Dick Durbin

Happy New Year! Now take this 25% pay cut

A special retention pay authority the Justice department used to retain certain Bureau of Prisons employees expires in a few days. This affects employees…

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Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, holds a copy of the Constitution of the United States as he questions Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson during her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Senator urges Justice Dept to aggressively address epidemic of robberies against postal workers

Federal Newscast

Senators want update from OPM on federal retirement improvements

Federal Newscast

FILE- In this July 8, 2020 file photo, Eric Antosh has a nasal swab taken by a nurse at a COVID-19 testing site in the Brooklyn borough of New York. New York broke a COVID-19 testing record Friday, July 31, 2020, by conducting 82,737 tests, the highest number ever conducted in a single day in the state, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Saturday in a written statement. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Lawmakers hope to secure more funding for NIH’s coronavirus efforts

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Senators worry new policies may hinder non-citizen servicemembers naturalization process

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Senate ups R&D spending in defense appropriations bill, battle still brewing on wall funding

Defense

Senators hope to secure back pay for contractors affected by government shutdown

Federal Newscast

FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2019 file photo, construction crews install new border wall sections seen from Tijuana, Mexico. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., says the Pentagon is planning to tap $1 billion in leftover funds from military pay and pensions accounts to help President Donald Trump pay for his long-sought border wall. Durbin told The Associated Press, “it’s coming out of military pay and pensions, $1 billion, that’s the plan.”(AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Pentagon may tap military pay, pensions for border wall

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FILE - This March 30, 2017 file photo shows a portion of the new steel border fence that stretches along the US-Mexico border in Sunland Park, N.M. The Trump administration has proposed spending $18 billion over 10 years to significantly extend the border wall with Mexico. The plan provides one of the most detailed blueprints of how the president hopes to carry out a signature campaign pledge. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File)

Democrats setting up shutdown fight over border wall, immigration policy

Government Shutdown

DoD’s Kendall reassures lawmakers about vendor cybersecurity

Defense

Senate approves temporary spending bill; House soon to vote

Congress

Latest: GSA IG makes a ‘criminal referral’ to Justice

General Services Administration Inspector General Brian Miller told senators on Wednesday his office had made a criminal referral to the Justice Department…

Congress

NTEU warns against the loss of IRS jobs, revenue

The union that represents IRS workers is ramping up a public campaign in hopes of convincing voters that the loss of 4,000 tax collectors and agents would…

Budget