Pay & Benefits
Feds, Troops Still On Track for a 1 Percent Pay Raise in 2015
CRomnibus package allows for increase, freezes congressional salaries.
Oversight
Lawmakers Unveil Details of Plan to Keep Government Open
$1 trillion spending bill would fund most agencies through September, with the exception of DHS.
Defense
Senators to Kerry: Tell Us What You Want to Fight ISIS
The administration criticizes Senate proposals to authorize force, but won't offer a plan of its own.
Oversight
Play of the Day: The Appropriate Reaction To The Senate Torture Report
The Daily Show tries to find the appropriate reaction to the document.
Route Fifty
Congress Will Block D.C. Pot Referendum
Spending bill prevents city from using funds to implement ballot initiative.
Oversight
Obamacare's Naughty Economist Goes to the Hill
"I behaved badly," Jonathan Gruber told a House committee Tuesday, walking back his condemnation of the Affordable Care Act in an exercise in self-flagellation.
Oversight
Federal Spending Bill Slowed by Last-Minute Additions
Weekend session looks possible as omnibus negotiations drag on.
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Torture Report: Seized Computers, Not Waterboarding, Thwarted Would-be Bomber
A confiscated computer and the CIA's cyber capabilities -- not waterboarding -- were essential in yielding information.
Oversight
Play of the Day: What Obama Wants For Christmas
Will the president get a lump of coal this year? Jimmy Fallon has the exclusive audio of Obama's hug with Santa.
Oversight
John Kerry Is Trying to Stall the Release of the CIA Torture Report
The secretary of State is reportedly asking the Senate to wait to release its report on the Bush-era use of “enhanced interrogation” techniques.
Oversight
Play of the Day: The Odds of Indicting a Police Officer
The Garner and Brown cases show just how difficult it really is.
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Pentagon Watchdog: DOD Stumbles in Cloud Computing Plan
An inspector general found Pentagon policymakers did not fully execute numerous elements of the strategy.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Rand Paul Takes a Stand in Police Chokehold Case
Last night's late-night funnies: The Republican senator sticks to his antitax guns.
Defense
Rand Paul and John McCain Go to War Over ISIS Vote
How a "nice little water bill" sparked a battle between a 2016 White House hopeful and the GOP's top hawk.
Management
Obama's Immigration Action Is Creating a Hiring Blitz at DHS
USCIS is staffing up at a new facility to implement the new policies.
Oversight
Reid vs. White House Tensions Cloud Majority's Final Days
Divides over electoral strategy and a tax deal reflect stresses between the Senate's top Democrat and the Obama administration.
Management
Can Presidents Be Managers?
Presidents who bask in the policy limelight are surprised and puzzled when their support erodes.
Oversight
Play of the Day: What Congress Can Finally Agree On
Everyone can gree that Nazis shouldn't get Social Security benefits.
Pay & Benefits
House Approves Tax Deal That Would Retroactively Boost Mass Transit Benefits
Bill would allow feds to claim a $250 monthly benefit for 2014.
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