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The U.S. Capitol building is seen before sunrise on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, March. 21, 2022. The Senate Judiciary Committee is set to begin its historic confirmation hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. The 51-year-old federal judge would be the first Black woman on the Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

You haven’t even taken summer vacation yet and already a continuing resolution is on the horizon

Appropriators on Capitol Hill have a busy week this week. The first official week of summer. For one thing, House members are marking up the 2023 defense…

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Space Force, Space National Guard, soldier

Space National Guard still up in the air but lawmakers want to move forward

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Navy investigating rash of suicides aboard USS George Washington

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VA will miss its original 2022 deadline for resolving legacy appeals

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McDonough acknowledges productivity concerns with VA’s new EHR

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VBA says it will reduce disability claims backlog by fall, but Congress isn’t so sure

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A voter stands on a social distance marker outside the Washington County Election Center in Hagerstown, Md., Monday, Oct. 26, 2020, for the first day of in-person early voting. (Colleen McGrath/The Herald-Mail via AP)

2020 roundup: Most key lawmakers for feds keep congressional seats

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FILE - In this Jan. 11, 2013 file photo, the Social Security Administration's main campus is seen in Woodlawn, Md. Rep. Sam Johnson of Texas, the chairman of the House Ways and Means subcommittee on Social Security, a key Republican lawmaker, wants to overhaul the nation's Social Security program, proposing to gradually increase the retirement age for Social Security and slow the growth of benefits for higher-income workers. Johnson introduced legislation just before the end of the congressional session in early December 2016, that he said would

SSA will need to dip into reserve funds to stay afloat

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TSP, lawmakers eye further financial hardship flexibilities for feds ahead of future shutdowns

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FILE- In this Dec. 22, 2017, file photo, people shop at the Pentagon City Mall in Arlington, Va. Americans lifted their spending 0.4 percent in November from the previous month, a moderate gain that should sustain steady economic growth. Personal incomes rose 0.2 percent, down from 0.5 percent in the previous month, the Commerce Department said Friday, Dec. 21, 2018.(AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

The non-spending habits of shutdown sufferers

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