Federal News Network |
Two more members of Congress have expressed open skepticism and concern for the Trump administration’s proposal to merge the Office of Personnel Management with the General Services Administration.
In a letter to acting OPM Director Margaret Weichert, ranking members of two Senate committees questioned whether the administration was rushing to make… Read more »
WTOP |
A trio of Democratic U.S. senators is requesting an investigation into the costs of President Donald Trump’s “Salute to America” event on the Fourth of July, which included military flyovers and tanks on the National Mall.
The lawmakers, who include Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., are asking the Government Accountability Office to determine whether the event broke any laws… Read more »
Buzzfeed News |
In late May, with a tornado warning in effect, about a hundred people showed up at a town hall with Rep. Madeleine Dean in her southeast Pennsylvania district.
“We weren’t eight minutes into the doggone thing … when somebody said, ‘When are you going to go for impeachment?’” Dean recalled in a recent interview with BuzzFeed News. “When I made my explanation that I… Read more »
The Hill |
Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) criticized President Trump's "Salute to America" Fourth of July plans, accusing the president of overspending and turning the celebration into a partisan event.
"I grew up here in Washington, I've been to the 'Salute on the Mall' many, many times. It's always been nonpartisan," Beyer said on CNN's "New… Read more »
Roll Call |
President Donald Trump should pay out of his own pocket for any infrastructure damage incurred by rolling 70-ton tanks onto the National Mall, according to the Democratic congressman who represents the D.C. suburbs in Virginia.
Rep. Don Beyer described Trump’s plan to showcase tanks during the city’s Fourth of July celebration as “an authoritarian-style… Read more »
The Hill |
Reps. Don Beyer (D-Va.) and Pete Olson (R-Texas) introduced legislation Thursday to improve reporting of hate crimes and expand resources for victims.
Beyer and Olson unveiled the National Opposition to Hate, Assault, and Threats to Equality (NO HATE) Act in response to high-profile attacks on the LGBTQ, Jewish, Muslim and other communities.… Read more »
Fiscal Times |
At a hearing focused on the state and local tax deduction Tuesday, the “familiar politics of taxation—in which Democrats push to raise taxes on high-income people and Republicans resist—turned topsy-turvy,” writesRichard Rubin of The Wall Street Journal.
During debate in a House Ways and Means subcommittee, Democrats argued that the cap on the SALT deduction… Read more »
The Hill |
House Democrats are grappling with how to address one of their least favorite provisions in the GOP tax law: the $10,000 cap on the deduction for state and local taxes (SALT).
A House Ways and Means Committee subpanel held two hearings on Tuesday about the SALT deduction cap, during which local-government officials and House members argued that the cap hurts residents… Read more »
WTOP |
As residents describe what appears to be more frequent and louder airplane and helicopter flights over neighborhoods, the House passed an amendment that would direct the Federal Aviation Administration to prioritize combating the noise.
The amendment, added to the 2020 transportation appropriations bill, was sponsored by D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, who co-chairs… Read more »
The Hill |
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Tuesday weighed in on E. Jean Carroll's allegation that President Trump raped her, saying Trump “denied it, and that’s all I needed to hear.”
“The president has denied it,” Graham said, according to multiple reports. “I have no reason to … you know, no. He’s denied it, and that’s all I needed to… Read more »
