Management
Transparency and Efficiency Bills Clear House Oversight Panel
Package of five includes new tools for inspectors general, use of evidence in policymaking.
Oversight
A Tough Question for 2016 Candidates
They'll get criticized if they avoid the press. But they'll also take flak if they answer questions the wrong way, as Bush and Rubio have on Iraq.
Oversight
The House Benghazi Committee Has Some Questions for Clinton Ally Sidney Blumenthal
The longtime family confidante's messages to Hillary Clinton on Libya are drawing fresh attention.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Obama Joins Twitter
The president's social media presence expands, but he's still just a dad.
Oversight
Compensation Plan for U.S. Hostages Held in Iran Advances
President Obama expected to sign nuclear-talks act with pledge separate from Isakson bill.
Oversight
The Senate's Three Competing Priorities Before Memorial Day Recess
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is juggling Trade Promotion Authority, the Patriot Act and a highway bill.
Oversight
The Senate Will Decide the Future of NSA Spying
Mitch McConnell's intransigence has been unbowed despite an apparent groundswell of support over the past month in favor of NSA reform.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Who Created ISIS?
Weekend Update clarifies Jeb Bush's brother's effect on the Middle East.
Oversight
House Preps Highway Extension as Deadline Looms
Funding would continue until July 31, but a long-term solution remains elusive.
Oversight
McConnell Introduces Short-Term Reauthorization of Patriot Act
The majority leader’s new legislation would extend NSA mass spying only until July 31.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Jeb Bush Doesn't Ride a Bucking Manatee
The former governor of Florida declared his 2016 candidacy accidentally in a Nevada hallway.
Defense
IG Says the Pentagon's Estimates of Improper Payments Are Unreliable
Audit notes that too few expenditures were reviewed.
Management
Republican Senator Pressures Agencies on Regulatory Review
Lankford requests detailed priorities at Labor, EPA, Interior, Agriculture and PBGC.
Oversight
GOP Delays Hillary Clinton Benghazi Hearing, Puts Onus on John Kerry
The House select committee won't call in the Democratic frontrunner to testify until the State Department hands over documents.
Oversight
NSA Spying Heads to Critical Senate Showdown
Mitch McConnell will force a vote on a clean reauthorization of the Patriot Act next week as a deadline looms.
Oversight
Amtrak Has a Trust Problem in Congress
Democrats want to give the rail service more money, and Republicans are demanding more accountability.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Jeb Bush's Iraq Mistake
The presidential hopeful fumbles an easy question.
Oversight
Sen. Bob Corker Is 'Shocked' by How Little Data the NSA Is Collecting
The NSA bulk-data program is so scaled down, it might not even be effective, the Senate Foreign Relations chairman claims.
Oversight
Debunking the Myth That Only Drivers Pay for Roads
Landing on the moon was still a wild dream the last time gas taxes paid nearly the full cost of our roads.
Management