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Jamie Dupree's Washington Insider
Different views on Saturday mail delivery
As the Congress finally finished work on the 2013 budget for the federal government on Thursday, there were much different conclusions in the halls of Capitol Hill on what it meant for the effort by the U.S. Postal Service to end Saturday delivery of first class mail. Those who don't ...
Pentagon delays furlough notices
Hours after the U.S. House sent President Obama a final budget for the current fiscal year, the Pentagon announced it was taking time to review how that budget might impact plans to furlough hundreds of thousands of civilian defense workers for up to 22 days between April and the end ...
Senate finally ends budget stalemate
Ending almost eight days of limited debate on a bill that funds federal government operations through the end of the fiscal year, the Senate on Wednesday approved a nearly $1 trillion budget bill for Uncle Sam, even as the Congress started work on next year's budget outline. With House approval ...
Immigration reform pushed back in Congress
With a small group of Senators still working on an immigration reform plan, the chairman of a key Senate committee said Wednesday he does not see his panel doing anything on the controversial subject until at least May. "Without legislative language, there is nothing for the Judiciary Committee to consider ...
Senate stalls out on funding bill
Just a few days ago, it seemed like the Senate was poised for a wide open debate on a bill to fund the government for the rest of the fiscal year, with dozens of amendments filed by both parties and interesting votes on the horizon dealing with budgetary choices in ...
Sen. Rand Paul speech on immigration reform
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) laid out this thoughts on immigration reform in a spech today, which was billed by initial news reports as one where Paul endorsed a path to citizenship. But digging into the details of the speech, that headline may not be so clear. "Conservatives, myself included, ...
Sequester hits Uncle Sam unevenly
While the automatic budget cuts known as the sequester are chopping money at the same percentage rate from different federal agencies, a review of options to deal with the cuts shows the impact of those spending reductions varies greatly between federal departments. For example, civilian defense workers - as many ...
Still no nominee for Commerce Secretary
As President Obama announced another choice on Monday for his second term Cabinet by choosing a new Secretary of Labor, one position in his Cabinet remains curiously unfilled, as it has for now for almost nine months. That job is Secretary of Commerce, which was last occupied by John Bryson. ...
GSA scraps two conferences
With tight budgets in the wake of the sequester, the General Services Administration has decided to cancel two conferences scheduled for later this year in a bid to save money. "As federal agencies are closely examining their budgets and making tough spending cuts, GSA has made the decision to suspend ...
Deep in the Senate fine print
We haven't had too many times in recent years where a budget bill has been on the floor of the U.S. Senate with a wide open amendment process, so as Senators try to finish work on a bill that funds the government for the rest of this fiscal year, there ...
No end to debate on sequester impact
It has now been two weeks since automatic budget cuts kicked in, and Political Washington is still waiting to see whether there will be a dramatic impact as forecast by Democrats, or if ominous predictions made by the Obama Administration - and ridiculed by many Republicans - won't exactly come ...
Supreme Court expresses concern over sequester
Appearing for a yearly budget hearing before the Congress, two U.S. Supreme Court Justices voiced concern over automatic budget cuts that hit the federal government earlier this month, arguing it will have a negative impact on the Judicial Branch. "Over the long term, particularly for the courts as a whole ...
Senate Democrats detail budget outline
In a clear contrast with a House Republican budget plan, Democrats in the Senate set out their own ideas on how best to run the government, proposing $975 billion in tax increases over the next ten years in a spending blueprint that held no hint of a balanced budget. And ...
Feds draft lengthy forms for health insurance coverage
The Obama Administration is currently drafting a lengthy application form to be used by Americans who need to buy health insurance in the future, getting ready for the time when the Obama health reforms kick in for real next year. The draft forms were revealed Tuesday by Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar of ...
Digging into the GOP budget outline
The budget plan unveiled by House Republicans on Tuesday would balance the budget in ten years, but it also would allow for the budget to keep growing after two initial years of spending reductions in the discretionary budget. "We believe we owe the American people a balanced budget," Ryan said ...
Obama charm offensive hits Capitol Hill
In the press galleries on Capitol Hill over the years, we have seen a lot of trips to the U.S. Capitol by Presidents of both parties, but none of my colleagues can remember a series of visits like we will have over the next three days by President Obama. "He’s ...
A confusing budget week in Washington
If you pay close attention this week to news about the budget in Congress, it will be okay if you mix yourself a stiff drink by Wednesday or so to deal with what might seem like a series of confusing series of budget plans from the House and Senate. First, ...
Congress moves to keep Saturday mail delivery
I have often written about how difficult it can be to decipher what Congress does in legislation, and that was demonstrated yet again this week in the post-sequester-government budget bill that was approved by the House. What was in that bill? Maybe the question should also be, what wasn't in ...
The sequester comes to Capitol Hill
While the White House stuck by its decision to scrap public tours because of automatic budget cuts, those who work in Congress will see a different decision on cuts, as House and Senate officials announced a series of security changes because of spending reductions. In a letter sent to lawmakers ...
Drone questions spur over 12 hour Senate filibuster
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) surprised the Senate on Wednesday with the longest filibuster in over twenty years, using almost 13 hours of time on the Senate floor to demand more information and answers from the Obama Administration on whether drones could be used against Americans - on U.S. soil - ...
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