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An influential Congressional staffer is now a NAPA fellow

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Best listening experience is on Chrome, Firefox or Safari. Subscribe to Federal Drive’s daily audio interviews on Apple Podcasts or PodcastOne. Among this year’s fellows added to the National Academy of Public Administration are several still-working, senior federal employees. One of them is prominent on Capitol Hill and the Federal Drive with Tom Temin had a chance to conduct this extended 17-minute interview with her. She’s Wendy Ginsberg, staff director for the Subcommittee on Government Operations of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform. Interview transcript: Tom Temin: Staff director on a subcommittee. What…

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Congressional Republicans Have Found Their Red Line

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It was fair, last week, to question whether Republicans in Congress would condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, because the party’s de facto leader was praising Vladimir Putin’s aggression as “genius” and “wonderful.” Yet instead of falling in line behind Donald Trump, most congressional Republicans have denounced Putin just as loudly as Democrats have. This fact would not have been surprising just a few years ago. But it’s one of the more meaningful distinctions that rank-and-file members of the party have drawn recently between themselves and the former president, a man…

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Shift in Congressional majority could drive Democrats’ oversight agenda

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<p><em>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″ target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>Apple Podcasts</a> or <a href=”https://www.podcastone.com/federal-drive-with-tom-temin?pid=1753589″ target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>PodcastOne</a>.</em></p> <p>People who track politics say the majority in Congress could switch next year from Democratic to Republican. If that&#8217;s the case, that prospect will drive the Democrats&#8217; oversight agenda for the rest of 2022. Some congressional leaders have laid out their agendas on paper. For what agencies can expect, the <strong><em><a href=”https://federalnewsnetwork.com/category/temin/tom-temin-federal-drive/”>Federal Drive with Tom Temin </a></em></strong>turned to Hogan Lovells attorney and former House Foreign…

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Longtime U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett will run in the Austin area’s new congressional district – The Texas Tribune

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Longtime U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett will run in the Austin area’s new congressional district  The Texas Tribune U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett to run in new proposed congressional district based in Austin  Austin American-Statesman US Rep. Lloyd Doggett seeking to run in Austin’s new congressional district proposed in map  KVUE.com US Rep. Lloyd Doggett to run in new Austin congressional district  San Antonio Express-News Doggett looking to represent ‘a united Austin’ in new Texas district  KXAN.com View Full Coverage on Google News “us congress” – Google News

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