Spending
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Montgomery Schools-Spending, $100 million increase
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Montgomery County officials say new state mandates will drive up spending on the county's school system by $100 million over the next four years.
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GSA doesn't expect funding to fix aging federal buildings
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The General Services Administration says that it doesn't expect to receive any maintenance or repair funding in 2013, meaning they expect to fall even further behind in the upkeep of the buildings where federal employees work.
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Sequestration 2013: Airport delays
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Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says U.S. airports are already experiencing delays as a result of automatic federal spending cuts, and she expects things to get worse.
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Wasteful spending cited at VA events
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In all, the two VA conferences cost about $6.1 million and were held to fulfill valid training needs for nearly 1,800 employees.
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GSA video celebrating excessive spending latest knock against agency
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The GSA is back under fire again Friday after the House Oversight and Reform Committee circulated video of a government employee singing and seemingly praising excessive spending by the agency.
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Senate passes extension of payroll tax and jobless benefits
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The $1 trillion year-end budget bill that the Senate passed on Saturday morning not only once again averts a government shutdown, but also extends a payroll tax cut and jobless benefits for thousands of Americans.
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Senate to vote on spending measure in weekend session
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The Senate is set to vote Saturday on compromise legislation to extend the payroll tax cut and jobless benefits for two months. It's a partial victory for President Obama, but it sets up more fighting in a short period of time.
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Government shutdown averted as $1 trillion bill nears passage
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Congress appears on track to avert a government shutdown this weekend, even as President Barack Obama's push to extend a payroll tax cut and jobless benefits for another year is encountering snags.
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Government spending cuts: How much is getting cut from where?
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In their effort to yet again avoid a government shutdown, Congress is preparing to pass a $1 trillion spending bill. Here's a look at where our money is being spent.
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Congress' bipartisan spending bill shows GOP split
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Congress has sent President Barack Obama a bipartisan spending bill that averts a federal shutdown, but widespread Republican defections underscore rifts between the party's conservatives and pragmatists.
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Gov't shutdown: Senate to vote on short-term spending bill to avoid shutdown
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Congress is once again allowing shutdown politics to bring the federal government to the brink of closing.
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House shoots down spending bill
A stopgap spending bill to keep the government funded past Sept. 30 was upended in the House late Wednesday when Democrats pulled back their support in protest of cuts made to offset disaster aid in the package.
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