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• No Budget, No Pay? No Big Deal for Rich in Congress

  

  In principle, it sounds self-sacrificing: Congress swears off collecting its paychecks until it passes a budget. But Congress has long been richer than a typical collection of 535 Americans, The New York Times reports.

• Congressmen write NFLPA's Smith about HGH testing

  House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chairman Darrell Issa, a California Republican, and ranking Democrat Elijah Cummings of Maryland asked Smith to turn over documents connected to HGH negotiations between the NFL and the NFLPA.

• Cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service probed for travel expense waste

  The Postal Service agreed to the watchdog's recommendations, including better systems to monitor travel card activity and better written expense policies, but the Office of Inspector General is still probing the issue.

• U.S. Postal Service directed to speed up cost-cutting measures

  The Postal Service didn't specify what measures it intends to pursue. While it has tried to scale back its expenses, the Postal Service has been banking on Congress passing legislation to overhaul its operations and put it on sounder financial footing.

• REFILE-UPDATE 3-US banks to pay $8.5 bln to end foreclosure reviews

  WASHINGTON, Jan 7- A group of 10 mortgage servicers agreed on Monday to pay a total of $8.5 billion to end a U.S. government-mandated case-by-case review of housing crisis foreclosures in an acknowledgement the program had proven too cumbersome and expensive.

• U.S. Postal Service looks to new Congress for rescue

  *Postal Service says it loses $25 million each day. *Outcome for legislation uncertain in new Congress. The cash-strapped mail carrier that lost almost $16 billion in the past year, ran into its legal borrowing limit and defaulted twice on required payments to the federal government, now turns to the newly sworn-in Congress for help.

• House Republicans seek $330 bln in spending cuts in fiscal cliff amendment

  WASHINGTON, Jan 1- Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives are looking to add an amendment to the Senate- passed "fiscal cliff" legislation that would cut spending by $330 billion, Republican Representative Darrell Issa said on Tuesday. Republicans are now weighing whether they will be able to get enough votes to pass such an amendment.

• UPDATE 2-Combative Obama knocks Republicans, says fiscal deal in sight

  WASHINGTON, Dec 31- President Barack Obama, in remarks that needled Republicans and resembled a victory lap, said on Monday an agreement with Congress to avoid a "fiscal cliff" of tax increases and spending cuts was in sight. There are still issues left to resolve, but we're hopeful that Congress can get it done. "

• WRAPUP 3-Republicans seek to squeeze more from Obama in 'fiscal cliff' talks

  WASHINGTON, Dec 18- Republicans tried to squeeze more concessions from the White House on taxes on Tuesday in political maneuvering for a deal that would prevent the U.S. economy from going over the "fiscal cliff" in the new year.

• WRAPUP 1-U.S. 'fiscal cliff' deal closer, but gaps remain

  WASHINGTON, Dec 18- U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner emerged from a meeting with fellow Republicans on Tuesday morning pledging to press forward on talks to avert the "fiscal cliff," as hope of a deal rose.

• WRAPUP 2-Boehner holds troops in line on 'fiscal cliff' deal talks

  WASHINGTON, Dec 18- A deal to avert a "fiscal cliff" of U.S. tax hikes and spending cuts looked closer on Tuesday after House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner kept the support of his Republican colleagues for compromises in talks with President Barack Obama.

• No sign US Congress meant to limit health exchange subsidy -CBO

  The question of how Congress intended federal subsidies to be used in healthcare exchanges lies at the heart of a political debate about whether Washington should be allowed to use premium tax credits to defray the cost of health insurance policies sold on federally operated exchanges.

• Training for U.S. "green jobs" falls far short of goals-watchdog

  WASHINGTON, Oct 26- A $500- million ``green jobs'' program to train U.S. workers for new jobs and help spark recovery from the great recession has fallen far short of its goals, according to a report from the Labor Department's internal watchdog released on Friday.

• DC leaders say Obama has done little for them

  WASHINGTON-- President Barack Obama carried the nation's capital in 2008 with 92 percent of the vote, and some local activists hoped he would push to give the District of Columbia representation in Congress and more autonomy in local affairs. Even Obama's staunchest local defenders are upset he's not more vocal on issues important to them.

• UPDATE 1-Solyndra bankruptcy plan approved over U.S. objections

  WILMINGTON, Del., Oct 22- Solyndra, the solar panel maker that failed despite a $528 million federal loan, on Monday won court approval for its plan to repay creditors and end its politically charged bankruptcy, after a judge overruled objections by the U.S. government.