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Shutdown watch: Congress moves to put feds back to work
President Trump signed a bill Jan. 22 to fund the government through Feb. 8, 2018, ending the government shutdown that began at midnight on Friday, Jan. 19, 2018.
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Senate passes bill to renew foreign surveillance program
The Senate voted 65-34 to reauthorize the program for six years. The bill, which already has been passed by the House, now heads to the White House where President Donald Trump has said he will sign it into law.
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Shutdown could make it harder to prevent cyberattacks
Prolonged budget debates in Congress can inhibit federal agencies’ ability to effectively implement phases of the DHS Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program, which helps monitor and protect government networks.
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Bipartisan coalition proposes narrow DACA, border security solution
A bipartisan coalition of lawmakers led by Reps. Will Hurd, R-Texas, and Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., have authored a bill, titled the USAact, offering a permanent legislative solution to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients, as well as increased border security.
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Congress risks national security and U.S. aviation
Congress is considering an air traffic control privatization proposal in the form of a six-year reauthorization of the FAA: the 21st century Aviation Innovation, Reform, and Reauthorization (AIRR) Act. This risks surrendering one of our nation’s most valuable commodities to private hands.
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New bills would give big bump to federal employee pay in 2019
On Thursday Sen. Brian Schatz, D-HI, and Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., introduced bills in their respective chambers that would provide salaried and hourly federal employees with a 3 percent pay adjustment in 2019.
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Senator: Drilling plan carve-out for Florida may be illegal
Sen. Maria Cantwell of Washington state said Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s decision to give Florida a last-minute exemption while ignoring at least 10 other states that made similar requests may violate requirements of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, which governs drilling in U.S. coastal waters.
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Democratic lawmakers want to subpoena Trump Organization
The Democrats on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform asked Gowdy to issue a subpoena to compel the Trump Organization to produce, by Jan. 20, documents requested more than eight months ago on how the company was donating foreign government profits at its hotels to the U.S. Treasury.
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Russia dismisses Democratic US Senate report as unfounded
The 200-page report is the first from Congress to detail alleged Russian efforts to undermine democracies since the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said “the accusations of alleged meddling leveled against our country are absolutely unfounded.”
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Democratic report warns of Russian meddling in Europe, US
A new report by Senate Democrats warns of deepening Russian interference throughout Europe and concludes that even as some Western democracies have responded with aggressive countermeasures, President Donald Trump has offered no strategic plan to bolster their efforts.
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Shutdown watch: Congress moves to put feds back to work
President Trump signed a bill Jan. 22 to fund the government through Feb. 8, 2018, ending the government shutdown that began at midnight on Friday, Jan. 19, 2018.
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Senate passes bill to renew foreign surveillance program
The Senate voted 65-34 to reauthorize the program for six years. The bill, which already has been passed by the House, now heads to the White House where President Donald Trump has said he will sign it into law.
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Shutdown could make it harder to prevent cyberattacks
Prolonged budget debates in Congress can inhibit federal agencies’ ability to effectively implement phases of the DHS Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program, which helps monitor and protect government networks.
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Bipartisan coalition proposes narrow DACA, border security solution
A bipartisan coalition of lawmakers led by Reps. Will Hurd, R-Texas, and Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., have authored a bill, titled the USAact, offering a permanent legislative solution to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients, as well as increased border security.
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Congress risks national security and U.S. aviation
Congress is considering an air traffic control privatization proposal in the form of a six-year reauthorization of the FAA: the 21st century Aviation Innovation, Reform, and Reauthorization (AIRR) Act. This risks surrendering one of our nation’s most valuable commodities to private hands.
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New bills would give big bump to federal employee pay in 2019
On Thursday Sen. Brian Schatz, D-HI, and Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., introduced bills in their respective chambers that would provide salaried and hourly federal employees with a 3 percent pay adjustment in 2019.
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Senator: Drilling plan carve-out for Florida may be illegal
Sen. Maria Cantwell of Washington state said Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s decision to give Florida a last-minute exemption while ignoring at least 10 other states that made similar requests may violate requirements of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, which governs drilling in U.S. coastal waters.
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Democratic lawmakers want to subpoena Trump Organization
The Democrats on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform asked Gowdy to issue a subpoena to compel the Trump Organization to produce, by Jan. 20, documents requested more than eight months ago on how the company was donating foreign government profits at its hotels to the U.S. Treasury.
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Russia dismisses Democratic US Senate report as unfounded
The 200-page report is the first from Congress to detail alleged Russian efforts to undermine democracies since the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said “the accusations of alleged meddling leveled against our country are absolutely unfounded.”
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Democratic report warns of Russian meddling in Europe, US
A new report by Senate Democrats warns of deepening Russian interference throughout Europe and concludes that even as some Western democracies have responded with aggressive countermeasures, President Donald Trump has offered no strategic plan to bolster their efforts.
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Shutdown watch: Congress moves to put feds back to work
President Trump signed a bill Jan. 22 to fund the government through Feb. 8, 2018, ending the government shutdown that began at midnight on Friday, Jan. 19, 2018.
-
Senate passes bill to renew foreign surveillance program
The Senate voted 65-34 to reauthorize the program for six years. The bill, which already has been passed by the House, now heads to the White House where President Donald Trump has said he will sign it into law.
-
Shutdown could make it harder to prevent cyberattacks
Prolonged budget debates in Congress can inhibit federal agencies’ ability to effectively implement phases of the DHS Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program, which helps monitor and protect government networks.
-
Bipartisan coalition proposes narrow DACA, border security solution
A bipartisan coalition of lawmakers led by Reps. Will Hurd, R-Texas, and Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., have authored a bill, titled the USAact, offering a permanent legislative solution to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients, as well as increased border security.
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Congress risks national security and U.S. aviation
Congress is considering an air traffic control privatization proposal in the form of a six-year reauthorization of the FAA: the 21st century Aviation Innovation, Reform, and Reauthorization (AIRR) Act. This risks surrendering one of our nation’s most valuable commodities to private hands.
-
New bills would give big bump to federal employee pay in 2019
On Thursday Sen. Brian Schatz, D-HI, and Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., introduced bills in their respective chambers that would provide salaried and hourly federal employees with a 3 percent pay adjustment in 2019.
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Senator: Drilling plan carve-out for Florida may be illegal
Sen. Maria Cantwell of Washington state said Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s decision to give Florida a last-minute exemption while ignoring at least 10 other states that made similar requests may violate requirements of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, which governs drilling in U.S. coastal waters.
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Democratic lawmakers want to subpoena Trump Organization
The Democrats on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform asked Gowdy to issue a subpoena to compel the Trump Organization to produce, by Jan. 20, documents requested more than eight months ago on how the company was donating foreign government profits at its hotels to the U.S. Treasury.
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Russia dismisses Democratic US Senate report as unfounded
The 200-page report is the first from Congress to detail alleged Russian efforts to undermine democracies since the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said “the accusations of alleged meddling leveled against our country are absolutely unfounded.”
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Democratic report warns of Russian meddling in Europe, US
A new report by Senate Democrats warns of deepening Russian interference throughout Europe and concludes that even as some Western democracies have responded with aggressive countermeasures, President Donald Trump has offered no strategic plan to bolster their efforts.
