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Spending Bill Hikes Roads, DOD, Little Else
After battling with President Bush for weeks over federal spending, congressional Democrats pared an earlier proposal and produced a $515.7-billion fiscal 2008 funding package for non-Defense agencies.
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12/19/2007 Energy: House Clears Green Bill, Minus Tax Provisions

12/19/2007 Congress: Debate on Minimum Tax 'Fix' Nears Climax

12/19/2007 Insurance: 7-Year Terrorism Program Extension Approved

12/12/2007 Senate Leaders Revising House Energy Bill

12/12/2007 Insurance: House to Vote on Terrorism Coverage Extension

12/12/2007 Immigration: Justice Dept. Appeals 'No Match' Injunction

12/12/2007 State Finance: Budget Pressures Are Growing

12/05/2007 Transportation Panel's Report Expected Soon

12/05/2007 OSHA: Long-Awaited Confined-Space Proposal Is Issued

12/05/2007 Wetlands: Comment Period Extended for Rapanos Guidance

12/05/2007 EPA: DOE Counsel Selected To Head Air Division

11/28/2007 Pelosi Sees Movement in Energy-Bill Talks

11/28/2007 Supreme Court: New Jersey, Delaware Differ on LNG Plant

11/28/2007 Immigration: DHS To Propose New Regs

11/21/2007 Terrorism Insurance Bills Head to Conference

11/21/2007 Supreme Court: Date Set for Arguments In LNG Plant-Site Case

11/21/2007 OSHA: Rule Requires Employers To Pay All Protective-Gear Costs

11/21/2007 VA: Stopgap Measure Boosts Construction Funds

11/14/2007 AMT 'Patch' Faces Uncertain Future in Senate

11/14/2007 Spending: Conferees Hike Highway Aid, Add Bridge Funds

11/14/2007 Clean Air: House Panel Questions Coal-Plant Permit

11/07/2007 House Panel Clears Pared-Back Bridge Bill

11/07/2007 Nuclear: Yucca Mountain Plan Praised, Criticized

11/07/2007 Clean Air: Measure to Cap CO2 Advances in Senate

11/07/2007 Spending: Conferees Approve Stopgap Through Dec. 14

10/31/2007 Iraq Auditor Says Dam Risk Mitigation Stalls

10/31/2007 Embassies: Rice Calls for Review of First Kuwaiti's Work

10/24/2007 Senate Panel Clears 7-Year Terrorism Insurance Extension

10/24/2007 Clean Air: Senate Focus Turns To Lieberman-Warner Greenhouse-Gas Bill

10/24/2007 Spending: Bush's War Funding Request Includes $1.5 Billion for DOD Construction

10/17/2007 Judge Blocks 'No Match' Immigration Rule

10/17/2007 Contracts: House Approves One-Year Delay in 3% Withholding Requirement

10/10/2007 NLRB Ruling Favors Contractor Over Unions

10/10/2007 Contracting: House To Vote on Delaying 3% Withholding

10/10/2007 OSHA: Lead Rule Should Be Retained

10/10/2007 Clean Water: State Plan Cited as Model For Federal Fund

10/03/2007 Proposed Federal Transit Rule Stirs Criticism

10/03/2007 Spending: Stopgap Measure Provides Temporary Fix

10/03/2007 Climate: Bush's Remarks Criticized

10/02/2007 Federal Judge Extends Block On No Match Rule, Temporarily

09/26/2007 House Passes FAA Bill, But Outlook Is Cloudy

09/26/2007 Insurance: House Clears Terrorism Coverage Extension

09/26/2007 Clean Water: Senate SRF Bill Awaited

09/26/2007 Highways: Senate Panel Acts To Close Trust Fund Gap

09/19/2007 Highway, Transit Programs Look Like Winners

 

 

