Congress - Government Matters

Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act signed into law

Robert Shea, principal at Grant Thornton Public Sector, discusses why the latest piece of open data legislation was a long...

Priorities for House Armed Services Committee in 116th Congress

Roger Zakheim, director of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Foundation & Institute, discusses goals and challenges for the new House...

The cost of a federal government shutdown

Steve Ellis, vice president of Taxpayers for Common Sense, outlines the consequences of government shutdowns, and why the current shutdown...

House moves to keep government open ahead of funding deadline

Sarah Ferris, budget and appropriations reporter at Politico, discusses what the next few weeks will hold for budget negotiations, and...

Pentagon’s formal Space Force proposal due to OMB Dec. 1

Jacqueline Klimas, national security reporter at Politico, discusses what a Democratic House means for the Space Force proposal, and what’s...

What the new Congress will mean for federal workers

Jessica Klement, vice president of advocacy at the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association, discusses the impact the new...

VA Secretary Wilkie claims agency is calmer, reformed

Stars & Stripes Veterans Reporter Nikki Wentling and Leo Shane III, deputy editor of Military Times, discuss Veterans Affairs Secretary...

House Republicans propose bill to give White House authority for fed reorg

Robert Shea, principal at Grant Thornton Public Sector, discusses congressional efforts to support, or possibly impede, the Trump administration’s reorganization...

House takes up spending bills this week on Capitol Hill

Sarah Ferris, Budget and Appropriations Reporter at Politico and Congressional Expert David Hawkings discuss the efforts to get a budget...

Budget & appropriations activity on Capitol Hill

Congressional Expert David Hawkings and Niv Elis, reporter at The Hill, discuss how the next few weeks will play out,...

The Race to Pass Spending Packages

Congressional expert, David Hawkings and Politico Budget and Appropriations Reporter, Sarah Ferris dive into conference committee negotiations and both branches...

Defense spending negotiations underway on Capitol Hill

Roger Zakheim, director of the Ronald Reagan Institute and former general counsel of the House Armed Services Committee, discusses the...

Appropriations activity underway on Capitol Hill

Congressional expert David Hawkings and Sarah Ferris, budget and appropriations reporter at Politico, discuss the upcoming deadline to pass the...

How to build a better budget process

Mike Veselik, managing director of the Building a Better Budget Process project at the Convergence Center for Policy Resolution, discusses...

House, Senate will go to conference over Technology Modernization Fund

Mike Hettinger, President of Hettinger Strategy Group and Rich Beutel, Principal at Cyrrus Analytics, discuss the future of the Technology...

Congress facing upcoming deadline for big spending bill

Leo Shane III, deputy editor of Military Times, and David Hawkings, senior editor of CQ Roll Call, discuss the congressional...

Appropriations activity underway on Capitol Hill

Sarah Ferris, Budget and Appropriations Reporter at Politico and David Hawkings, senior editor of CQ Roll Call, discuss the funding...

Appropriations activity on Capitol Hill

Sarah Ferris, budget and appropriations reporter at Politico and David Hawkings, senior editor of CQ Roll Call, discuss the advancement...

Senate Committee advances all 12 FY19 appropriations bills

Sarah Ferris, budget and appropriations reporter at Politico and David Hawkings, senior editor at CQ Roll Call, discuss the state...

Section 809 Panel releases Volume 2 report to Congress

David Drabkin, chair of the Section 809 Panel, discusses the second part of the panel’s report on defense acquisition and...

VA Secretary Nominee Robert Wilkie testifies before Senate

Colby Hochmuth reports on the Senate confirmation hearing of Trump’s new pick to lead the Veterans Affairs Department, and Peter...

Lawmakers focus on spending ahead of September deadline

Sarah Ferris, budget and appropriations reporter at Politico and Nancy Ognanovich, congressional reporter at Bloomberg Government, discuss the grouped spending...

Possible changes coming to the “Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States”

Bill Greenwalt, Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, discusses possible changes coming to an...

What’s happening this week on Capitol Hill

Sarah Ferris, budget and appropriations reporter at Politico, and Bloomberg Government Reporter Roxana Tiron detail the latest congressional priorities, such...