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Budget & Taxes
Appropriations, shutdown deadlines, the deficit, the debt limit, tax law and the IRS. How federal money is authorized, spent and borrowed.
10 filesLast filed 17 OCT
Upcoming deadlines
12 NOVMonthly Treasury Statement (October)
11 DECStopgap funding expires (H.R. 6500)

The FAR rewrite’s comment window shuts Monday: what changes in how Washington buys
Three Revolutionary FAR Overhaul proposals close for comment Oct. 19. They cut the commercial omnibus clause, fold the $9 million simplified-buying authority into Part 12, make fixed price the default and trim cost-audit paperwork.
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