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Social Security Administration asks for billions more dollars to do its job

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Best listening experience is on Chrome, Firefox or Safari. Subscribe to Federal Drive’s daily audio interviews on Apple Podcasts or PodcastOne. The Social Security Administration said the $ 400 million that Congress gave the agency through December is not enough to fix many of its workforce problems. To make long-term improvements, SSA said it will need the White House’s $ 14.8 billion budget request. That’s a $ 1.4 billion increase over 2022. The funding would go in part toward hiring thousands of more employees and modernizing IT. The American Federation of Government Employees…

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Senate appropriators propose to repeal Hyde, add tens of billions to Defense budget

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Senate appropriators proposed last week an end to a four-decade-old provision that restricts the government from funding abortions and would expand reproductive care for military service members and federal employees. The proposal is part of a set of bills to fund the government through fiscal 2023, which includes $ 850 billion for national security when taking into account the Defense appropriations bill, military construction spending and some military-related Energy Department funds. That number is well over the Biden administration’s $ 813 billion request for national security and outpaces the House…

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Trump will sign bill to avoid shutdown, then declare national emergency to free billions for border wall, official says – CNN

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Trump will sign bill to avoid shutdown, then declare national emergency to free billions for border wall, official says  CNN Washington (CNN) President Donald Trump plans to sign a compromise border security measure Friday and then announce that he is using executive action, … “us president” – Google News

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