Oversight
Crude-Oil Exports Emerge as Wild Card in Talks to Avoid Shutdown
Negotiations over major spending and tax bills include lifting a decades-old ban, but the hurdles are very high.
Defense
What the Female Veterans in Congress Think About Women in Combat
"It's about damn time," Rep. Martha McSally, R-Ariz., says.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Breaking Down The Likability of Ted Cruz
The 2016 hopeful's former college roommate has percentages on how much he hates Cruz.
Oversight
Ex-Pentagon Official Blasts Political Parties for 'Crisis' in Washington
John Hamre asks government management experts to take lead in fixing dysfunction.
Oversight
Pentagon's Afghanistan Unit Spent $150 Million on Luxury Villas and Guards
IG says personnel could have lived on bases.
Oversight
Visa-Waiver Deal Could Smooth Path for an Omnibus Bill to Avoid Shutdown
The agreement on visas may ease some pressure on negotiators, though plenty of thorny issues remain.
Oversight
Obama Shows Resigned Anger After San Bernardino
The president holds a mirror up to America, and finds the U.S. exceptional in grotesque ways.
Oversight
As Shutdown Clock Ticks, Parties Trade Barbs Over Omnibus
Neither House Democrats nor Republicans believe the other side is making good-faith efforts to reach a deal.
Oversight
Play of the Day: The Government Studies Old People Dating
There is some information that even the feds shouldn't want to know.
Oversight
Lawmaker Adjusts Climate Change Subpoena Demands on NOAA
Lamar Smith offers to prioritize documents from agency flaks over scientists.
Oversight
NASA Astronauts Testify Before House Space Committee
NASA’s Scott Kelly and Kjell Lindgren testified at a House hearing on Wednesday about their lives aboard the International Space Station.
Oversight
Watchdog Vindicates Whistleblowers Who Warned Navy Yard Was Not Secure
Two managers spoke up months before deadly shootings.
Oversight
Most House Members Want to End Email Spying. Why Hasn’t Their Bill Moved?
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte is wary of hamstringing government investigations.
Defense
Congress Eyes Changes to Visa-Waiver Travel Program
Lawmakers want to tighten the visa-waiver program to keep Islamic State militants out of the U.S.—and this time, they have the White House’s support.
Oversight
Congress Finally Has Its Long-Term Transportation Bill
A five-year bill offers some security, but no permanent solution to a funding mess.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Jeb Has Plenty of Non-Hillary Options
The Florida Republican recently said "anybody is better than Hillary Clinton."
Oversight
As Clinton Releases Infrastructure Plan, Congress Wrestles With Its Own Bill
Clinton’s tax-reform plan might seem ideal, but Congress is stuck with a pay-for patchwork.
Defense
Congress's AUMF Debate in the Wake of the Paris Terrorist Attacks
The Paris attacks have brought new proposals, but legislators seem no closer to passing a resolution.
Oversight
Lawmakers Ask If Policy Limiting ‘Burrowing In’ Of Political Appointees Has Worked
GAO's last study of the practice was released more than five years ago.
Management