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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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New Year’s Day terror attacks add urgency to Trump’s plans to reprioritize national security

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President-elect Donald Trump has long warned that the Biden administration was not fortifying the country against Islamic terrorism on U.S. soil and, for his supporters, Sunday’s attacks in New Orleans and Las Vegas hammered the point home. The Washington Times stories: White House

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Biden will view Hurricane Milton damage in Florida. Harris plans to go to church in North Carolina

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President Joe Biden on Sunday will survey the devastation inflicted on Florida’s Gulf Coast by Hurricane Milton as he urges Congress to approve additional emergency disaster funding. Vice President Kamala Harris will spend a second day in North Carolina, hard-hit by Hurricane Helene, to attend a Black church and hold a campaign rally. The Washington Times stories: White House

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GOP lawmakers pan SBA return-to-office plans as ‘extremely minimal’

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Republican lawmakers say teleworking employees at the Small Business Administration aren’t making full use of its office space, and are pressing SBA leadership for an update on efforts to increase in-office work. House Small Business Committee Vice Chairman Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-Mo.) said in a March 20 oversight hearing that he was “extremely skeptical” of SBA’s request for a 20% budget increase in fiscal 2025, “as there is no evidence the agency is operating effectively or efficiently.” Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-Mo.) says he is “extremely skeptical” of SBA’s request for a…

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MoveOn Responds to Reports of No Labels Plans to Run an All-Republican “Unity Ticket”

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Washington, D.C. – In response to news from HuffPost that No Labels is considering putting forward a so-called “unity,” all-Republican ticket, MoveOn Political Action Chief Communications Officer Joel Payne released the following statement: “No Labels is living in a fantasy world where an all-Republican ticket is ‘bipartisan’ and a third-party ticket with no strategy can win 270 electoral votes. That means No Labels wants to run a national ticket that is hostile to reproductive rights, hostile to workers’ rights, hostile to the interests of young voters, and silent on climate…

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Ahuja plans to fix OPM programs under the microscope of the House Oversight Committee

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The House Oversight and Accountability Committee zeroed in on examining several federal programs with long-standing challenges, housed under the Office of Personnel Management. Among heated questions about federal telework, committee members pressed OPM Director Kiran Ahuja on how she plans to improve challenges in other departments at the agency, including in retirement services and the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program, as well as the federal hiring process. Retirement services backlog Challenges in retirement services at OPM were a common concern among both Democrats and Republicans on the committee —…

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