Read more House Appropriations Committee stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/1316/house-appropriations-committee.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:22:59 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72564/lobbyist-cozy-with-lawmaker-wins-jackpot.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIf you’ve got a tech company looking for a handout from the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, might we recommend calling Rep. Peter Visclosky? Or more accurately, call K&L Gates, a lobbying firm that boasts in its marketing documents, “a very good relationship” with Visclosky, the third-ranking member of the all-powerful subcommittee....http://www.newser.com/story/72564/lobbyist-cozy-with-lawmaker-wins-jackpot.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 26 Oct 2009 8:26:53 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66624/congress-relents-slashes-unwanted-jet-order.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHouse leaders are slashing their $550 million order for eight new executive jets for use by senior government officials, caving to pressure from fellow lawmakers and the Pentagon, Politico reports. John Murtha’s Defense Appropriations Subcommittee had more than doubled the Pentagon’s original request for $220 million to buy four new...http://www.newser.com/story/66624/congress-relents-slashes-unwanted-jet-order.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 11 Aug 2009 7:16:33 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65653/house-bill-loaded-with-65b-the-pentagon-doesnt-want.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThey gave up on the F22, but Congress is still trying to give the Pentagon $6.9 billion in planes, helicopters and ships the Defense secretary doesn’t want, the Washington Post reports. House Democrats have loaded the defense spending bill with earmarks for programs Barack Obama and Robert Gates have...http://www.newser.com/story/65653/house-bill-loaded-with-65b-the-pentagon-doesnt-want.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 30 Jul 2009 8:30:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62902/dems-get-in-shouting-and-alleged-shoving-match.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA pair of House Democrats had a less-than-decorous exchange on the floor yesterday, the Hill reports. With the chamber clearing out after a series of votes, Appropriations chair David Obey and Maxine Waters began screaming at each other over an earmark for a school bearing Waters' name. “You’re out of...http://www.newser.com/story/62902/dems-get-in-shouting-and-alleged-shoving-match.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 26 Jun 2009 10:09:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58053/dems-deny-obama-funds-to-close-gitmo.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama's request for $80 million to close Guantanamo Bay was cut from the House version of a war spending bill unveiled yesterday, CNN reports. Democratic lawmakers, whose bill totaled $94.2 billion, said if the president wants money to close Guantanamo Bay then he'll first have to come up...http://www.newser.com/story/58053/dems-deny-obama-funds-to-close-gitmo.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 05 May 2009 2:19:47 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/13976/dems-relent-on-spending-bill.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHouse Democratic leaders surrendered to pressure from the White House on a wide-ranging domestic spending bill yesterday, dropping demands for $22 billion in additional funding, the Washington Post reports. That still may not be enough for Republicans, who are talking about a possible veto because the bill—$936.5 billion...http://www.newser.com/story/13976/dems-relent-on-spending-bill.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 13 Dec 2007 0:07:46 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/11861/bush-domestic-spending-veto-stands.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Bush's veto of a major domestic spending bill yesterday withstood a challenge by the House after it failed by just two votes to muster a two-thirds majority to override it. The $606 billion labor, health and education measure is the largest of 12 spending bills that have pit Congress...http://www.newser.com/story/11861/bush-domestic-spending-veto-stands.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 16 Nov 2007 5:29:04 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/3244/alaskan-tribes-score-no-bid-bonanza.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAlaskan tribes are so successful in securing no-bid government contracts, they're spurring a federal investigation into conduct by Alaskan senator Ted Stevens, reports Salon . In 1986, Stevens pushed through a law that gave Alaskan companies "small business" preferences—even if they belong to a multi-billion dollar parent corporation and employ...http://www.newser.com/story/3244/alaskan-tribes-score-no-bid-bonanza.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 19 Jun 2007 6:52:30 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/2475/dem-congress-still-dishing-out-pork.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDemocrats in Congress pledged to cut the pork out of appropriations bills, but the new majority is already cheating on the diet, reports the Washington Post. Using a technique called "phonemarking," congressmen are contacting federal agencies directly and asking them to fund their pet projects, all while boasting that their...http://www.newser.com/story/2475/dem-congress-still-dishing-out-pork.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 24 May 2007 16:42:49 CDT