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What exactly did the GAO say in that report on empty federal offices?

The most talked about Government Accountability Office report in months confirmed what a lot of people suspected. Federal offices are largely unoccupied.

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FILE - In this March 31, 2021 file photo, traffic moves along the Interstate 76 highway in Philadelphia. President Joe Biden on Tuesday, Oct. 19, announced his intention to nominate Steven Cliff, who has served as deputy administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration since February, to become the agency's administrator. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Former Calif. regulator tapped to run highway safety agency

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A deep dive into where Congress is at on the infrastructure bill

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U.S. Coast GuardRear Admiral Carola List, assistant commandant for engineering and logistics at the U.S. Coast Guard

Rear Admiral Carola List talks Coast Guard priorities for 2022

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House committees are spending the week working on ‘the normal kind’ of budget bills

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Chuck Schumer, Raphael Warnock, Amy Klobuchar

Next question: Will the Senate go along with House oversight proposals?

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Amelia Brust/Federal News NetworkLoren Duggan Bloomberg Government

House Democrats working towards infrastructure package

Lawmakers in the U.S. House plan to vote this week on a more than $500 billion water and transportation package.

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Joe Manchin

How did Congress move so fast on that Juneteenth law anyhow?

A crucial week’s ahead for Congress. Democrats say they’ll go to reconciliation to pass a $6 trillion package, if Republicans don’t go along.

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Congress seems to get deeper and deeper into its own maze

Looking at Capitol Hill this week, you can almost see two Congresses: The one working through ordinary items like confirmation hearings, and the one deeply stalemated over the big questions like how much money to commit to anything.

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