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Senator: Why won’t DOJ answer my emails on cyber?
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse criticized the Justice Department’s lack of a cybersecurity representative to coordinate with Congress on legislative issues at a Department of Justice Oversight hearing on Wednesday.
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Democrats accuse EPA’s Pruitt of misusing taxpayer funds
Top-ranking Congressional Democrats are calling on a federal watchdog to review whether Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt broke the law by making a video for a private group opposing an Obama-era clean-water rule.
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Congress OKs expanded protections for federal whistleblowers
Congress voted Thursday to boost the protection of federal whistleblowers from retaliation, part of a bid to uncover bad behavior at the Department of Veterans Affairs and other government agencies.
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Congressmen question DoD takeover of security clearance investigations
The Department of Defense’s scheduled takeover of its security clearance investigations from the National Background Investigations Bureau may only add to the clearance backlog rather than alleviate it.
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Menendez prosecution rests; judge to weigh dismissal motion
Sen. Bob Menendez is charged with accepting free flights on a private jet and other gifts from a wealthy friend in exchange for pressuring government officials to take actions favorable to the friend’s business interests.
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Senators call on IRS to halt contract with Equifax
Seven members of the Senate Banking Committee are asking the Internal Revenue Service to rescind a $7.25 million contract with Equifax.
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Bipartisan bill seeks to limit US use of foreign surveillance
The bipartisan legislation would renew a highly contentious section of a surveillance law due to expire at the end of the year with revisions that lawmakers say will safeguard civil liberties.
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Senators: Probe into possible Trump-Russia collusion ongoing
The lawmakers said that though they have reached no conclusion about whether the campaign colluded with the Kremlin, their investigation has left no doubt about a multi-pronged Russian effort to meddle in American politics.
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House Republicans seek travel records for 3 Interior chiefs
Republicans on the House Natural Resources Committee are asking the Interior Department to provide documents on use of private charter flights for government business by Interior secretaries dating to 2009, when President Barack Obama took office.
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Senate Foreign Relations chairman won’t seek re-election
Corker has tangled with President Donald Trump, both publicly and via Twitter.
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Senator: Why won’t DOJ answer my emails on cyber?
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse criticized the Justice Department’s lack of a cybersecurity representative to coordinate with Congress on legislative issues at a Department of Justice Oversight hearing on Wednesday.
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Democrats accuse EPA’s Pruitt of misusing taxpayer funds
Top-ranking Congressional Democrats are calling on a federal watchdog to review whether Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt broke the law by making a video for a private group opposing an Obama-era clean-water rule.
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Congress OKs expanded protections for federal whistleblowers
Congress voted Thursday to boost the protection of federal whistleblowers from retaliation, part of a bid to uncover bad behavior at the Department of Veterans Affairs and other government agencies.
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Congressmen question DoD takeover of security clearance investigations
The Department of Defense’s scheduled takeover of its security clearance investigations from the National Background Investigations Bureau may only add to the clearance backlog rather than alleviate it.
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Menendez prosecution rests; judge to weigh dismissal motion
Sen. Bob Menendez is charged with accepting free flights on a private jet and other gifts from a wealthy friend in exchange for pressuring government officials to take actions favorable to the friend’s business interests.
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Senators call on IRS to halt contract with Equifax
Seven members of the Senate Banking Committee are asking the Internal Revenue Service to rescind a $7.25 million contract with Equifax.
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Bipartisan bill seeks to limit US use of foreign surveillance
The bipartisan legislation would renew a highly contentious section of a surveillance law due to expire at the end of the year with revisions that lawmakers say will safeguard civil liberties.
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Senators: Probe into possible Trump-Russia collusion ongoing
The lawmakers said that though they have reached no conclusion about whether the campaign colluded with the Kremlin, their investigation has left no doubt about a multi-pronged Russian effort to meddle in American politics.
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House Republicans seek travel records for 3 Interior chiefs
Republicans on the House Natural Resources Committee are asking the Interior Department to provide documents on use of private charter flights for government business by Interior secretaries dating to 2009, when President Barack Obama took office.
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Senate Foreign Relations chairman won’t seek re-election
Corker has tangled with President Donald Trump, both publicly and via Twitter.
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Senator: Why won’t DOJ answer my emails on cyber?
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse criticized the Justice Department’s lack of a cybersecurity representative to coordinate with Congress on legislative issues at a Department of Justice Oversight hearing on Wednesday.
-
Democrats accuse EPA’s Pruitt of misusing taxpayer funds
Top-ranking Congressional Democrats are calling on a federal watchdog to review whether Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt broke the law by making a video for a private group opposing an Obama-era clean-water rule.
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Congress OKs expanded protections for federal whistleblowers
Congress voted Thursday to boost the protection of federal whistleblowers from retaliation, part of a bid to uncover bad behavior at the Department of Veterans Affairs and other government agencies.
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Congressmen question DoD takeover of security clearance investigations
The Department of Defense’s scheduled takeover of its security clearance investigations from the National Background Investigations Bureau may only add to the clearance backlog rather than alleviate it.
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Menendez prosecution rests; judge to weigh dismissal motion
Sen. Bob Menendez is charged with accepting free flights on a private jet and other gifts from a wealthy friend in exchange for pressuring government officials to take actions favorable to the friend’s business interests.
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Senators call on IRS to halt contract with Equifax
Seven members of the Senate Banking Committee are asking the Internal Revenue Service to rescind a $7.25 million contract with Equifax.
-
Bipartisan bill seeks to limit US use of foreign surveillance
The bipartisan legislation would renew a highly contentious section of a surveillance law due to expire at the end of the year with revisions that lawmakers say will safeguard civil liberties.
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Senators: Probe into possible Trump-Russia collusion ongoing
The lawmakers said that though they have reached no conclusion about whether the campaign colluded with the Kremlin, their investigation has left no doubt about a multi-pronged Russian effort to meddle in American politics.
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House Republicans seek travel records for 3 Interior chiefs
Republicans on the House Natural Resources Committee are asking the Interior Department to provide documents on use of private charter flights for government business by Interior secretaries dating to 2009, when President Barack Obama took office.
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Senate Foreign Relations chairman won’t seek re-election
Corker has tangled with President Donald Trump, both publicly and via Twitter.
