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National Defense January 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	Army Cash-Flow Troubles Continue Despite Hefty Emergency Allowance For the Army, the upcoming budget season is shaping up to be a competition between "boots" and "hardware," even though officials have argued that they should not have to trade one for the other.
Geotimes August 2004 Megan Sever	A Loophole Threatens Yucca Mountain The House of Representatives recently passed its version of the energy and water bill, providing $749 million less than the Department of Energy says is necessary to push forward with the nation's nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain in Nevada, threatening to delay the projedt indefinitely.
National Defense October 2004 Lawrence P. Farrell, Jr.	Pentagon Feeling the Pressure on Budget There is good and bad news in the defense spending legislation that President Bush signed in August.
Reason April 2008 Jeff Flake	Passing Bad Laws A short guided tour -- by a congressman -- of the worst bills currently in Congress.
National Defense November 2007 Lawrence P. Farrell	Plenty of Resources, But Even Greater Demand The politics of military spending have reached fever pitch as Congress attempts to pass the Defense Department's fiscal year 2008 budget and weighs massive war spending requests.
Reason May 2008 Veronique de Rugy	The Trillion-Dollar War The War on Terror is now more expensive than Vietnam or World War I -- but the dishonest way Washington is paying for it may prove costliest of all.
National Defense October 2015 Craig R. McKinley	Continuing Resolution an Unnecessary Evil Nothing is encouraging for securing approval of a defense appropriations bill by the beginning of fiscal 2016, and the likelihood grows that defense might be handicapped by another government shutdown.
Geotimes May 2003 David Applegate	Another Stab at Energy Legislation With Republicans now in control of both chambers, energy legislation is a top priority of the House and Senate leadership.
National Defense February 2008 Joseph J. Summerill	Congress to Enact New Accountability in Contracting Congressional interest in oversight of government contracting began early last year with separate bills during the first three months of the 110th Congress in both the House and Senate that provided for contractor oversight and limited the number of sole source contracts.
Geotimes February 2005 Katie Donnelly	For Starters: Lame Duck Science and technology research and development did not escape the chopping block. The National Science Foundation received a 1.9 percent cut from last year -- the first cut to the agency in 13 years.
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National Defense March 2007	Little Known Legislation Takes Federal Contractors By Surprise If implemented, the requirement of Section 511 of Public Law 109-222 will have a significant impact on the defense industry, especially small businesses.
InternetNews January 19, 2007 Roy Mark	Senate: Write Away, Bloggers Republicans force changes in language calling for greater reporting requirements for grassroots groups and political bloggers.
BusinessWeek February 16, 2004 Howard Gleckman	The Budget: Hey Guys, Get Real President Bush says he wants to cut the deficit in half by 2009. Here's why that's not likely to happen.
Geotimes December 2005 Linda Rowan	Now We Must Conserve Earth scientists must continue to make a concise, constructive and compelling case for conservative and consistent increases in science research and education funding in the U.S., to help mitigate natural hazards and sustain natural resources.
Investment Advisor August 2006 Melanie Waddell	Retirement Planning: Still Hammering Away Members of Congress are still hashing through a compromise bill on pension reform, and completed, the final bill may also include a provision on abolishing the estate tax.
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National Defense December 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Obliged to Add Troops, Army Agonizes Over Costs Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Richard A. Cody asserts the issue that should have been more thoroughly debated by political leaders, but has largely been ignored, is not the draft, but rather how the nation will pay for the additional troops the Army requires to keep fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Geotimes July 2007 Allyson K. Anderson	A Political Comment on ... The Life of a Bill A brief primer on bills originating in the Senate using S. 1321, the Energy Savings Act of 2007, a bill that the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources recently proposed.
InternetNews August 3, 2007 Roy Mark	Competition Bill Passed to President's Desk The America Competes Act calls for doubling spending on research and math, science and engineering education.
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InternetNews June 15, 2004 Roy Mark	House Panel Approves Multinational Tax Break A controversial measure favored by IT firms moves to a vote of the full House.
Investment Advisor January 1, 2011 Melanie Waddell	New Year Will Likely Include New Tax Scheme Odds favor both House and Senate passage of bipartisan tax package.
InternetNews January 4, 2007 Roy Mark	Dems Go Virtual to Promote New Agenda Second Life press conference promotes network neutrality and online posting of bills before votes.
AFP eWire May 26, 2008	House Passes IRA Rollover The House of Representatives passed a bill on Wednesday, May 21, that included an extension of the IRA Rollover provision.
