Congress averts shutdown; fight continues over pandemic aid
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress passed a two-day stopgap spending bill Friday night, averting a partial government shutdown and buying yet more time for frustratingly slow endgame negotiations on an almost...
View ArticleCongress seals agreement on $900 billion COVID relief bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — Top Capitol Hill negotiators sealed a deal Sunday on a $900 billion COVID-19 economic relief package, finally delivering long-overdue help to businesses and individuals and providing...
View ArticleCongress working ’til the bitter end of the year
Best listening experience is on Chrome, Firefox or Safari. Subscribe to Federal Drive’s daily audio interviews on Apple Podcasts or PodcastOne. Congress in the last few weeks may have sounded like a...
View Article2021 spending bill: Cyber, federal buildings are winners, IT modernization is...
For the third year in a row, Congress isn’t buying the White House’s request nor Democrat lawmakers’ pleas for more money to help agencies move away from legacy systems more quickly. The fiscal 2021...
View ArticleCongress rushes to vote on $900 billion COVID relief bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — Running out of time and excuses, Congress took up a $900 billion pandemic relief package Monday night that would finally deliver long-sought cash to businesses and individuals and...
View ArticleOmnibus endorses 1% federal pay raise, gives feds more time to repay deferred...
Latest updates on the vote here. Federal employees and military members will have an easier time paying back the Social Security taxes that have been deferred from their paychecks over the last three...
View ArticleCongress approves $900B COVID relief bill, sending to Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress passed a $900 billion pandemic relief package Monday night that would finally deliver long-sought cash to businesses and individuals and resources to vaccinate a nation...
View ArticleBy all indications, FY ’21 is going to be a bumpy ride
Best listening experience is on Chrome, Firefox or Safari. Subscribe to Federal Drive’s daily audio interviews on Apple Podcasts or PodcastOne. Missing the guardrails by inches, the nation’s careening...
View ArticleNDAA veto could jeopardize pay and benefits for nurses, Gold Star Families...
The House has already decided to override President Donald Trump’s veto of the more than $740 billion authorization of military funds, but the Senate still needs two-thirds of its members to rebuff the...
View ArticleIn a first, Congress overrides Trump veto of NDAA
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress has overridden President Donald Trump’s veto of a defense policy bill, a first by lawmakers since he took office nearly four years ago. In an extraordinary New Year’s Day...
View ArticleFederal health insurance programs are now ‘essential’ during future...
It’s official now. Employees and annuitants will have greater peace of mind about their federal health insurance benefits during future government shutdowns. Under new regulations, which the Office of...
View ArticleAnother potential government shutdown looms as the fiscal year starts to draw...
Best listening experience is on Chrome, Firefox or Safari. Subscribe to Federal Drive’s daily audio interviews on Apple Podcasts or PodcastOne. As the end of another fiscal year starts to approach, it...
View ArticleWhite House pitches billions in supplemental funding for upcoming continuing...
The White House is proposing billions of dollars in supplemental funding for disaster relief and other programs, which it’s asking Congress to attach to a short-term continuing resolution that will be...
View ArticleSeptember is looking downright nutty
The Senate returns from August recess today to a mountain of work. Each item on the to-do list is a heavy lift, and the list itself is quite lengthy. Let’s just quickly run through a few items on that...
View ArticleFiscal year coming to an end with time running out for Congress
Best listening experience is on Chrome, Firefox or Safari. Subscribe to Federal Drive’s daily audio interviews on Apple Podcasts or PodcastOne. Two weeks to the end of the fiscal year, and so it’s...
View ArticleHouse advances nine-week continuing resolution, but it faces uphill Senate...
This story was updated on Tuesday, Sept. 21 at 8:45 p.m. with details of the House votes on the continuing resolution, as well as the details of a second CR proposal from Senate Minority Leader Mitch...
View ArticleShutdown ahead? Groundhog Day, government style!
If lightning struck your house twice in 2018, once in 2013 and twice before in 1997, you might consider moving — right? Or investing in a really good lightning rod! And suppose this was a pattern....
View ArticleOMB tells agencies to start planning for possible government shutdown
With the threat of a government shutdown just seven days away, the White House is formally urging federal agencies to prepare for the possibility of a lapse in appropriations next week. “We fully...
View ArticleGovernment shutdown talk is back, again. Have we learned anything from the...
It’s never a great sign when, seven days before an upcoming government shutdown deadline, the Office of Management and Budget ever-so-calmly tells agencies that “prudent management” requires them to...
View ArticleFor Congress, and for government operations, it’s a do-or-die week
Best listening experience is on Chrome, Firefox or Safari. Subscribe to Federal Drive’s daily audio interviews on Apple Podcasts or PodcastOne. You need a scorecard for the legislative shenanigans...
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