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Five years after congressional report, national service recommendations face test

April 8, 2025 Test, congressional, National, Years, Recommendations, Report, after, face, Five, Service0 comment

A bipartisan congressional commission released its recommendations to strengthen all forms of service to meet the country’s needs just as COVID shut down the country in 2020. Now, five years later, Congress received an update on progress and unfinished business. Federal News Network’s Terry Gerton spoke with Dr. Joe Heck, the former chair of the Commission on the National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service, on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin to get his take on how times have changed and why his recommendations still matter. Interview transcript: Joe…

Trump leads Biden in five of six swing states, poll indicates

November 5, 2023 Five, States, Indicates, Trump, swing, poll, Biden, leads0 comment

A new poll released Sunday spelled bad news for President Biden, showing that leading Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is ahead of the incumbent Democrat in five of six swing states surveyed. The Washington Times stories: White House

Five federal workforce items on Congress’ to-do list

August 18, 2022 Five, federal, list, Items, workforce, ToDo, Congress0 comment

With the end of fiscal year 2022 approaching and a Sept. 30 deadline, Congress still has a lot on its plate to avoid a continuing resolution (CR), or potentially a government shutdown. Although some lawmakers have said a CR is already nearly inevitable, there are several key components on Congress’ to-do list when the House and Senate return from the August recess. Appropriations bills So far, the House passed six of its 12 spending bills for fiscal 2023 on July 20. Senate Democrats also released draft legislation for the 12…

Five key provisions in the just-signed 2022 intelligence authorization bill

March 15, 2022 Five, intelligence, Bill, provisions, 2022, Authorization, justsigned0 comment

The 2022 Intelligence Authorization Act hitched a ride on the $ 1.5 trillion omnibus spending bill signed into law by President Joe Biden on Tuesday. The bill authorizes funding for intelligence agencies, provides new legal authorities for priorities like emerging technologies, enacts new restrictions in some cases and gives Congress some additional oversight measures. Here are some highlights from the 2022 bill: Progress wanted on Trusted Workforce 2.0 The legislation requires the director of national intelligence and the director of the Office of Personnel Management to publish a “policy with…

Five Points On Greg Abbott’s Disastrous National Guard Border Deployment

January 16, 2022 Disastrous, Points, Five, National, border, Guard, Greg, deployment, Abbott’s0 comment

<p>When Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) announced in March last year that he would be sending hundreds of Texas National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border, he spurred a wave of posturing from Republican governors over “securing” the border. Following Texas’ lead, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis sent Florida <a href=”https://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/florida-game-wardens-join-red-state-pilgrimage-to-southern-border”>state law enforcement officers</a> and <a href=”https://www.flgov.com/2021/07/17/governor-desantis-visits-southern-border-to-meet-with-deployed-florida-law-enforcement/”>National Guard troops</a> to Texas. South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem <a href=”https://www.argusleader.com/story/news/2021/06/28/kristi-noem-governor-gov-south-dakota-deploy-national-guard-troops-texas-us-mexico-border/7787945002/”>sent her state’s troops</a> as well — funded by a Tennessee <a href=”https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/auto-scrap-billionaire-who-paid-to-send-national-guard-to-southern-border-sounds-off-on-why-he-did-it”>auto scrap billionaire</a>. </p> Talking Points Memo