Congress

Spencer Silbey Becomes Senior Legislative Assistant for Rep. Moore

Spencer Silbey moved into the senior legislative assistant role in the office of Rep. Riley Moore (R-WV-2) on Oct. 1 after almost two years of service in...

Congress

Senate to Examine VA Health Records Rollout Amid Safety Concerns

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is expanding its electronic health record (EHR) system across its hospitals, but concerns about patient safety,...

Politics

Senate Judiciary Panel to Weigh Nominees and Prescription Drug Costs

The Senate Judiciary Committee will consider 14 judicial and Justice Department-related nominees and legislation protecting religious freedom on Nov. 17...

Congress

Senate to Consider FEC Nominees as Election Agency Remains Stalled

The Federal Election Commission (FEC) has been unable to make major enforcement and policy decisions for more than a year because it lacks the four...

Social Welfare

Senate to Examine Safety Net Reform Amid Medicaid Legal Battles

The fight over Medicaid work requirements is moving through federal courts as lawmakers prepare to debate how government assistance programs should...

Congress

Mark Olson Takes National Security Post in McCollum's office

Mark Olson has assumed the role of National Security Policy Director for Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN-4). Olson has no other professional experience on the...

hearings

Senate Panel Presses FCC Nominee on Ties to Chairman Carr

Senate Democrats pressed Federal Communications Commission (FCC) nominee Danielle Thumann Severs on her ties to Chairman Brendan Carr at a Nov. 10 Senate...

hearings

Senate Democrats Press EEOC Nominee Eschbach, No Vote Set

Democrats on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee pressed Catherine Eschbach on her record at the Equal Employment Opportunity...

Congress

Administration's Commerce and Treasury Nominees Draw Scrutiny

The Senate Finance Committee held a hearing Nov. 10 to consider the nominations of Francis Browne and Robert Stebbins to Treasury posts, and Christopher...

International Affairs

Cruz Ties Somalia Ambassador Nominee's Confirmation to Somaliland

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a hearing on Nov. 10 for 10 State Department nominees. The committee, chaired by Sen. Jim Risch (R-ID), heard...

Agriculture

Top Trade Post Nominee Unclear on Food for Peace Funding

At a Nov. 10 hearing, Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) pressed the nominee for USDA's top trade post, Gregory Ibach, for a yes or no on funding Food for Peace,...

Congress

Senate Judiciary Advances Four Judges, Holds Religion Bill

The Senate Judiciary Committee business meeting on Nov. 10 moved four district court nominees and held over S.5289, a bill to protect the free exercise of...

Congress

Healthy Start Funding Ends Dec. 11 as Authorizations Lapse

The Healthy Start program's statutory authorization extended only through fiscal 2025, and appropriations laws have kept the program funded, most recently...

Politics

13 Authorized D.C. Memorials Awaiting Construction

None of the 13 memorials in progress under the Commemorative Works Act is under construction, according to a new Congressional Research Service (CRS) report.

Legislation

Commemorative Works Act Has Yielded 25 Completed D.C. Memorials

Congress has authorized 48 works under the Commemorative Works Act (CWA) since 1986, and 25 are complete, according to a new Congressional Research Service...

Agriculture

House and Senate Farm Bills Split on SNAP Costs and Food Aid

The House-passed and Senate committee-reported farm bills would both reauthorize expired farm and food programs, but they diverge on tobacco funding, farm...

Congress

Senate to Review Hung Cao Navy Nomination Amid Waiver Questions

The Senate Armed Services Committee will consider whether Hung Cao should become secretary of the Navy, a nomination that also requires a congressional...