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Taking personnel funds to help build Trump’s border wall won’t hit military paychecks, but could cause budget woes
Lawmakers are unhappy with new Pentagon plans to move $1 billion in unused personnel money without consulting with Congress first.
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Are the right hiring practices happening at the border?
Customs and Border Patrol has failed to meet minimum staffing levels since fiscal year 2014.
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House OKs election overhaul package, but Senate to slam door
The House measure would make it easier to register and vote, and would tighten election security and require presidential candidates to disclose their tax returns.
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Trump wants to charge allies extra money for the privilege of hosting US troops: report
Stationing U.S. troops overseas would bring in extra revenue for the U.S. government under a reported White House plan to make allies cover the full cost of U.S. troops overseas, plus pay an extra premium.
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Why contracting challenges put VA on the ‘High-Risk’ list
The Government Accountability High-Risk List calls out programs and practices in the federal government that are most susceptible to waste, fraud and abuse.
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Looking inward: Congress’s effort to improve itself
Derek Kilmer, D-Wash., chairs the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress, where both politicians and the public will have the chance to weigh in on how to make Congress better.
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Can a union lawsuit constitutionally end government shutdowns?
The National Treasury Employees Union lawsuit claims that any employee forced to work during a shutdown violated the constitutional separation of powers.
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Homeland Security secretary insists border crisis is ‘real’
Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson said he wanted to use the hearing in part to give Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen the opportunity to start a “serious discussion,” rather than echoing President Donald Trump’s claims of a security crisis at the border, and to say what she knew about the family separations last year.
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Second US judge calls citizenship question on census illegal
Judge Richard Seeborg said the commerce secretary’s decision to add the question was arbitrary and capricious and would violate a constitutional requirement that the census count everyone in the country.
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Congress moves to guarantee paid family leave
The legislation would provide all federal workers with the opportunity to take paid leave for the arrival of a new child or to take care of a sick loved one.
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Taking personnel funds to help build Trump’s border wall won’t hit military paychecks, but could cause budget woes
Lawmakers are unhappy with new Pentagon plans to move $1 billion in unused personnel money without consulting with Congress first.
-
Are the right hiring practices happening at the border?
Customs and Border Patrol has failed to meet minimum staffing levels since fiscal year 2014.
-
House OKs election overhaul package, but Senate to slam door
The House measure would make it easier to register and vote, and would tighten election security and require presidential candidates to disclose their tax returns.
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Trump wants to charge allies extra money for the privilege of hosting US troops: report
Stationing U.S. troops overseas would bring in extra revenue for the U.S. government under a reported White House plan to make allies cover the full cost of U.S. troops overseas, plus pay an extra premium.
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Why contracting challenges put VA on the ‘High-Risk’ list
The Government Accountability High-Risk List calls out programs and practices in the federal government that are most susceptible to waste, fraud and abuse.
-
Looking inward: Congress’s effort to improve itself
Derek Kilmer, D-Wash., chairs the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress, where both politicians and the public will have the chance to weigh in on how to make Congress better.
-
Can a union lawsuit constitutionally end government shutdowns?
The National Treasury Employees Union lawsuit claims that any employee forced to work during a shutdown violated the constitutional separation of powers.
-
Homeland Security secretary insists border crisis is ‘real’
Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson said he wanted to use the hearing in part to give Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen the opportunity to start a “serious discussion,” rather than echoing President Donald Trump’s claims of a security crisis at the border, and to say what she knew about the family separations last year.
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Second US judge calls citizenship question on census illegal
Judge Richard Seeborg said the commerce secretary’s decision to add the question was arbitrary and capricious and would violate a constitutional requirement that the census count everyone in the country.
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Congress moves to guarantee paid family leave
The legislation would provide all federal workers with the opportunity to take paid leave for the arrival of a new child or to take care of a sick loved one.
-
Taking personnel funds to help build Trump’s border wall won’t hit military paychecks, but could cause budget woes
Lawmakers are unhappy with new Pentagon plans to move $1 billion in unused personnel money without consulting with Congress first.
-
Are the right hiring practices happening at the border?
Customs and Border Patrol has failed to meet minimum staffing levels since fiscal year 2014.
-
House OKs election overhaul package, but Senate to slam door
The House measure would make it easier to register and vote, and would tighten election security and require presidential candidates to disclose their tax returns.
-
Trump wants to charge allies extra money for the privilege of hosting US troops: report
Stationing U.S. troops overseas would bring in extra revenue for the U.S. government under a reported White House plan to make allies cover the full cost of U.S. troops overseas, plus pay an extra premium.
-
Why contracting challenges put VA on the ‘High-Risk’ list
The Government Accountability High-Risk List calls out programs and practices in the federal government that are most susceptible to waste, fraud and abuse.
-
Looking inward: Congress’s effort to improve itself
Derek Kilmer, D-Wash., chairs the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress, where both politicians and the public will have the chance to weigh in on how to make Congress better.
-
Can a union lawsuit constitutionally end government shutdowns?
The National Treasury Employees Union lawsuit claims that any employee forced to work during a shutdown violated the constitutional separation of powers.
-
Homeland Security secretary insists border crisis is ‘real’
Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson said he wanted to use the hearing in part to give Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen the opportunity to start a “serious discussion,” rather than echoing President Donald Trump’s claims of a security crisis at the border, and to say what she knew about the family separations last year.
-
Second US judge calls citizenship question on census illegal
Judge Richard Seeborg said the commerce secretary’s decision to add the question was arbitrary and capricious and would violate a constitutional requirement that the census count everyone in the country.
-
Congress moves to guarantee paid family leave
The legislation would provide all federal workers with the opportunity to take paid leave for the arrival of a new child or to take care of a sick loved one.



