Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Vice Ranking Member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, introduced the Equal COLA Act. The legislation aims to bring equity to the way the cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) is determined under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS).
In January, CSRS employees will receive a… Read more »
Connolly plans defense of federal employees as incoming subcommittee chair
Joe Davidson
Rep. Gerald E. Connolly (D-Va.) is clear on what a Democratic majority in the House next year will mean for the federal workforce:
“First of all, I think the hostility to federal employees and their … unions will end.”
Connolly is in position to do something about that. He’s prepped to be… Read more »
Congressman Gerry Connolly will hold his 10th annual Open Season Workshop on Saturday, December 1, 2018 to assist federal employees, retirees, service members, and veterans in navigating changes to the 2019 Federal Employees Health Benefits Plans (FEHBP), and dental and vision insurance programs.
This year, the federal government’s Open Season for federal employees and retirees to… Read more »
Robert McCartney
Democrats’ takeover of the U.S. House in Tuesday’s election instantly strengthened the Washington region’s deep blue congressional delegation, a change that may advance local goals such as Metro funding, statehood for the District, and protecting federal workers and the Chesapeake Bay.
“It’s the difference… Read more »
Chase Gunter
Now that Democrats are set to control the House of Representatives -- and its oversight and budget committees – Congress' approach toward the 2020 census will likely see some significant changes.
The most pressing oversight issue, which could have major implications for the accuracy of the count, is last year’s… Read more »
Nicole Ogrysko
With Democrats now in control of the House, the 116th Congress is gearing up for a “sea change” on the Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
The committee’s existing members say “oversight” will surely play a fresh role in the new Congress. But members of the oversight community say the committee has plenty… Read more »
Paul Blumenthal and Chris D'Angelo
After Democrats won control of the House of Representatives on Tuesday, President Donald Trump will face actual oversight from Congress for the first time. His most controversial policies will immediately come under investigation ― as will the scandals that circled the first two years of his… Read more »
Today, Reps. Elijah E. Cummings, Peter DeFazio, Gerald E. Connolly, Mike Quigley, and Dina Titus sent a letter to White House Chief of Staff John Kelly in light of new documents showing that when Sarah Huckabee Sanders claimed two weeks ago that the “President wanted to save the government money” by blocking competitors from purchasing… Read more »
Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) joined Representatives Mark Pocan (D-WI), Ro Khanna (D-CA), and a bipartisan group of 55 Members of Congress in requesting Director of National Intelligence Daniel Coats to release information regarding the U.S. intelligence community’s potential knowledge of Saudi Arabia’s plot to capture journalist and American resident Jamal Khashoggi. The letter comes… Read more »
Today, Reps. Don Beyer (VA-08), Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), Gerald E. Connolly (VA-11), Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC-AL), Anthony G. Brown (MD-04), and Jamie Raskin (MD-08) sent a letter to Interior Department Secretary Ryan Zinke urging him to extend the public comment period for the National Parks Service’s proposal to modify the types of demonstration activities allowed on the National Mall.… Read more »
