Senator Barbara Mikulski
WAP2001110894 - 08 NOVEMBER 2001 - WASHINGTON, D.C. USA: Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) as she appears November 8, 2001, during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on the financial conditions of the U. S. Postal Service. rw/Ricardo Watson. UPI
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Two Republican senators have blocked a bipartisan proposal to keep the government funded with a $984 billion spending bill, officials said.
House Republicans Monday put forth a bill they said would soften some of the sequester cuts and avoid a government shutdown later this month.
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U.S. Senate Democrats Thursday presented a $110 billion alternative to the looming sequester that raises $55 billion in new revenue through the Buffett Rule.
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U.S. Senate Democrats said they are working to craft an alternative to the $85 billion spending cut sequester scheduled for March 1.
John Brennan, President Barack Obama's pick to head the CIA, told a Senate panel Thursday using lethal force against foreign terrorists is only a "last resort."
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Wednesday $46 billion in U.S. military budget cuts would "degrade our ability to respond to a crisis."
Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., will become chairwoman of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, becoming the first woman to do so, aides said.
Sen. Patrick Leahy said Wednesday he will remain chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, a post Sen. Dianne Feinstein was poised to assume.
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