Appropriations

Appropriations

• Senate Dems offer Sandy disaster aid package

  Senate Democrats on Wednesday finished cobbling together a $60.4 billion disaster aid package for New York, New Jersey and other states hit by ... 

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  Pentagon begins planning for massive budget cuts

  The Defense Department has begun planning for the roughly $500 billion in personnel and program cuts over a decade that will be needed if Congress and ... 

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  Cuomo says he's 'optimistic' on Sandy aid

  New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo emerged Monday from meetings with top Obama administration officials and congressional leaders "optimistic" that Congress ... 

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  A checklist to see whether debt reduction is real

  President Barack Obama and leaders of the lame-duck Congress may be just weeks away from shaking hands on a deal to avert the dreaded "fiscal cliff. 

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  Former Sen. Warren Rudman of NH dies at 82

  Colleagues knew former Sen. Warren B. Rudman for his abrupt manner, but they trusted his expertise. On one matter in particular, though, he wished ...