http://www.mail.com/people/2908-hal-rogers.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/2908-hal-rogers.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2101100-funds-needed-okla-tornado-recovery.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Top lawmakers and officials said Tuesday that the federal government has plenty of money on hand to pay for recovery efforts in the wake of the devastating tornado that struck Oklahoma. The government has more than $11 billion in its main disaster relief fund. Recovery costs in the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore are expected to be a relat... Tue, 21 May 2013 21:57:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2101100-funds-needed-okla-tornado-recovery.html 2013-05-21T21:57:22Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2090968-house-bill-protects-homeland-security-budget.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A Republican-controlled House panel moved Thursday to protect the Department of Homeland Security from the big cuts facing other domestic agencies under the party's budget slashing plan. The move came as the Appropriations Committee leadership privately circulated plans to drastically reduce spending for labor, education and health progr... Fri, 17 May 2013 00:29:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2090968-house-bill-protects-homeland-security-budget.html 2013-05-17T00:29:17Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2088232-house-panel-boosts-veterans-spending.html WASHINGTON (AP) — With no broader budget deal in sight, a key House panel responsible for implementing sweeping cuts to agency budgets moved Wednesday to exempt veterans and largely protect spending on border safety and other homeland security programs in the coming year. The strategy by the pragmatic House Appropriations Committee is to begin advancing a... Wed, 15 May 2013 19:28:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2088232-house-panel-boosts-veterans-spending.html 2013-05-15T19:28:29Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2046604-fact-check-faa-to-furlough-controllers.html WASHINGTON (AP) — With disgruntled passengers complaining about airline flight delays, Republican lawmakers and the airline industry pounced on the Obama administration. The glitch was invented by the White House for political reasons, they charged, and officials waited until the last minute to warn Congress and the airlines of the impending upheaval. The... Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:21:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2046604-fact-check-faa-to-furlough-controllers.html 2013-04-26T16:21:51Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2042572-white-house-its-open-to-faa-furloughs.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Under growing pressure, the Obama administration signaled Wednesday it might accept legislation eliminating Federal Aviation Administration furloughs blamed for lengthy delays affecting airline passengers, while leaving the rest of $85 billion in across-the-board spending cuts in place. The disclosure came as sentiment grew among Senate ... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 22:53:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2042572-white-house-its-open-to-faa-furloughs.html 2013-04-24T22:53:48Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1950640-senate-democrats-unveil-budget-blueprint.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats unveiled a largely stand-pat budget Wednesday that calls for $1 trillion in new tax revenues over the coming decade but actually increases spending, while protecting the party's domestic policy priorities and adding $4 trillion more to the national debt than a slashing alternative from House Republicans. The plan by Budg... Thu, 14 Mar 2013 03:33:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1950640-senate-democrats-unveil-budget-blueprint.html 2013-03-14T03:33:02Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1934888-house-votes-to-prevent-march-27-federal-shutdown.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans pushed legislation through the House on Wednesday to prevent a government shutdown this month while easing the short-term impact of $85 billion in spending cuts — at the same time previewing a longer-term plan to erase federal deficits without raising taxes. President Barack Obama pursued a different path as the GOP asserted ... Thu, 07 Mar 2013 03:05:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1934888-house-votes-to-prevent-march-27-federal-shutdown.html 2013-03-07T03:05:24Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1929652-republicans-unveil-government-funding-measure.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans controlling the House moved Monday to ease a crunch in Pentagon readiness while limiting the pain felt by such agencies as the FBI and the Border Patrol from the across-the-board spending cuts that are just starting to take effect. The effort is part of a huge spending measure that would fund day-to-day federal operations thr... Tue, 05 Mar 2013 02:04:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1929652-republicans-unveil-government-funding-measure.html 2013-03-05T02:04:59Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1901760-urgency-to-avoid-automatic-spending-cuts.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Ten days before a new deadline for broad, automatic government spending cuts, the sense of urgency that surrounded other recent fiscal crises is absent. Government agencies are preparing to absorb an $85 billion hit to their budgets, and politicians, at least for now, seem willing to accept the consequences. President Barack Obama, back ... Tue, 19 Feb 2013 22:52:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1901760-urgency-to-avoid-automatic-spending-cuts.html 2013-02-19T22:52:41Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1822884-house-approves-505-billion-sandy-aid.html WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 10 weeks after Superstorm Sandy brutalized parts of the heavily populated Northeast, the House approved $50.5 billion in emergency relief for the victims Tuesday night as Republican leaders struggled to close out an episode that exposed painful party divisions inside Congress and out. The vote was 241-180, and officials said th... Wed, 16 Jan 2013 01:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1822884-house-approves-505-billion-sandy-aid.html 2013-01-16T01:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1790338-senate-approves-604-billion-sandy-aid-bill.html WASHINGTON (AP) — 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. Democrats had to turn back Republican efforts to cut programs such as $150 million in fisheries aid that Republican lawmakers said was unrelated to the storm that hammered the East Coast la... Sat, 29 Dec 2012 00:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1790338-senate-approves-604-billion-sandy-aid-bill.html 2012-12-29T00:08:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1762418-senate-dems-offer-sandy-disaster-aid-package.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats on Wednesday finished cobbling together a $60.4 billion disaster aid package for New York, New Jersey and other states hit by Superstorm Sandy in late October. Working from the emergency spending request President Barack Obama made five days ago, the Senate Appropriations Committee released its draft of the legislation. ... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 22:10:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1762418-senate-dems-offer-sandy-disaster-aid-package.html 2012-12-12T22:10:00Z