Does the Pentagon skip too many of its congressional reporting duties?

The Defense Department is under statutory obligation to deliver a thousand reports to Congress each year. One analysis says the department consistently fails at this task and that Congress doesn’t get the information it needs for proper oversight of military affairs. For more on all of that, the Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke with Brennen Center counsel Katherine Yon Ebright. Interview Transcript:  Tom Temin And you took a look at the situation some FOIA documents will get into. But first of all, just outline the issue. A thousand. Is…

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Analysis | Republicans, Don’t Skip Out on America’s Bills – The Washington Post

Analysis | Republicans, Don’t Skip Out on America’s Bills  The Washington Post U.S. Senate’s Schumer mulls passing election reform without Republicans  Reuters John Cornyn eyes Senate GOP leadership role, says House will flip easier than Senate in midterms  The Texas Tribune U.S. House to test Republican roadblock in Tuesday debt-limit vote | amNewYork  AMNY Mitch McConnell and the debt limit: Why Republicans might let the US default.  Slate View Full Coverage on Google News “us republicans” – Google News

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US Congress spars over social media filtering; companies skip hearing – Reuters

Reuters US Congress spars over social media filtering; companies skip hearingReutersGoodlatte said the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution “offers no clear protections for users when Facebook, Google, or Twitter limits their content in any way.” Alphabet did not respond to requests for comment. Twitter declined to comment, while …Facebook got grilled in the UK on privacy — while Congress got into a shouting match with Diamond and SilkWashington Post all 113 news articles » us congress – Google News

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