09/19/2007 Insurance: Terrorism Coverage Extension Faces Veto Threat

09/19/2007 Superfund: Dingell Urges More Funding for Site Cleanup

09/19/2007 Climate: Report Says Research Adjustments Needed

09/12/2007 Hurdles Ahead for Senate Bridge Aid Hike

09/12/2007 Finance: Senators Try Again on Infrastructure Bond Bill

09/12/2007 Spending: Senate OKs Hike for DOD, VA Construction

09/12/2007 Corps: GAO Scrutinizes Rural Water Projects

09/05/2007 WRDA, Aviation, Spending Bills Lead Agenda

09/05/2007 Judge Temporarily Blocks 'No-Match' Immigration Rule

09/04/2007 Federal Court Blocks New Immigration Rule

08/29/2007 Pennsylvania Takes Step Towards Seeking FHWA Approval for Tolls on Interstate 80

08/29/2007 FAA Chief to Leave Agency, Lead Aerospace Association

08/22/2007 Congress To Weigh Bridge Funding Plans

08/22/2007 EPA: Ozone Rule's Benefits Analysis Criticized

08/22/2007 Agencies: NIST To Get New Director

08/22/2007 Materials: FHWA, States, Industry Set Meeting on Costs

08/15/2007 Immigration Rules May Weigh on Companies

08/15/2007 Corps: New Leader Named for Iraq-Based Division

08/15/2007 Infrastructure: State, Local Spending Tilts to Maintenance

08/15/2007 Highways: FHWA Issues Design-Build Regulation

08/08/2007 Energy Bills Face Contentious Debate

08/08/2007 Corps: WRDA Bill Still Short of Final Hill Approval

08/08/2007 Insurance: Panel Approves Terrorism Coverage Extension

08/06/2007 House Passes Energy Bill, Faces Senate Challenge

08/01/2007 First WRDA Since 2000 Nears the Finish Line

08/01/2007 Spending: House Passes DOT Bill With Anti-Toll Rider

07/25/2007 House Panel Bill Would Delay 3% Withholding

07/25/2007 Insurance: Federal Terrorism Coverage Extension Advances

07/25/2007 Wetlands: Oberstar's Clean-Water Bill Praised, Criticized

07/23/2007 Aviation Tax Provisions Are Still Uncertain

07/23/2007 Clean Air: Congress Unlikely To Act on EPA Ozone Rule

07/11/2007 Spending, WRDA, Aviation Bills on Tap on Hill

07/11/2007 Sureties: Changes Coming for SBA Guarantee Program

07/11/2007 Corps: GAO Critiques Everglades Restoration Program

07/05/2007 First WRDA Since 2000 Nears the Finish Line

07/05/2007 Spending: House Passes DOT Bill With Anti-Toll Rider

07/05/2007 House Dems Can't Say if There Will Be One Bill or More and When It Will Move

06/27/2007 EPA Ozone Proposal Faces Criticism

06/27/2007 Immigration: Senate Bill Stays Alive After Cloture Vote

06/27/2007 Legal: Clean Water Trumps Endangered-Species Act

06/27/2007 Labor: Senate Deals Severe Blow to an Organizing Bill

06/20/2007 House Spending Bills Draw Veto Threats

06/20/2007 Immigration: Senate Measure Gets a New Lease on Life

06/20/2007 Energy: Votes Loom on Key Amendments to Senate Bill

06/20/2007 Insurance: Bill Would Extend Terrorism Coverage Program

06/13/2007 EPA, Corps Aim To Clarify Wetlands Authority

06/13/2007 SAFETEA-LU: Senate Panel Clears 'Corrections' Bill

06/13/2007 Spending: House Panel Bill Hikes VA, DOD Construction

06/13/2007 Superfund: High Court Allows Cost Recovery Lawsuits

06/06/2007 GSA Mulls Modest Change in Design Program

06/06/2007 Bush Floats Greenhouse Gas Proposal

05/30/2007 Senate Immigration Bill Faces a Rocky Path

05/30/2007 House Critics, Backers Mull Public-Private Deals

05/30/2007 Bill Pro-poses Tax Credit for Construction Bonds

05/23/2007 Van Antwerp Becomes New Chief of Army Corps

05/23/2007 Senate Proposal Draws Criticism

05/23/2007 Senate Panel Approves Aviation Bill with Hike for Airport Grant Program

