Senate
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If the surprise pay raise approved by the Senate makes it through the White House, what would it put in your wallet? We're looking at what’s happening and not happening with pay, shutdowns and appropriations on Capitol Hill.
August 08, 2018 -
It’s a long way from clear whether the bills the Senate comes up with will be acceptable to the House – or to President Trump, who’s been flirting with the idea of another government shutdown.
August 07, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a Veterans Affairs field examiner was hoping to steal nearly $700,000 from a disabled veteran.
August 01, 2018 -
Unusually, the Senate is moving faster than the House this year on appropriations bills for 2019.
July 31, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act cleared the House, bringing service members one step closer to a pay raise.
July 27, 2018 -
The Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources wanted more explanation for the Energy and Interior department's plans under the White House government reorganization proposal.
July 20, 2018 -
House Democrats are increasing their pressure on President Donald Trump to rescind his recent executive orders on official time and collective bargaining.
July 11, 2018 -
Members of Congress might be physically out of town this week, but their minds are likely still in Washington.
July 03, 2018 -
Don Bell, director of the black talent initiative at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, has been poring over the data and has some ideas for how Congress can fix it.
July 03, 2018 -
Things are moving fast as summer rolls on and mid-term elections near.
July 02, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, 45 Democratic Senators wrote to President Donald Trump to express their concern with the White House's recent trio of federal workforce executive orders on employee accountability, official time and collective bargaining.
June 20, 2018 -
The Senate's Defense policy bill claims DoD has dragged its feet on previously-ordered management reforms that would create cross-functional teams to solve business challenges.
June 19, 2018 -
The Senate's NDAA orders SOCOM to transfer dozens of personnel to the Pentagon office in charge of overseeing it. In the 2017 NDAA, Congress reorganized the chain of command for special operations.
June 19, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, bipartisan legislation in the Senate would shorten the deadline for the Defense department to pay defense contractors who work with small businesses.
May 24, 2018 -
The Trump administration's plan to totally eliminate inflation protection for federal retirement, while requiring workers to pay more for smaller lifetime retirement benefits, is the ultimate deal-breaker for most people.
May 17, 2018