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Play of the Day: Ben Carson Is Not the Most Dynamic Candidate
Late-night hosts joke about the possibly sleepy GOP frontrunner.
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Warning of Looming Shutdown, Lawmakers Look to Boost Agencies’ Budget Certainty
Senators want more time for oversight, less for agency contingency planning.
Oversight
The TSA is Under Fire Again For its Poor Security Screening
The agency is, once again, under fire from Congress.
Tech
Latest Obama Transparency Plan Seeks Improved Email Recordkeeping
Intelligence Community also weighs in with commitment to new openness.
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Play of the Day: More on the Republicans' Debate Requests
Ben Carson really doesn't want "gotcha" questions.
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Bid to Privatize IRS Debt Collection Could Further Delay Highway Bill
NTEU and some Democrats rev up resistance while also opposing rerouting of customs fees.
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Congress Dares to Tweak Obamacare
Lawmakers aren’t bragging about it, but they have agreed on two fixes to the polarizing health law in the last month.
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Play of the Day: The Next GOP Debate Could Become a Literal Gong Show
Seth Meyers examines the letter the RNC sent to networks with debate restrictions.
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How Congress Is Using $9B in Medicare Savings to Finance the Budget Deal
A payment-reform idea that was a long time coming finally passed as a budget offset.
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Play of the Day: John Oliver Explains the Medicaid Gap
Maybe it's not time yet to celebrate with a backflip and a broken leg.
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Can Paul Ryan Be Speaker and Still be Home for Family Dinner?
Colleagues close to Ryan say they aren’t worried about Ryan’s ability to raise cash, but his critics are raising concerns.
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How Congress Reached a Deal to Stop a Medicare Premium Spike
Seniors will have to pay the cost eventually.
Pay & Benefits
Senators Want to Make Sure Federal 'Tax Cheats' Don't Get Bonuses
Bipartisan group reintroduces a bill to prohibit tax delinquent and misbehaving IRS employees from receiving performance awards.
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Budget Deal Passes, but Shutdown Threat Still Looms
Lawmakers are hopeful new fiscal stability can help ‘rein in government overreach.’
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Senate Approves Budget Deal That Spares Federal Pay and Benefits
The two-year agreement passed early Friday morning despite objections of Cruz, Paul.
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Play of the Day: The GOP Candidates' Actual Weaknesses
Late-night shows wrap up Wednesday's festivities.
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Ryan Is Elected Speaker, Vows to Fix “Broken” House
All but nine Republicans ended up voting for the party’s new leader.
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Almost Nobody's Happy Even Though the House Acted on Budget Deal
A flurry of legislative activity marked John Boehner’s last week, but did anything really get resolved?
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Play of the Day: Donald Trump Resembles Both Mr. Met and the Golden Calf
He may not be leading in every poll anymore, but he's definitely late-night comedy's favorite candidate.
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