Jamie Dupree's Washington Insider
Manchin/Toomey deal on gun sale background checks
Two Senators unveiled a plan today to extend background checks to all commercial gun sales, whether at a gun show or online. The deal between Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA) would also exempt some gun sales from background checks, when they occur between relatives or neighbors. ...
Democrats set first test vote on gun bill
With a split developing among Republican Senators over efforts to block gun control legislation from even reaching the Senate floor for debate, Democrats set up an initial parliamentary vote on Thursday that seems likely to pave the way for the start of formal debate on new gun restrictions. Before the ...
GAO warns on government duplication, overlap
In yet another warning to Congress about waste from duplicative, fragmented and overlapping federal government programs, the Government Accountability Office gave lawmakers even more examples of where money could be saved with some changes to how Uncle Sam operates. For example, the 283 page report pointed out that three agencies ...
Senate poised for debate on guns
Democrats in the Senate took the first parliamentary steps on Monday to start debate on gun legislation, even as a group of Republicans threatened to filibuster the measure, as President Obama again said it's time for votes on a variety of gun plans. "Now, I know that some of these ...
White House focuses on gun legislation
With the U.S. Senate ready to start debate later this week on legislation designed to deal with gun violence, the White House will use a variety of tools this week to put the heat on Senators in both parties. "If we're going to tackle this problem seriously, then we really ...
Fresh warning of sequester delays for air travel
Giving the back of the hand to those who have questioned whether the sequester will negatively impact air travel in the United States, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood again said on Friday that the traveling public will feel budget cutbacks in coming months. The comments came amid news reports that questioned ...
Obama budget to embrace "Chained CPI"
Leaking out more details about President Obama's budget plan for 2014, senior officials say that plan will include a controversial effort backed by Republicans to hold down the costs of entitlement programs, but that any such change must be accompanied by GOP support for future tax increases. "Chained CPI" is ...
Sandy spurs change in hurricane warnings
Stung by criticism in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, the National Weather Service has decided to change the way that forecasters handle major storms, so that hurricane experts can keep issuing advisories even after a storm has become post-tropical. "Beginning 1 June 2013, the National Weather Service (NWS) is adopting ...
First furloughs hit Congress
As federal departments and agencies deal with automatic budget cuts and the possibility of furloughs for federal workers, those forced pay cuts have now arrived on Capitol Hill, as Sen. Mark Begich (D-AK) became the first lawmaker to officially announce staff furloughs due to the $85 billion sequester. "Begich’s staff ...
Obama speech on gun control legislation
President Obama used a speech in Colorado at the Denver Police Academy on Wednesday to press Congress for action on legislation that would rein in gun violence, as the White House tries to use the bully pulpit to regain some momentum on the issue. A quick review of the speech ...
Obama to give back part of salary
In a bid to show solidarity with those hit by automatic federal budget cuts, the White House on Wednesday announced that President Obama will give up 5 percent of his pay starting with the month of March, totaling about $17,000 for the rest of this year. The gesture to federal ...
Obama hits the road on gun control
With debate set to begin next week in the U.S. Senate on gun control legislation, President Obama will hit the road twice in coming days to sell his plans to voters, trying to use the bully pulpit to revive a bid for tougher gun laws conceived in the wake of ...
Border Patrol puts furlough plans on hold
After predicting as many as 14 furlough days and a loss of overtime for border agents, the Customs and Border Protection agency put those plans on hold on Monday, telling workers that those plans have been shelved because of a budget bill recently approved by the Congress. That budget plan ...
White House stays mum on West Wing sequester hit
While the Obama Administration has been very aggressive in publicly detailing what could happen to various arms of the federal government under automatic budget cuts, it still isn't clear how the sequester will impact those in the West Wing of the White House. And the White House isn't filling in ...
FAA sets end of funding for air traffic control towers
After announcing plans last week to shut down 149 air traffic control towers at smaller airports, the Federal Aviation Administration has now given the dates for when funding will run out for those contract air traffic towers. Not only does it give local communities notice on when operations will cease ...
Justices take aim at Defense of Marriage Act
Unlike the first day of arguments on gay marriage, the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed to be heading in the direction of making a decision on the Defense of Marriage Act, as one could count five votes on the bench to strike down the law that defines marriage as ...
Reading the tea leaves at the U.S. Supreme Court
Just about one year ago, many of us again learned a good lesson about covering the U.S. Supreme Court, when the Justices left experts with the impression that the Court was ready to overturn the Obama health law. But, it didn't happen. So, after the first day of arguments on ...
More change in the U.S. Senate
Another seat in the U.S. Senate will be in play in the 2014 mid-term elections, as Sen. Tim Johnson (D-SD) will reportedly announce on Tuesday that he is not running for re-election, presenting Republicans with a prime opportunity to pick up a seat in the Senate, and giving Democrats one ...
IRS backpedals from Star Trek video
After reports surfaced in recent days that the Internal Revenue Service had spent $60,000 to make a Star Trek parody video for use at training conferences, the IRS over the weekend apologized for how your tax dollars were spent. The IRS said in a statement that the "space parody video ...
FAA to close 149 air traffic towers
The Federal Aviation Administration has announced that it will close 149 air traffic control towers at smaller airports nationwide due to budget cutbacks associated with $85 billion in automatic budget cuts that hit the federal government on March 1. The original list of possible closures issued on February 22 was ...
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