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A bipartisan group of lawmakers is renewing a push that failed during the previous administration to extend the deadlines for reporting 2020 census results after the pandemic and Trump officials' interference disrupted the count.
House Democrats have launched an investigation into Emergent BioSolutions, the embattled contract manufacturer of Johnson & Johnson's coronavirus vaccines, to find out if the company used its relationship with a key Trump administration official to secure federal contracts.
Inspectors general and other oversight experts on Tuesday stressed the need for new laws to protect IGs from political retaliation and ensure their independence.
A congressional panel has opened an investigation into Emergent BioSolutions, the company whose Baltimore factory ruined millions of doses of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine, focusing on whether it was improperly awarded a $628 million federal contract to manufacture vaccines.
A group of four Democratic senators last week introduced legislation to provide federal employees with up to 12 weeks of paid family leave per year to handle illnesses and other circumstances not covered in paid parental leave benefits passed into law in 2019. The new legislation mirrors a bill already under consideration in the House.
Championed by members of the Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC), including Reps. Lois Frankel (D-Fla.), Brenda Lawrence (D-Mich.), Jackie Speier (D-Calif.), Veronica Escobar (D-Texas) and Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), the Paycheck Fairness Act (H.R 7/S.
Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) introduced a bill on Thursday in the Senate to give federal employees paid family and medical leave.
“It’s a massive irony, for all the world to see. / It’s the nation’s capital, it’s Washington, D.C.”
The House Oversight Committee on Wednesday advanced legislation that would make Washington, D.C. the 51st state, setting the stage for a vote by the full chamber for the second year in a row.