Economy

Nicole Ogrysko House Republicans want to reinstate the “Holman Rule,” a little-known provision that allows lawmakers to make changes to a federal employee’s salary, for another year. In devising the rules of debate for a House resolution, lawmakers added another section that would extend the Holman Rule through the end of the… Read more »

Pete Kasperowicz Attorney General Jeff Sessions' decision to fire former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, which will likely reduce his pension benefits, has Democratic lawmakers and a key government employee union warning that Republicans are coming after federal workers. Sessions fired McCabe just before the FBI veteran's… Read more »

Today, during a business meeting of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Republicans blocked all consideration of Democratic requests to allow Members to offer, debate, and vote on 13 motions to subpoena critical documents and testimony within the Committee’s core oversight jurisdiction. Under Chairman Gowdy’s tenure, the Committee has not issued a single subpoena… Read more »

Jack Pointer The General Services Administration’s inspector general will review the agency’s decision to scrap a longtime plan to relocate the FBI’s headquarters to the D.C. suburbs. Rep. Gerald E. Connolly — one of several legislators who strongly criticized the move — announced the decision Wednesday. “I am pleased… Read more »

Jory Heckman The General Services Administration’s inspector general will investigate the Trump administration’s sudden reversal on plans for a new FBI headquarters building. “My office will review GSA’s decision-making process for the revised FBI Headquarters Consolidation project,” GSA Inspector General Carol Ochoa wrote in a… Read more »

Today, 140 Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives called on President Trump to follow the letter and spirit of the law by imposing sanctions against those behind Russia’s attacks on American democracy. In a letter led by Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Eliot L. Engel, the lawmakers underscored that President Trump has failed to punish those responsible for… Read more »

Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Vice Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, released the following statement on the Trump Administration's regulatory rollback: House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 10:00 AM, Wednesday, March 13, 2018 Rayburn 2154 Rep. Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA) Thank you, Mr. Chairman for holding this hearing on… Read more »

Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, sent a letter asking Chairman Gowdy to issue a subpoena to compel the Department of Justice to produce documents it is withholding from Congress regarding reports of interference by the… Read more »

James R. Hood For years, Fairfax and other local jurisdictions have been jockeying for position as the federal government picks a new headquarters location for the FBI, which just about everyone agrees has outgrown its Pennsylvania Avenue digs in downtown D.C. Among the leading contenders was a Springfield-Franconia site in… Read more »

Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) introduced H. Res. 749. The resolution calls on the Trump administration to impose mandatory sanctions on Russia under Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA). Congress passed CAATSA last August in response to Russia’s continued aggression in Ukraine, illegal occupation of Crimea, and assault on democratic institutions… Read more »