ...