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Cuts to civil service protections remain in Senate committee’s reconciliation proposal

June 15, 2025 Service, cuts, Proposal, remain, Civil, Protections, committee's, reconciliation, Senate0 comment

Despite taking some proposed cuts to federal benefits off the table, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee is still looking to remove civil service job protections for federal employees as part of the GOP reconciliation process. The Senate committee’s proposal for the “One Big, Beautiful Bill,” released Thursday, kept three of four key sections impacting the federal workforce that House lawmakers passed last month. HSGAC’s legislative text also made a handful of revisions and added several new provisions not seen in the House’s version. In total, the committee…

SBIR/STTR awards remain vulnerable to foreign influence

May 14, 2025 Foreign, influence, remain, Awards, Vulnerable, SBIR/STTR0 comment

Of the 12 agencies running the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs, only one has made significant progress to prevent or limit foreign adversaries from taking advantage of the research and development funding. New data from Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), chairwoman of the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, shows that the National Institutes of Health both flagged and denied all applications that included companies or people from places like China and Russia. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is the chairwoman of the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee.…

Why Mike Johnson’s bid to remain House speaker could be a struggle despite Trump’s support

January 2, 2025 Johnson's, could, House, support, struggle, Speaker, remain, despite, Mike, trumps0 comment

WASHINGTON (AP) — Mike Johnson is fighting for his political life, again. The Louisiana Republican’s hold on the House speaker’s gavel and his position as second in line to the presidency will be tested Friday when a new Congress convenes and House Republicans weigh whether to reelect him to the post. The challenge, as always, is that Johnson will need almost every Republican vote to win. Johnson has a singular asset in his favor: President-elect Donald Trump endorsed him for speaker in a social media post at the start of…

Supreme Court Unwisely Lets Biden End Program Making Illegal Aliens Remain in Mexico

July 1, 2022 Unwisely, Court, Biden, Supreme, Mexico, Let's, Program, illegal, remain, Aliens, Making0 comment

As the U.S. southern border is being overrun with record numbers of illegal aliens month after month, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday approved the Biden administration’s termination of the successful Remain in Mexico program in a 5-4 decision by Chief Justice John Roberts and joined by Justices Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Brett Kavanaugh. The decision will further aggravate a dire border crisis, created by the administration’s open-border policies. The Remain in Mexico program (formally known as the Migration Protection Protocols) was implemented by the Trump administration…

Schumer And Gillibrand Remain Hopeful Manchin Will Come Around To Reconciliation Bill

November 22, 2021 hopeful, come, Bill, around, remain, Manchin, Schumer, Gillibrand, reconciliation0 comment

<p>Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) on Sunday remained hopeful that a deal can be reached with centrist Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) on the reconciliation package, following the Build Back Better plan’s <a href=”https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/reconciliation-build-back-better-passes-house-senate”>passage</a> in the House.</p> Talking Points Memo

Former U.S. President Clinton making progress but will remain in hospital – Reuters

October 17, 2021 U.S., Reuters, Former, president, Clinton, hospital, progress, remain, Making0 comment

Former U.S. President Clinton making progress but will remain in hospital Reuters Former U.S. President Bill Clinton making progress but will remain in hospital The Hindu Bill Clinton: Former US president in hospital for ‘non-Covid infection’ BBC News Former US President Bill Clinton to remain hospitalised until Sunday Business Standard Former US President Bill Clinton hospitalized with blood infection BNO News View Full Coverage on Google News “us president” – Google News