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VHA on track to meet 2023 staffing targets, but House lawmakers urge further hiring reforms

May 17, 2023 urge, Lawmakers, Track, Meet, Targets, Reforms, hiring, Further, 2023, staffing, House0 comment

Ongoing recruitment challenges for the Department of Veterans Affairs’ health care workforce are gaining more attention — and concerns — from Congress. The Veterans Health Administration is on track to reach its year-end target increase for its total number of employees. But problems persist in VHA’s hiring and onboarding processes, lawmakers on the House Veterans Affairs Committee said. “We all know that this is a crisis situation. It was a crisis before COVID. It’s a bigger crisis now. And we have to treat it accordingly and work on this in…

Biden invites McCarthy to White House for debt talks as new default deadline looms June 1

May 1, 2023 debt, talks, White, Looms, Default, invites, McCarthy, June, Deadline, Biden, House0 comment

President Biden reversed course Monday and invited House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and other congressional leaders to the White House next week for talks, as the Treasury Department warned the U.S. could default on some of its bills as early as June 1. The Washington Times stories: White House

MoveOn Announces 7-Figure Program to Win Back House

April 23, 2023 House, back, Program, announces, MoveOn, 7Figure0 comment

Launches New Report Showing Vulnerable Swing District Members Voting in Lockstep with Marjorie Taylor Greene WASHINGTON – As reported today in Politico’s Morning Score, MoveOn Political Action unveiled a core part of its 2024 political program to win back the House. The group is targeting 18 vulnerable Republican House members from districts Biden carried in 2020—deemed the “Complicit Caucus.” The seven-figure program involves high-level organizing efforts with its 600,000+ members in these districts. MoveOn members will mobilize in-district to engage in actions, constituent office visits, relational organizing, phonebanking, canvassing, texting,…

White House Indo-Pac point man Campbell says China ties enter new phase of competition

March 30, 2023 says, House, China, White, ties, point, Enter, Phase, Campbell, competition, IndoPac0 comment

Heightened tensions between the United States and China reflect a new phase of relations between the two powerful states, a senior White House official said Thursday. The Washington Times stories: White House

House Democrats want to create another TSP investment option

March 30, 2023 Democrats, House, want, Create, another, option', Investment0 comment

The General Services Administration is trying to assure lawmakers that it is fixing the culture problems that led to the problems with login.gov. Sonny Hashmi, the commissioner of GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service, was on the hot seat yesterday answering House lawmakers’ questions about the agency’s false assertions about the Login.gov platform. Hashmi told lawmakers GSA is applying tougher internal controls to ensure these problems don’t happen again. This includes his office and team reviewing all contracts managed by the Technology Transformation Service. “With this independent review, we want to make…

Democrats’ investigation says Trump failed to report foreign gifts while in White House

March 18, 2023 Trump, Democrats, Report, says, House, Foreign, White, Investigation, failed, gifts0 comment

President Trump and his family failed to report nearly $ 300,000 worth of gifts from foreign nations during his time in office, according to a new report by Democrats on the House oversight committee which said the unreported gifts could create constitutional problems. The Washington Times stories: White House