InternetNews September 23, 2004 Roy Mark	R&D Tax Credit Nears Congressional Approval Legislation could give U.S. businesses almost $8 billion in tax credits with 75 percent devoted to employee wages.
Geotimes March 2005 Emily Lehr Wallace	Inside Baseball Rules Congress Knowing the ins and outs of committee jurisdictions and chairmanships is knowledge that can give scientists power in promoting their interests.
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2007 John Keller	Taking the Pulse of Defense Spending As the war in Iraq has become a political sore spot, we can expect the Pentagon's leaders to hunker down to the status quo on military spending at least through the presidential election in November
InternetNews February 14, 2007 Roy Mark	Senate Panel Moves on 911 Upgrades Responding to requests from emergency responder groups, the Senate Commerce Committee Tuesday approved two bills to expedite funding for 911 systems and to pre-position communications equipment for disasters.
National Defense December 2014 Lawrence Farrell Jr.	Time to Get Serious About Tough Problems Our increasingly complex and intense military operations need political support, funding and national understanding, in addition to a clear definition of what is to be expected.
Finance & Development September 1, 2000 Mary Locke	Funding the IMF: The Debate in the U.S. Congress It has been said that the U.S. Congress works in mysterious ways. During the 1997-98 debate on increasing funding for the IMF, some supporters of the IMF viewed the increasingly intense debate with foreboding. So how was it that full funding was ultimately approved?
InternetNews November 9, 2006 Roy Mark	Lame Ducks Limp Back to Congress With a major power shift coming in January, Republican-led House and Senate return for mop-up session.
Chemistry World June 2, 2010 Rebecca Trager	Basic research bill backed in US The Democrats have scored big in a political fight underway in the US Congress over legislation to expand government funding for basic research and science programs.
Information Today December 26, 2005 George H. Pike	Congress Extends USA PATRIOT Act by 1 Month The USA PATRIOT which had been set to expire on Dec. 31, 2005, will now expire on Feb. 3, 2006.
National Defense March 2005 Sandra I. Erwin	Efforts to Reorganize U.S. Army Tied to Emergency War Spending As Iraq war costs approach the $300 billion mark, the Defense Department's increasing reliance on emergency appropriations to pay for military equipment is stirring controversy on Capitol Hill.
National Defense July 2015 Jon Harper	Military Retirement Reform Moves Forward In recent weeks, the congressional armed services committees voted to make major alterations to the U.S. military's retirement system, as the Pentagon seeks to control personnel costs that threaten to crowd out future spending on modernization and readiness.
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National Defense January 2008 Sandra I. Erwin	Bigger Budgets Disguise Larger Fiscal Dilemmas Nowhere is the financial outlook for the Defense Department more uncertain than in the procurement budget.
BusinessWeek April 29, 2010 James Warren	Why the Senate Is Sitting on 309 Bills The "hold" is a tactic so juvenile that it isn't even in the Senate rules. Yet it's never been more common, and it's keeping important legislation at bay
National Defense March 2007 Lawrence P. Farrell	Defense Budget Sets Stage for Tough Choices Ahead As Congress continues to dissect the details of the Bush administration's proposed defense budget for fiscal year 2008, it is becoming increasingly apparent that the nation's military faces a worrisome financial future.
Geotimes March 2004 Larry Kennedy	Dim Prospects for Geosciences `05 Reflecting on my experiences as a congressional science fellow, here are my guesses regarding funding and policy decisions in 2004 that might have an impact on geoscience professionals.
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National Defense January 2016 Jon Harper	Budget Deal Won't End Defense Funding Debate Powerful lawmakers will seek a higher topline for defense than what was agreed upon in the recent Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, according to a senior congressional staffer.
InternetNews June 18, 2004 Roy Mark	House Passes Pro-Tech Tax Breaks The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a corporate tax bill loaded with provisions favorable to the technology industry, including a reduction in foreign revenue taxes and an extension of the research and development tax credit.
AFP eWire October 3, 2005	Care Act Introduced in House and Senate The Charity Aid, Recovery and Empowerment (CARE) Act, S.1780, was reintroduced by Sens. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) and Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.) on Sept. 28, 2005.
U.S. CPSC December 19, 2007	US Consumer Product Safety Commission Acting Chairman Nancy Nord Applauds House Vote on Landmark Consumer Product Safety Legislation The members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee are congratulated for their leadership and hard work on significant product safety legislation.
Information Today February 3, 2015 George H. Pike	New U.S. Laws Impact Information Gathering and Security Congress has not been the only branch of government acting in ways that could impact the information industry. The Supreme Court is continuing its recent trend of increased attention to patent and copyright issues.