Congress
Senate Passes Landmark Bill to Regulate College Sports
The Senate moved closer to an historic legislative step to have the government regulate college sports by passing S. 4668 last night in a 77-22 vote on...
State Department Lacks Anti-Terror Safeguards for West Bank Aid
The U.S. has poured more than $7.8 billion into the West Bank and Gaza since 1993, yet a new GAO report on anti-terrorism oversight of that assistance finds...
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Bureaucratic rules, outdated funding caps, and a lack of operations support are leaving tribal communities without reliable access to safe drinking water,...
Fed Education Oversight Halts as Student Absenteeism Hits Crisis
The U.S. Department of Education has failed in its oversight of chronic absenteeism just as the problem remains at crisis levels in American schools,...
Senate Judiciary Committee Will Vote on Pending Nominees
The Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to hold a "Business Meeting To Consider Pending Calendar Business" on Thursday, October 1. These executive...
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...
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...
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...
And the Winner Is...
Tight midterm races are heating up. That means money. Lots of it.
Détente Center Ends Becker & Poliakoff Lobbying Deal
Détente Center ends lobbying relationship with Becker & Poliakoff in a termination filing signed on Sept. 24.
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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....