05/16/2007 Fate of Iraq Bill's Construction Funds Unclear

05/16/2007 Lawmakers Cut WRDA's Cost to $13.9 Billion

05/16/2007 'New Starts' Decline, GAO Says

05/16/2007 House Leaders Wary About Public-Private Deals

05/09/2007 Senate Proposal Would Boost Airport Grants

05/09/2007 Van Antwerp Nomination as Chief Is Stalled Again

05/09/2007 IG Bowen Faces Probe

05/09/2007 CBO Pegs Panel's WRDA at $31.5 Billion

05/02/2007 Holds Lifted on Nominee for Corps Chief

05/02/2007 IG Says Most Projects Done But Corruption Persists

04/25/2007 Veto Hangs Over Iraq War Funding Bill

04/25/2007 Three Senate Bills Introduced

04/18/2007 Fate of Army's Walter Reed Hospital Unclear

04/18/2007 High Court Hears Endangered Species Act Case

04/18/2007 White House Withdraws Nominee To Head Air Office

04/11/2007 Many Construction Bills In Play on Hill

04/11/2007 Two Senators Delay Van Antwerp Nomination as Chief

04/11/2007 Guidance on Diesel Emissions Technology Issued

04/11/2007 Bill Aims To Boost Energy Efficiency

04/09/2007 Labor Looks To Flex Its Muscle

04/09/2007 Landrieu Puts 'Hold' on Corps Chief Nominee

04/02/2007 Spending Bill Fight Affects Construction Aid

04/02/2007 Bowen Calls for Better Coordination Among Agencies

04/02/2007 Gore Draws Praise, Criticism

04/02/2007 House Passes 'Corrections' Measure

03/26/2007 Revived Water Resources Bill Starts To Move

03/26/2007 FAA Foresees Busier Skies and Airports

03/26/2007 House Iraq Bill Also Funds Louisiana Levee Work

03/26/2007 Senate Panel Clears Van Antwerp To Be New Chief

03/19/2007 State DOTs Seek Federal Boost for Road Aid

03/19/2007 DOE, Reid Propose Dueling Yucca Mountain Bills

03/12/2007 Senate Outlook Tough for Union-Backed Bill

03/12/2007 House Floor Vote Coming for 'Corrections' Bill

03/12/2007 Bill Expected Soon From McCain, Kennedy

03/12/2007 Views Split on Future of Terrorism 'Backstop'

03/05/2007 Search Begins for New Architect of Capitol

03/05/2007 More Funds Sought for Iraq, Afghanistan Projects

03/05/2007 Breaks for Small Firms Advance On Capitol Hill

03/05/2007 House Panel To Take Up 'Corrections' Bill

02/26/2007 Aviation Plan Gets Mixed Reaction on Hill

02/26/2007 Panel Clears Organizing Bill, But Veto Is Threatened

02/19/2007 Small-Business Tax Cuts Advance in House

02/19/2007 White House Seeks User Fee for Barges

02/19/2007 Plan To Reauthorize on Tap

02/19/2007 Senate Law-makers Question Budget Proposal

02/12/2007 Nominee To Lead Corps Faces Tough Tasks

02/12/2007 Long Road Ahead for Climate-Change Bills

02/05/2007 House Passes 2007 Spending Plan That Fully Funds Highways

02/05/2007 New U.S. Plan Emphasizes Work for Local Firms

01/29/2007 Fight Coming Over Workplace Organizing Bill

01/29/2007 Pelosi Plans New Panel on Climate Change

01/29/2007 Highway Backers Fight Cut

01/29/2007 IG Has More Audits Under Way of Contractors' Work

01/22/2007 Plan Adds Tax Breaks to Wage-Hike Bill

01/22/2007 House Bill Calls for Nationwide Inspection System

01/22/2007 FAA Names New Head of Airport Office

01/15/2007 More Disclosure Approved for 'Earmarks'

01/15/2007 Study Due of New Orleans Levee Decisions

01/15/2007 Reid Weighs Adding Tax Breaks To Wage-Hike Bill

01/15/2007 Dems Revamp Appropriations Panels

01/08/2007 New Congress May Scrutinize Superfund More Scrutiny

01/08/2007 Despite Stronger Budgets, Officials Still Wary

01/08/2007 Bush Backs Fewer 'Earmarks'

01/08/2007 Extension Sought for Renewable Energy Credit

 


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