The problem was reportedly due to flawed assumptions. A Government Accountability Office report shows the Department of Education underestimated the cost of the federal student loan program by…
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President Announces Airport Terminal Upgrade Funding
Money comes from the 2021 infrastructure law. The White House announced that President Biden’s administration will grant nearly $1 billion to 85 airports across the country to improve…
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DHS to Restart Border Barrier Projects
Funding appropriated under previous administration to be utilized. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced the authorization of border wall project construction in California, Arizona, and…
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DOT Signs Self-Governance Program with Cherokee Nation
Decision-making agreement first of its kind. On Tuesday in Oklahoma, U.S. Transportation Deputy Secretary Polly Trottenberg represented the department at the signing of the first-ever Tribal Transportation Self-Governance…
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President Signs Stopgap Spending Bill
He called it the “bare minimum.” On Friday, President Biden signed the short-term continuing resolution that will keep the government fully funded through February 18, avoiding a partial…
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Government Funded Through February 18
President Biden is expected to sign bill before midnight Friday to avert government shutdown. The Senate voted 69 to 28 Thursday night to approve a short-term spending bill to fund…
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Appropriators Reach Deal on Government Funding
Congress works to avoid government shutdown. House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut said that the top congressional appropriators have reached an agreement on a spending deal to fund…
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House Takes Up One-Week Stopgap Bill
Kicking the can down the road, but no coronavirus relief yet. The House of Representatives voted Wednesday on a one-week stopgap funding bill to provide for more time…
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Pelosi and Mnuchin Agree to Keep Government Funded
Stop-gap measure will avert October 1 shutdown. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin have informally agreed to keep a stop-gap government-wide funding bill…
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