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Tribal Water Crisis: Federal Rules Block Aid Despite $6B Need
Bureaucratic rules, outdated funding caps, and a lack of operations support are leaving tribal communities without reliable access to safe drinking water,...
Congress
Senate Health Panel Delays Bill as Nominees Await Vote
Chair Bill Cassidy (R-LA) recessed the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee markup on Sept. 24 without a final vote on the No Aid for...
Congress
Senate Finance Committee Advances Health and Tax Nominees
The Senate Finance Committee voted Sept. 24 to advance Gerard "Chris" Klomp to be deputy secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) by a...
Government Operations
GAO Finds Gaps in Support at Remote Military Installations
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that the Department of Defense (DOD) lacks a consistent definition of remote and isolated military...
Lobbying Activity
Détente Center Ends Becker & Poliakoff Lobbying Deal
Détente Center ends lobbying relationship with Becker & Poliakoff in a termination filing signed on Sept. 24.
Politics
Congress Flags U.S.-Mongolia Policy Tensions
Mongolia's relations with neighboring China and Russia have only strengthened at a time when both countries pose security risks to the United States. As a...
Housing
Housing Act Enacted Without Funding for Most Programs, Congress Says
A law addressing rental affordability, homeownership access and banking regulations fails to appropriate funds for most of its programs, according to a...
Government Operations
GAO Says USDA Fell Short of Providing Records on $37B Fund Review
The combined $134 billion directed to USDA and DOE under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) was...
Lobbying Activity
Wawa Returns to Federal Lobbying With Taft
After a multi-year absence from federal lobbying, Wawa is returning to Washington with a new firm, Taft, Stettinius & Hollister LLP, focused on economics...
Congress
A COVID Cover-Up? Senate to Vote Again on Witness Immunity
A Senate committee will consider seeking immunity for a former government official accused of covering up and destroying government records pertaining to...
hearings
The Transgender Athlete Debate Reaches the Senate Floor. Again.
The defining moment was not what was said from the dais — it was who wasn't there.
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ICE Spent $1B on Warehouses, Never Used One
Between January and April, Immigration and Customs Enforcement also known as ICE purchased 11 warehouses with the intent of renovating them to stash what...
International Affairs
Senate Venezuela Briefing to Focus on Post-Maduro Transition
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will receive a classified briefing on Venezuela as the country navigates a political transition following the U.S....
Energy
Senate Examines Trump Administration's Nuclear Waste Strategy
Congress is currently dealing with a long-standing deadlock regarding the proper place to permanently dispose of the United States' nuclear waste as the...
Politics
Senate Indians Committee Weighs Tribal Land and Sovereignty Bills
Lawmakers are weighing four bills to resolve long-running disputes over tribal lands and membership, as tribes continue to seek congressional action to...
Congress
Lawmakers Examine Challenges Facing U.S. Generic Drug Manufacturing
U.S. generic drug manufacturers told lawmakers that low prices and foreign competition are making domestic production increasingly difficult to sustain, as...
Congress
Trump Veterans Appeals Nominees Face Democratic Scrutiny
President Donald Trump’s nominees to lead key parts of the veterans’ appeals system faced Democratic scrutiny over their lack of veterans’ benefits law...
