Category: Congress

A big to do list for Congress as it finishes the first month with a new administration

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Congress has a lot to do as it finishes off its first month with a new administration. The branch itself has not impeded any of the White House’s agenda so far. It has its own policy initiatives to consider and there is the matter of funding for the government, which runs out in less than a month. Loren Duggan, deputy news director for Bloomberg Government, joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin to break down what’s going on. Interview transcript: Eric White: So, yeah, let’s cover those nominations first. We…

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Republicans in Congress propose bill to fast track Trump plans

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Two Republican lawmakers want to make any governmentwide reorganization plan an up or down vote by Congress. Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) and Sen. Mike Lee’s (R-Utah) Reorganizing Government Act of 2025 would fast-track any plan President Donald Trump submitted to Congress. Lawmakers said the bill would help give the president the authority to streamline government operations to better serve the American people. Comer and Lee said this legislation restores a reorganization authority that was last in effect in 1984, aiming to modernize and improve government efficiency. (Bill would restore President’s…

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White House moves to eliminate Federal Executive Institute

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The Federal Executive Institute, a long-standing leadership development center for federal executives, is shutting down. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday directing the Office of Personnel Management to take all necessary steps to abolish the FEI. “Per POTUS’s order, the Federal Executive Institute will be closed. It’s time the federal workforce worked for America’s taxpayers!” OPM said on social media platform X. The institute opened its doors in 1968 — President Lyndon B. Johnson created it as a senior staff college within the federal government to support…

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House Democrats introduce Taxpayer Data Protection Act in response to Musk’s actions

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House Democrats are making a push to secure data at the Treasury Department. A group of lawmakers have introduced the Taxpayer Data Protection Act. The bill seeks to add a layer of protection against anyone seeking to access the agency’s systems. The legislation would bar anyone with conflicts of interest or without a security clearance from getting into the Treasury Department’s data. The bill comes after billionaire Elon Musk and some of his employees gained access to Treasury Department data. House Democrats said they’re expecting a Senate companion bill for…

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USAID takeover is unconstitutional, lawmakers say

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The Trump administration’s move to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development is illegal and unconstitutional, a group of House and Senate Democrats told a large crowd of people protesting outside of the organization’s headquarters on Monday in Washington, D.C. “USAID was established by an act of Congress, and it can only be disbanded by an act of Congress,” said Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.). USAID personnel at the agency’s Washington headquarters were instructed overnight not to come into the office and to work remotely, except for employees with essential on-site…

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Unions, lawmakers urge federal employees to be cautious, stay in their jobs

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Democratic lawmakers, as well as many federal unions and organizations, are urging federal employees to exercise extreme caution in response to the Trump administration’s request for voluntary resignations from the career federal workforce. Many organizations, including the National Treasury Employees Union, are encouraging federal employees to remain in their jobs and reject the Trump administration’s offer of what it called a “deferred resignation program” to the majority of the roughly 2.2 million career federal employees. “The so-called ‘deal’ is a hostile effort to disparage federal employees, weaken agencies and disrupt…

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