http://www.mail.com/people/4188-barbara-mikulski.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/4188-barbara-mikulski.html http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2011560-obamas-budget-straddle.html WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 while trying to keep faith with Democrats who favor higher taxes in service of more government spending. That gives everyone something to dislike if they are so inclined — and many in divid... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 21:16:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2011560-obamas-budget-straddle.html 2013-04-10T21:16:13Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1998792-aid-groups-us-send-cash-food-abroad.html WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 whether Obama's budget proposal, scheduled to come out next week, will seek to change the way foreign food aid is distributed. But food aid groups, farm groups and their allies in Congress a... Fri, 05 Apr 2013 12:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1998792-aid-groups-us-send-cash-food-abroad.html 2013-04-05T12:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1963210-catchall-spending-bill-advances-senate.html WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 offer money aimed at addressing home state problems like looming closures of air traffic control towers. The legislation advanced on a 63-35 procedural vote that sets up a vote on Tuesday to ... Tue, 19 Mar 2013 01:08:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1963210-catchall-spending-bill-advances-senate.html 2013-03-19T01:08:27Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1947078-senate-democrats-unveil-government-funding-bill.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Top Senate Democrats and Republicans Monday night released a catchall government funding bill that denies President Barack Obama new money for implementing signature first-term accomplishments like new regulations on Wall Street and his expansion of government health care subsidies but provides modest additional funding for domestic priorities like health r... Tue, 12 Mar 2013 02:38:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1947078-senate-democrats-unveil-government-funding-bill.html 2013-03-12T02:38:24Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1937432-obama-presses-with-gop-charm-offensive.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Punctuated with the sounds of ringing phones and clinking china, President Barack Obama's new legislative diplomacy has Republicans wondering what took so long. Obama pressed ahead Thursday with his bipartisan political outreach, eliciting a cautious welcome in a capital that has been riven by gridlock and partisanship over how to lower ... Thu, 07 Mar 2013 23:42:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1937432-obama-presses-with-gop-charm-offensive.html 2013-03-07T23:42:40Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1939130-senate-democrat-unveils-bill-preventing-shutdown.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A top Senate ally of President Barack Obama said Thursday that Democrats won't push controversial ideas like additional money to implement signature party initiatives as the chamber advances a huge spending measure that would fund day-to-day federal operations through September. Appropriations Chairwoman Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., said the... Thu, 07 Mar 2013 21:33:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1939130-senate-democrat-unveils-bill-preventing-shutdown.html 2013-03-07T21:33:27Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1892738-ag-fbi-warn-across-the-board-spending-cut.html WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 erode public safety in every city and town in the nation. The impending cuts would cause FBI furloughs equivalent in size to closing the bureau's offices in Chicago, Miami and Baltimore, slash ... Thu, 14 Feb 2013 20:35:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1892738-ag-fbi-warn-across-the-board-spending-cut.html 2013-02-14T20:35:28Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1891964-democrats-to-unveil-bill-to-replace-budget-cuts.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's Democratic allies in the Senate are unveiling legislation Thursday to avoid a looming set of sharp, across-the-board spending cuts set to strike the Pentagon and domestic agencies in just two weeks. The measure would impose a minimum tax rate on million-dollar incomes and replace the automatic cuts, known as a se... Thu, 14 Feb 2013 18:44:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1891964-democrats-to-unveil-bill-to-replace-budget-cuts.html 2013-02-14T18:44:41Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1878092-white-house-outlines-deep-cuts-to.html WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 certain government assistance programs if "large and arbitrary" scheduled government spending cuts are allowed to take place beginning March 1. They include layoffs or furloughs of "hundreds ... Fri, 08 Feb 2013 20:44:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1878092-white-house-outlines-deep-cuts-to.html 2013-02-08T20:44:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1875360-senate-chairman-hagel-nomination-track.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Chuck Hagel's nomination to be the next defense secretary remains on track despite Republican demands for additional information about his paid speeches and business dealings, the Democratic chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee said Thursday. The GOP requests dealt a setback to President Barack Obama's pick, forcing the commit... Thu, 07 Feb 2013 21:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1875360-senate-chairman-hagel-nomination-track.html 2013-02-07T21:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1868848-senate-passes-bill-to-improve-embassy-security.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Monday approved legislation that would allow the State Department to transfer $1.1 billion to improve security at U.S. embassies overseas in the aftermath of the deadly assault on the U.S. Consulate in Libya last September. By voice vote, the Senate passed the bipartisan measure that would give the department the authority ... Tue, 05 Feb 2013 03:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1868848-senate-passes-bill-to-improve-embassy-security.html 2013-02-05T03:05:00Z 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/news/world/1777814-mikulski-1st-woman-to-head-appropriations.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Maryland Sen. Barbara Mikulski is set to become the first woman to chair the prestigious Senate Appropriations Committee, a position left open this week by the death of Hawaii Sen. Daniel Inouye. A Democrat, Mikulski was first elected to the Senate in 1986 after serving 10 years in the House. Last year, she became the longest-serving wom... Wed, 19 Dec 2012 22:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1777814-mikulski-1st-woman-to-head-appropriations.html 2012-12-19T22:42:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1774300-leahy-sworn-president-pro-tempore-senate.html WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 Senate, Leahy moved to third place in the line of presidential succession, behind Vice President Joe Biden and House Speaker John Boehner. Biden swore Leahy in as the successor to Hawaii Sen. Da... Tue, 18 Dec 2012 20:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1774300-leahy-sworn-president-pro-tempore-senate.html 2012-12-18T20:45:00Z