December 19, 2011
Avoiding yet another threat of government shutdown, the Senate on Saturday approved the FY12 conference report after the House adopting it Friday. The final package completes the work on the FY12 appropriations bills. It includes the text of the underlying Military Construction-VA bill and eight other spending measures: Defense, Energy-Water, Financial Services, Homeland Security, Interior-Environment,… Read More
December 15, 2011
After negotiations late into the night and leaders finally reaching an agreement, the House today released the conference report containing details for the remaining nine spending bills. The House is expected to vote on the package this afternoon and then send it to the Senate for quick passage. It looks like Congress will remain through… Read More
December 12, 2011
House and Senate appropriations members are close to an agreement on their $900 billion-or-so “megabus” appropriations deal on the remaining nine FY12 bills. Agreement has been reached on all but two of the remaining nine bills: Labor-HHS-ED and Interior-Environment. There’s still a chance that the conferees will reach enough of an impasse on those two… Read More
December 5, 2011
The Week Ahead The House is in at noon today, though no votes are expected. Eight bills will be considered under suspension of the rules. House Republicans will try to move forward on a deal to extend the expiring payroll tax cut and could hold a vote this week. The Senate’s in at 2 pm… Read More
December 2, 2011
NSF released a new report this morning that outlines their research priorities in the coming decade in the social, behavioral, and economic sciences. The report, titled “Rebuilding the Mosaic, Fostering Research in the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences at the National Science Foundation in the Next Decade,” can be downloaded here. Read more about the… Read More
