Dianne Feinstein

FILE - People walk outside the U.S Capitol building in Washington, June 9, 2022. The biggest investment ever in the U.S. to fight climate change. A hard-fought cap on out-of-pocket prescription drug costs for seniors in the Medicare program. A new corporate minimum tax to ensure big businesses pay their share. And billions leftover to pay down federal deficits. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

After a summer break, Congress has a lot on its plate this fall

The House and Senate appropriations packages are far from the only priority for Congress this fall — and many of the other to-do items have direct impacts…

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Sunlight shines on the U.S. Capitol Dome in Washington, Friday, Jan. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Bills, amendments linger in Congress with lasting implications for feds

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Senate Dems introduce bill to prevent Schedule F from resurfacing

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Army Corps of Engineers turns to private sector in face of budget cuts

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FILE - This April 13, 2016, file photo shows the seal of the Central Intelligence Agency at CIA headquarters in Langley, Va. WikiLeaks’ release of nearly 8,000 documents that purportedly reveal secrets about the CIA’s tools for breaking into computers, cellphones and even smart TVs has given rise to multiple theories about whodunit and why. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Trump’s pick for top CIA lawyer calls for greater cyber, contractor scrutiny

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Loretta Lynch

Attorney General lays out price tag, plan to support Obama’s gun violence reform

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Ruppersberger happy to see progress on Senate cybersecurity bill

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McCain rejects torture scene in ‘Zero Dark Thirty’

The movie “Zero Dark Thirty” suggests the CIA’s harsh interrogation techniques led the U.S. to Osama bin Laden. Sen. John McCain watched the movie Monday…

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Sen. Wyden reminds White House to limit scope of cyber order

The Select Committee on Intelligence member
wrote
a letter to White House Cyber Coordinator
Michael
Daniel asking him to make sure any mandate
doesn’t…

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Feinstein asks for executive order on cybersecurity

Sen Diane Feinstein (D-Calif.) called on President Obama to issue an executive order on cybersecurity rather than wait for Congress to act on legislation under consideration.

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