Posts Tagged ‘return’

Timber! Forest Service asks states to return cash

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service is in the business of preventing fires, not starting them. Tweet This Post

Controllers to return; flight delays sway Congress

WASHINGTON (AP) — Furloughed air traffic controllers will soon be heading back to work, ending a week of coast-to-coast flight delays that left thousands of travelers frustrated and furious. Tweet This Post

Washington voters OK budget issue, return incumbent to council

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – District of Columbia voters easily approved a measure that gives the U.S. capital more budget autonomy, and they returned an incumbent to a city council seat made vacant in a financial scandal. The charter amendment on the budget was approved by 83 percent of voters in a Tuesday special election that drew [...]

Steve King Sees “Path to Victory”; Frank Lautenberg May Not Return to D.C.; Margaret Thatcher Dies

Click hereto read online and see our archives.WHAT’S NEWSPres. Obama “will try to woo” GOPers over dinner on Wednesday, the same day he “formally unveils” what he considers a “compromise budget.” But already Senate GOPers are casting the plan “as another attempt to raise taxes to fuel more deficit spending” (Politico).MA SEN Special: Rep. Stephen [...]

American Voices: Obama To Return 5% Of Salary To Government

Showing his solidarity with federal employees who have been furloughed due to sequestration budget cuts, President Barack Obama decided to return 5 percent of his $ 400,000 annual salary to the Treasury. The Onion Tweet This Post

American Voices: Obama To Return 5% Of Salary To Government

Showing his solidarity with federal employees who have been furloughed due to sequestration budget cuts, President Barack Obama decided to return 5 percent of his $ 400,000 annual salary to the Treasury. The Onion Tweet This Post

Obama to return 5 percent of salary to Treasury

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sharing a bit of budget pain, President Barack Obama will return 5 percent of his salary to the Treasury in a show of solidarity with federal workers smarting from government-wide spending cuts. Tweet This Post