Senate

Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, Janet Yellen

For Congress, and for government operations, it’s a do-or-die week

You need a scorecard for the legislative shenanigans going on on Capitol Hill this week.

Congress

Senators reintroduce bill to end shutdowns, bring awareness to one potentially coming

Federal Newscast

You can add Afghanistan to the list of things pushing Congress towards a continuing resolution

Congress

What another continuing resolution could mean for contractors in 2022

Contracting

(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

FILE - In this June 8, 2013 file photo, Chris Inglis, then deputy director of the National Security Agency testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Inglis is being nominated as the government's first national cyber director at the Department of Homeland Security. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Bipartisan infrastructure bill includes funds to help federal cyber efforts

Federal Newscast

(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

In rare move, members of Congress want White House to request more money for one particular agency

Federal Newscast

Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., questions Colonial Pipeline CEO Joseph Blount during a Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee hearing one day after the Justice Department revealed it had recovered the majority of the $4.4 million ransom payment the company made in hopes of getting its system back online, Tuesday, June 8, 2021, on Capitol Hill, in Washington. (Graeme Jennings/Pool via AP)

Senators looking to mandate whistleblower training for all VA employees

Federal Newscast

Last week of legislating before Congress departs for August recess

Congress

The writers of this century-old law might not recognize how it is actually followed

Budget

Senate Democrats reach $3.5T budget agreement

Budget

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

Congress

Chuck Schumer, Raphael Warnock, Amy Klobuchar

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

Federal Drive with Tom Temin got the latest congressional outlook from WTOP Capitol Hill correspondent Mitchell Miller.

Congress

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.

Congress

A concrete pump frames the Capitol Dome during renovations and repairs to Lower Senate Park on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 18, 2021. President Joe Biden hopes to pass a massive national infrastructure plan by this summer but Democrats and Republicans in Congress appear divided over his proposal for $2.3 trillion in spending to upgrade the nation's crumbling infrastructure. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

What Congress is considering for your agency in the week ahead

Congress

Nothing has quite jelled enough to be headed to the president’s desk for signing, but many bills concerning federal agencies and their operations are simmering in Congress.

Senate

For Congress, and for government operations, it’s a do-or-die week

Senators reintroduce bill to end shutdowns, bring awareness to one potentially coming

You can add Afghanistan to the list of things pushing Congress towards a continuing resolution

What another continuing resolution could mean for contractors in 2022

Bipartisan infrastructure bill includes funds to help federal cyber efforts

In rare move, members of Congress want White House to request more money for one particular agency

Senators looking to mandate whistleblower training for all VA employees

Last week of legislating before Congress departs for August recess

The writers of this century-old law might not recognize how it is actually followed

Senate Democrats reach $3.5T budget agreement

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

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

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

What Congress is considering for your agency in the week ahead

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