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- September 25, 2012

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	Tuesday, September 25, 2012

News from the Fed Page

FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2011 fie photo the U.S. Capitol building is seen in Washington. Fresh off a five-week vacation, lawmakers return to Washington on Monday, Sept. 10, 2012, for a brief pre-election session in which Congress will do what it often does best: punt its problems to the future. At issue is a six-month temporary spending bill to finance the day-to-day operations of the federal government. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Senate needs more than prayer to get its act together

Walter Pincus

FINE PRINT | The U.S. Senate is broken, and Walter Pincus says it's going to take a big change to repair it.

More Federal Headlines

Taliban poetry?

The Federal Eye

Federal Diary

In this photo taken Monday, April 11, 2011, then U.S. envoy Chris Stevens speaks to local media before attending meetings at the Tibesty Hotel where an African Union delegation was meeting with opposition leaders in Benghazi, Libya. Libyan officials say the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans have been killed in an attack on the U.S. consulate in the eastern city of Benghazi by protesters angry over a film that ridiculed Islam's Prophet Muhammad. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Foreign Service workers know risks

Joe Davidson

Those serving abroad know risks and dangers come with the job.

Federal question of the week

What about federal life do you want to know more about?

On Leadership

Papers Being Handed to Businesspeople Through Computer --- Image by © Images.com/Corbis

How we judge men's vs. women's mistakes

Jena McGregor

A recent study suggests maybe we're not so judgmental about the gender of our leaders after all.

Federal Player of the Week

Improving VA health services for women vets

The Partnership for Public Service

Patricia Hayes is leading an ambitious Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) initiative to make the male-dominated medical system more responsive to the growing number of women who have served in the military.

The voting database

Browse every vote in the U.S. Congress since 1991.



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