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Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-S.C.), President Donald Trump's pick to run the Office of Management and Budget, heads to a full Senate vote after getting the green light from two committees Thursday.
February 02, 2017 -
While the Senate has been spending a lot of time on hearings for the nominees of President-elect Donald Trump, Congress as a whole has also been busy on its own affairs and how it will manage the government. Roll Call Senior Editor David Hawkings joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more.
January 17, 2017 -
Just hours after the conclusion of James Mattis' confirmation hearing to be the next secretary of Defense, a broad bipartisan majority of 81 senators voted Thursday to make an exception from the seven-year cooling off period for military officers and allow him to become the department's top civilian leader.
January 13, 2017 -
The Senate had a busy weekend, passing five major pieces of legislation that will impact veterans, inspectors general, FBI whistleblowers and others before the close of the 114th Congress.
December 12, 2016 -
As the deadline for a spending bill to fund the federal government draws near, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) said the Senate's role in the transition efforts of President-elect Donald Trump could extend the end date of the next continuing resolution past the end of March 2017.
December 01, 2016 -
Congressional leaders have broken a stalemate over money to address the Flint, Michigan, water crisis, top House aides said Wednesday, clearing the way for a spending bill needed to keep the government running until December.
September 28, 2016 -
Kathy Kraninger, Republican Clerk of the Senate Appropriations Committee on Homeland Security, shares her wisdom on handling high stress situations with Women of Washington hosts Aileen Black and Gigi Schumm.
July 27, 2016 -
Last week, we predicted Congress, at least the House, would take a new tack in how it goes about tackling the annual spending bills. The House voted to approve its own appropriation for 2017, good news for Congressional agencies. What about the Senate and the rest of the government? Roll Call Senior Editor David Hawkings shares his insight on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
June 14, 2016 -
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee approved a bill that would change the way agencies handle more than $600 billion in yearly grant spending. Terry O'Connor, director of government contracts at the law firm Berenzweig-Leonard, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin what the Grant Reform and New Transparency Act would do.
June 09, 2016 -
The Federal Aviation Administration could find itself with more oversight of the cybersecurity threats facing industry if a senator's information-sharing bill makes it through committee.
May 27, 2016 -
In the age of cyber attacks, it's a little tougher to know exactly what constitutes an act of war. But it's a question of growing importance. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) thinks the administration ought to define a cyber act of war. He talks to Federal Drive with Tom Temin about legislation he introduced to do just that.
May 20, 2016 -
The Social Security Administration has a backlog of a million disability cases to process, but the leaders of a Senate oversight subcommittee say the agency's plan to reduce the backlog raises too many red flags about due process.
May 12, 2016 -
A bipartisan pair of senators has gotten the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee to approve a bill to reform administrative leave. Patricia Niehaus, national president of the Federal Managers Association, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin what her organization likes about the legislation.
February 26, 2016 -
Nine Republican senators elected in the last round caused a switch in the majority party. But not quite the revolution that many people expected. Their impact on all things federal has been rather nuanced, as a matter of fact. That's according to analysis by CQ Roll Call senior editor David Hawkings, who shares his insight on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
February 23, 2016 -
Federal wastebooks do make fun reading, and they do manage to portray some of the absurdity that creeps into an organization as vast as the U.S. federal government. My problem is that the effort is froth.
December 09, 2015