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Biden urged to get involved in union contract talks with TSA
House Democrat asks the vice president to help get negotiations 'on track' and 'deliver an equitable and balanced arbitration system.'
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Isolated, will House GOP fold in the payroll fight?
An increasing number of Congress-watchers are asking when and how -- not if -- Boehner and company will acquiesce in the payroll-tax wars.
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Perry: Fannie and Freddie are Bonnie and Clyde
The presidential candidate drew loud applause in Iowa with calls for constitutional amendments to mandate a balanced budget and a part-time Congress.
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Main Treasury building garners top green certification
Official ties LEED status to Obama energy-efficiency push.
Defense
Congress calls on Defense to revamp investment review boards
Pentagon officials will shoot for a transparent, cross-functional approach.
Oversight
Play of the Day -- Happy Hanukkah! The return of the Rick Perry menorah dance video
A daily roundup of late-night video.
Defense
Union calls TSA contract negotiations ‘very discouraging’
AFGE president says the agency’s definition of third-party review of employee grievances does not pass ‘smell test.’
Oversight
GOP senator’s latest report on government waste pokes Congress
Coburn labels 100 federal expenditures totaling $6.5 billion as unnecessary, duplicative or low priority.
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Play of the Day -- Romney does Letterman; Plus: Kim Jong Il remembered
A daily roundup of late-night video.
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Glimmer of Hope?
The jobless rate is virtually the same as it was a year before Ronald Reagan was reelected in a landslide.
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House delays payroll tax deal vote until Tuesday
House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said Senate Democrats must come back to Washington and admit their bill is dead.
Oversight
HUD responds to attacks on block grant program
Proposed rule would tighten oversight of low-income home construction.
Oversight
Stimulus money to weatherize houses has been well-spent, GAO finds
The positive report follows previous findings of waste in the Energy Department program to help low-income families.
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HHS names 32 health care providers as ‘pioneers’
Groups in 18 states chosen for innovations in forming Accountable Care Organizations.
Oversight
What's at stake if Congress fails this time?
Congress is threatening stalemate again, and this time the effect would be felt by millions of average Americans.
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House speaker calls for Congress to continue work on payroll-tax package
Boehner says Senate Democrats should put their vacations on hold until differences are resolved.
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Play of the Day -- Ron Paul on Leno; Dick Cheney's warning
A daily roundup of late-night video.
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Senate agrees on spending bill; Obama signs legislation keeping agencies open
Overall bill, if approved, would eliminate the possibility of government shutdown for the rest of the fiscal year.
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Senate strikes deal on short term payroll tax cut package
Senators also agreed to back massive spending measure funding most agencies for 2012.
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