President-elect Barack Obama's Cabinet picks Monday are sweet political gifts for the Republican who'll become governor of Arizona and the yet-to-be-named ...

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Congressman prepares for life after Congress

2 days ago

After nearly two decades in Congress, David Hobson is stepping down at the end of the year. ...

Pa. lawmakers consider tapping surplus funds

2 days ago- Philadelphia Inquirer

Facing a growing budget deficit, Pennsylvania lawmakers must consider tapping the state's $750 million "rainy day fund," State Rep. Dwight Evans ...

Obama taps Orszag and Nabors as top budget officials

8 days ago- ABC Action News

Along with Orszag, Obama named Robert Nabors as deputy budget director. Nabors has been the top staff aide on the House Appropriations Committee, which ...

Linville picked as Appropriations Committee leader

9 days ago- Seattle P-I

Rep. Kelli Linville, D-Bellingham, has been tapped to head the House Appropriations Committee, the Seattle P-I has learned. ...

COMMENTARY: It really is what you say and how you say it

9 days ago- New Orleans City Business

I don't know Louisiana House Appropriations Committee Chairman Jim Fannin, D-Jonesboro, but I hear he's behind a proposal to lower the math and English ...

Longtime Senate spending leaders departing

13 days ago

Two aging symbols of Congress' penchant for pouring billions into lawmakers' pet projects are stepping ...

Va. budget writers learn grim details of economy

15 days ago

In dismaying detail, legislative budget writers got their fullest look Tuesday at a darkening fiscal crisis that will soon force them to cut government ...

Vote resets stage for work on Ariz. budget crisis

24 days ago

After Arizona voters punched the "reset" button for the Arizona Legislature, majority Republicans are now drafting postelection strategies for tackling ...