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GAI Announces 2014 Course Calendar

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The Government Affairs Institute has posted new dates for our courses through 2014. All dates are listed on individual course pages and on the GAI course calendar. We accept your registrations via our online system; questions about the registration process are answered on our FAQ page. Please contact us if

Harkins In The Huddle

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Senior Fellow Mark Harkins provided today’s congressional trivia question for Politico’s Huddle blog. The question cues in on North Carolina where democrat Kay Hagan faces reelection in 2014: “Sen. Kay Hagan is up for reelection next year. Who was the last Democratic senator to win reelection in North Carolina and

Update On Government Employee Benefit Loss

Mark Harkins

As I mused in my last post, one argument in Congress is not ONLY should Congressional staff receive a subsidy as they are moved out of FEHBP and into the Exchange, it has also become who else should be moved without an employer match. According to a recent Robert Wood

Voting Against Defunding to Vote for Defunding: Cannibalism and the CR

Josh Huder

The Senate’s procedural and strategic contexts may create an interesting irony for some Republicans this week. The Senate’s conservative Republicans may filibuster their own bill. If this seems like procedural cannibalism, it’s likely not. However, if they are successful, it may be unintended tactical cannibalism. Democratic Leader Harry Reid has

Funding the Government, Defunding Obamacare, & Innovative Procedure

Josh Huder

As Congress steps closer to the various fiscal cliffs over the next week, the pressing question for Republican leadership is how to defund Obamacare. Several Republicans have indicated they will not support any continuing resolution not tied to the defunding the ACA. The law goes into effect on October 1st

House Pulls Continuing Resolution

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David Rogers of Politico reports that House Republican leadership has postponed a vote on the CR that was scheduled to take place tomorrow. Rogers points to a disagreement among Republican membership over how to contest implementation of the President's healthcare reform.

Leadership aides still insist that

Committee Schedule: September 11

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Today's Committee Schedule: 10 House hearings and 3 Senate committee hearings

Committee Schedule: September 10

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There are 12 House hearings today: http://www.house.gov/legislative/
and 7 Senate committee hearings: http://1.usa.gov/1b0XgK3
Watch them live at THOMAS: http://thomas.loc.gov/video/house-committee/

The Complexities of Syria in Congress

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Daivd Hawkings looks to Arkansas to illustrate that past votes and party lines aren't reliable indicators of how legislators will vote on Syria intervention. Republican House member Tom Cotton came into office last cycle on an anti-Obama platform. Now, he's one of the most

80 Percent of Hill Staffers Satisfied With Job

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A report released Monday, covered by the Washington Post, breaks down a survey of congressional staffers and their work on Capitol Hill. The main finding, as reported by the Post, was that Hill staffers are happy with their jobs, despite concerns about their relatively poor

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