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Congress

Congress returns to town — and we hope that's a good thing

Congress is back in town this week. However, the big question is whether the House and Senate can agree on a continuing resolution by Sept. 30.

Congress

How Congress has managed to improve its own operations and capacity

Federal Newscast

Another lawmaker tries to scrap official union time for feds on the clock

Congress

Congress tackles spending, policy and candidate protections on the road to the August recess

Defense News

Nominations for National Guard leaders languish, triggering concerns as top officers retire

Defense

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

Federal Newscast

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

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Congress

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

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Congress

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

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Federal Newscast

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

U.S. Capitol
(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Government Shutdown

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

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Veterans Affairs

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

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)
Federal Newscast

Senate continues its crusade against duplicative federal programs

Loren Duggan
Congress

Ukraine has sped up how Congress is thinking about China

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)
Federal Newscast

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

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)
Federal Newscast

GOP Senator has idea to completely change makeup of federal workforce

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)
Federal Newscast

Senators looking to pass comprehensive cyber bill

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)
Federal Newscast

Senate bill calls for agencies to prepare for the worst

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

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

A Metropolitan Police Department cruiser blocks a street near the U.S. Capitol and a Library of Congress building in Washington on Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021, as law enforcement officials investigate a report of a pickup truck containing an explosive device. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Federal Newscast

Calls for Capitol Police inspector general to publish reports

Chuck Schumer
Congress

Congress looks to next year to take up where it'll leave off this year

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Federal Newscast

As 2022 NDAA is on its way to becoming law, here are some details on what's in it

Night falls at the the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021, with the deadline to fund the government approaching. Republicans in the Senate are poised to stall a must-pass funding bill as they force a debate on rolling back the Biden administration's COVID-19 vaccine mandates for some workers. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Management

Why is the Biden Administration taking so long to staff up?

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