Politics

Evan Bender Named Senior Adviser to Rep. Troy Nehls

Evan Bender has assumed the role of senior adviser to Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX-22), effective Oct. 1. Before taking a nearly three-year break from work on the...

Congress

Rep. Thomas Massie Moves To Impeach Hegseth

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) filed a resolution to impeach Pete Hegseth as the 119th Congress's lame duck session may take up a continuing resolution to fund...

Congress

2027 Military Construction Funding Faces a $9.4 Billion Gap

Military construction and family housing programs are running on a continuing resolution set to expire Dec. 11, with no final fiscal 2027 funding level in...

Congress

Senate Permitting Bill Would Set Review Deadlines and Limit Remedies

A Senate bill would set deadlines for federal environmental reviews and later permit decisions and limit court remedies, according to a new Congressional...

Congress

Senate Permitting Bill Could Raise Judgment Fund Payouts

Senate permitting legislation would bar many changes to existing federal permits and could raise Judgment Fund payments, according to a new Congressional...

Congress

Lame Duck Agenda: Funding and a Possible Hegseth Impeachment

Congress is returning today, Nov. 9 for a lame duck session that may take up a continuing resolution to fund the government and a possible impeachment of...

Personnel Movements

Mark Stewart Returns to Intelligence Committee

Mark Stewart joined the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) as majority general counsel effective Oct. 1, working under chair Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR).

Personnel Movements

Robert Merrill Joins Sen. Todd Young's Office as General Counsel

Robert Merrill has joined the personal office of Sen. Todd Young (R-IN) as general counsel, effective Oct. 1. Young sits on the Senate Finance Committee,...

Congress

Britney Fernandez Joins Senate Sergeant at Arms

Britney Fernandez has moved from the personal office of Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) to the Senate Sergeant at Arms Capitol Division, where she now serves as...

Politics

Georgia Davies Now Leg. Director in Rep. Frank Lucas's Office

Georgia Davies has moved into the legislative director role in the personal office of Rep. Frank Lucas (R-OK-3) effective Nov. 1, taking on a portfolio that...

Congress

House Panel To Examine Campus Sports Gambling Rise

After the 2018 Supreme Court decision to eliminate the federal ban on sports betting, sports gambling—including college sports betting—has grown rapidly...

Congress

Senate Judiciary Will Weigh Religious Liberty Bill

The Senate Judiciary Committee will consider a bill to protect the free exercise of religion and six federal district judge nominations at a business...

Labor and Employment

Senate Will Weigh Eschbach Nomination to Lead EEOC Legal Office

The Senate is scheduled to examine the nomination of Catherine Eschbach, of Texas, to be general counsel of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...

hearings

Senate to Weigh Three Treasury And Commerce Nominees

Three nominees for senior Treasury and Commerce posts, Francis Browne as Under Secretary of the Treasury, Robert Stebbins as General Counsel of the...

hearings

Senate Agriculture Panel Will Examine Pending Nominations

The Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry is a standing committee whose jurisdiction covers agriculture, and with administration...

Congress

Senate Will Examine Contested Interior Watchdog Nomination

The Senate has scheduled a hearing to examine the nomination of Dennis Kirk, of Virginia, to be Inspector General of the Department of the Interior. Before...

Politics

Access to Federal Research Data Centers Under Scrutiny

The federal government's network of 40 research data centers gives qualified researchers access to restricted-use federal data, but leaves Congress weighing...