Far Washington News Today

Sheriff Washington says thieves are impersonating members of his office -- even using his employees' real names. So Far Washington says the criminals have stolen thousands of dollars from dozens of victims.

Fight waste and fraud. i think this conversation will be a very important part of what we debate. jenna: youve been in office since 2006, is that right, senator. >> elected in 2006, correct. jenna: do you feel responsible for some of the wasteful spending that is happening in government? >> you know what i think everyone bears some responsibility, and sometimes its not until you reach a point where youre debating in a more intensive way, spending and deficit reduction. i think there is a lot of ...

Lawmakers talking about funding the government and a blockbuster report is exposing hundreds of billions of dollars in waste, it includes a scathing and frightening assessment of our ability to prevent and respond to a bio terrorist attack. according to the gao, government accountability office, not only is there no national game plan and not one individual or group responsible for biodefense, but washington has no central tracking system for how much money is being spent on this. colonel randy ...

Even more misgivings on the senate side among democrats where the bill will go after it passes. jon: thats the big question, isnt it, what happens in the senate. >> well that, is the difficulty here. the democratic leadership was at first skeptical when house republicans came up with this plan last week, then they realized it would be hard, if not odd, to turn down only $4 billion in cuts, which were also proposed by president obama but they havent moved an inch on bigger cuts over the longer te...

[ male announcer ] when you orbitz, you know. jon: how the u.s. should deal with libya, a wealthy country where civil war has broken out. right now secretary of state hillary clinton is speaking in front of congress about the options on the table. this is the house committee on foreign affairs youre watching live. james rosen is also keeping an ear on it. hes live in washington with more. >> reporter: secretary of state hillary clinton defending this morning against criticism that the obama admi...

Fiscal year. jim angle is keeping an eye on all of this, live from washington. where are we in the process now, jim? reporter jon, the house will pass a 2-week extension spending authority today called a continuing resolution or c.r., that will happen this after that and theyll send it to the senate. this particular bill would only cut $4 billion. thats two weeks worth of the 61 billion house republicans want to cut between now and october. some democrats are critical even of that amount, even t...

Redundant program. the government accountability office, a nonpartisan bunch pinpointing areas where washington could save taxpayers billions every year without even cutting services. carl cameron is live on capitol hill with a look. it sounds like a really good example of bad spending. >> reporter: it is, its a good example of a terrible example. since youve built up all the suspense. tom coburn of oklahoma says this report makes members of congress look like, quote, jack asses. a lot of times ...