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Tuesday, June 19, 2007
OMB Director Rob Portman has resigned "for personal reasons," to be replaced by former House Budget Committee chair James Nussle (R-IA).
Details as they become available.
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Appropriations Season Kicks Off Congress shifted into full appropriations mode the week of June 4 as both the House and Senate began subcommittee markups of the twelve individual appropriations bills.
Congress Still Struggling to Settle Earmark Disclosure Procedures Five months after the House adopted institutional earmark reform rules (H. Res. 6) and the Senate passed statutory requirements governing earmark disclosure (S. 1), confusion reigns in both chambers on how earmark disclosure rules will work and who will administer them.
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