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Continuing the conversation about continuing resolutions, and other happenings on the Hill

September 19, 2022 about, Hill, Resolutions, conversation, continuing, happenings0 comment

Best listening experience is on Chrome, Firefox or Safari. Subscribe to Federal Drive’s daily audio interviews on <a href=”https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/federal-drive-with-tom-temin/id1270799277?mt=2″>Apple Podcasts</a> or <a href=”https://www.podcastone.com/federal-drive-with-tom-temin?pid=1753589″>PodcastOne</a>. The continuing resolution that Congress is debating is sort of like COVID. You know it’s coming, but how bad will it be? CRs can go for days or they can go for months. Last year’s went nearly halfway through the fiscal year. To find out how this one is shaping up, the <a href=”https://federalnewsnetwork.com/category/temin/tom-temin-federal-drive/”>Federal Drive with Tom Temin </a>talked with Loren Duggan, Bloomberg Government deputy news director. Tom Temin: Loren,…

Senate Dems ‘pushing to follow suit’ after House passes bill to block any future Schedule F

September 15, 2022 House, block, Future, Dems, Bill, Passes, Follow, pushing, Suit, after, schedule, Senate0 comment

The Preventing a Patronage System Act cleared the full House in a vote of 225-204, showcasing an effort to prevent the possible return of the Trump-era Schedule F executive order. The bill would prohibit future White House administrations from creating any new federal job classification without congressional approval, but the timing on the Senate’s version of the legislation remains uncertain. Senate Democrats, led by Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), introduced a companion bill in August and applauded the passage of the bill in the House on Sept. 15. The lawmakers added…

Meet the guy who oversaw the recovery of more than a billion dollars of stolen pandemic relief

September 11, 2022 Billion, Meet, relief, stolen, recovery, Dollar's, Pandemic, oversaw, more, than0 comment

Best listening experience is on Chrome, Firefox or Safari. Subscribe to Federal Drive’s daily audio interviews on Apple Podcasts or PodcastOne. The government showed how fast it could spend money when Congress printed trillions for pandemic relief. Well, now it’s the morning after. Our next guest led a nationwide criminal investigation that so far has clawed back more than a billion dollars anyway, awarded to frauds under the Paycheck Protection Program and prevented maybe twice that much from going out in the first place. He’s an assistant special agent in charge with the…

Congress cares about one thing now and its not 2023 appropriations

September 7, 2022 Congress, about, thing, Appropriations, 2023, cares0 comment

Best listening experience is on Chrome, Firefox or Safari. Subscribe to Federal Drive’s daily audio interviews on Apple Podcasts or PodcastOne. Congress trucks back to Washington this week with only a few legislative days left before the end of the fiscal year. They’ll have to deal with government funding among other things. Here with the outlook Bloomberg Government deputy news director Loren Duggan, who talked to the Federal Drive with Tom Temin. Interview transcript: Tom Temin: Let’s begin with what’s the schedules precisely for the House and the Senate. Loren Duggan: Well,…

White House expects CR ahead of fiscal 2023, seeks $47B in emergency spending

September 3, 2022 $47B, fiscal, House, spending, ahead, White, seeks, Expects, emergency, 20230 comment

The Biden administration, expecting Congress will need more time to pass a comprehensive spending package for fiscal 2023, is requesting $ 47 billion in emergency funds to last through the end of the calendar year. Nearly half the funding would go toward the federal government’s response to COVID-19. That includes the rollout of updated booster shots approved this week by the Food and Drug Administration and restarting a program to deliver free COVID-19 rapid tests to households. The administration is also seeking emergency funding for the first quarter of fiscal…

Education Dept sets deadline for Public Service Loan Forgiveness waiver

August 26, 2022 Public, Deadline, Service, Dept., Education, Sets, loan, Waiver, Forgiveness0 comment

The Education Department is trying to make it easier for public servants to receive student debt relief, but the changes to the federal relief program are only temporary. The agency added a waiver to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program, in an effort to help more public servants receive debt relief, but to qualify for the program, applications must be in by Oct. 31. The PSLF program, in part, aims to encourage more college graduates to join the federal service. Borrowers who have worked for 10 years in federal…