Senate

NDAA, POGO, 2025 National Defense Authorization Act

NDAA amendment to give more authority to DoD components to buy cyber products

An amendment in the Senate version of 2025 NDAA would “return decision-making power back to DoD components” to purchase cyber products and services.

Defense

Senate bill would require feds to increase the amount of time they spend in the office

Federal Newscast

Congress passes first package of spending bills just hours before shutdown deadline for key agencies

Congress

Congress votes to avert a shutdown and keep the government funded into early March

Congress

Senate panel takes big step to help end hold on nearly 370 military nominations

Federal Newscast

(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Congress approves temporary funding and pushes the fight over the federal budget into the new year

Government Shutdown

AP/Charles Dharapak

Senate confirms VA deputy secretary focused on EHR rollout, outreach to new vets

Veterans Affairs

FILE - Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., speaks during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sept. 30, 2021. Hassan is seeking a second term in 2022. (Shawn Thew/Pool via AP, File)

Senate continues its crusade against duplicative federal programs

Federal Newscast

Ukraine has sped up how Congress is thinking about China

Congress

FILE - In this Dec. 18, 2019, file photo Rep. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., speaks as the House of Representatives debates the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump at the Capitol in Washington. Marshall, who is also a doctor, says he is taking hydroxychloroquine that President Donald Trump has touted as a treatment for the coronavirus, adding he doesn't have COVID-19 but he's been taking the malaria drug to hold off the virus. (House Television via AP, File)

Senate passes resolution blocking Biden admin’s vaccine mandate for health care workers

Federal Newscast

FILE - Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., talks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Jan. 20, 2022. He was talking about President Joe Biden's first year as president. Two widely supported bills are encountering delays in the Senate. The House easily approved the measures last week with broad bipartisan support. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

GOP Senator has idea to completely change makeup of federal workforce

Federal Newscast

Chairman Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., speaks during a Senate Governmental Affairs Committee hybrid nominations hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 22, 2021, to consider the nominees for Postal Service Governors Anton Hajjar, Amber McReynolds, and Ronald Stroman, along with Kiran Ahuja, the nominee to be Office of Personnel Management Director. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Senators looking to pass comprehensive cyber bill

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee is set to consider a bill combining incident reporting requirements…

Federal Newscast

FILE - In this Aug. 27, 2020, file photo, buildings and homes are flooded in the aftermath of Hurricane Laura near Lake Charles, La. In the past year, the southwestern Louisiana city of Lake Charles weathered two hurricanes, intense rainfall that sent water gushing down streets and a deep freeze that burst pipes. Under a revamped federal flood insurance program rolled out in the fall of 2021, millions of homeowners are set for rate hikes that officials say more accurately reflect a property’s risk. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

Senate bill calls for agencies to prepare for the worst

In today’s Federal Newscast, lawmakers OK a bill with new disaster planning requirements for federal agencies.

Federal Newscast

The American flag flies at half-staff outside the U.S. Capitol before a ceremony for former Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022 in Washington. Reid will lie in state at the U.S. Capitol as colleagues and friends pay tribute to a hardscrabble Democrat who served five terms in the Senate. Reid will be honored Wednesday in the Capitol Rotunda during a ceremony closed to the public under COVID-19 protocols. (Al Drago/Pool via AP)

Congress is back today, and the federal budget is back on the agenda

Congress

Members will resume budget talks that started late last week, which is encouraging given that the continuing resolution deadline is just a month away.