Oversight
Senate Border Funding Bill Goes Down
Chamber heads home for recess unable to agree on an immigration measure.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Congress Finally Gets A Break ... From Doing Nothing
The summer recess is here.
News
What We Talk About When We Talk About the VA
At least some of the emphasis should be on what VA is doing right.
Oversight
House Oversight Floats 15 Reforms to ‘Depoliticize’ IRS
Revenue Commissioner says Republicans will never be satisfied with emails turned over.
Oversight
House GOP Leaders Pull Votes on Border-Funding Package
Decision represented a major embarrassment for Speaker John Boehner and his leadership team.
Nextgov
CIA Admits to Improperly Hacking Senate Computers
In a sharp and sudden reversal, the CIA is acknowledging it improperly tapped into the computers of Senate staffers who were reviewing the intelligence agency’s Bush-era torture practices.
Oversight
Senate Remains Stalled on Spending Bills
A short-term measure will probably be necessary to keep government open after Sept. 30.
Oversight
Play of the Day: The Weird Logic Behind Corporate Inversion
The Colbert Report wants to know what's exactly involved in such a move.
Oversight
House Clears Bill Making it Easier to Fire VA Execs
Overhaul legislation would cut off terminated employees’ pay immediately, but allow them seven days for an MSPB appeal.
Management
Obama Asks the GOP to 'Stop Hating All the Time'
The president says that “we could do so much more if Congress would come on and help out a little bit."
Management
21 Emails From the Democratic Party About Impeachment
President Obama's supporters are using fringe threats as a potent fundraising tool. Here's what it looks like.
Management
Lawmaker: VA Alone Is Sitting on $2B in Underused Property
House Oversight panel decries 7,000 in unneeded federal assets worth $350 billion.
Oversight
Republicans Have Lost Control of the Impeachment Plot They Hatched
Democrats are using the threat to their advantage in fundraising.
Oversight
The Border Crisis Takes a Pause From Politics
At an ad-hoc hearing during a packed day, the actual unaccompanied minors took the focus.
Oversight
Play of the Day: America Is The Oprah Of Middle East Weapon Systems
Everyone gets missiles!
Nextgov
After Delays, USCIS Sets New Deadline for Digital Immigration Records
USCIS chief calls modernizing IT systems ‘one of my top challenges'
Management
Meet the Man Now Responsible for Solving the VA Crisis
Robert McDonald got overwhelming bipartisan support during his Senate confirmation vote Tuesday.
Oversight
House Passes Ambitious Reorganization of U.S. International Broadcasting
Foreign Affairs Chairman Royce calls part-time BBG 'broken and ineffective.'
Oversight