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Pingree to chair powerful appropriations panel overseeing Interior, EPA

Pingree to chair powerful appropriations panel overseeing Interior and EPA She becomes one of the House’s 12 cardinals who shape the federal funding priorities over their respective congressional fiefdoms. Share Maine s 1st District U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree during the 116th Congress in February 2019. U.S. House of Representatives staff Rep. Chellie Pingree has been elected the new chair of the House appropriations subcommittee that holds the purse strings for a wide swath of federal environmental, land use, arts, and tribal affairs agencies and programs. The position confers substantial power and influence to the Democrat, who has represented Maine’s 1st District for the past 12 years, especially as her party now controls the executive branch and both chambers of Congress. The Appropriations Committee chairwoman, Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., announced Pingree’s appointment late Monday afternoon.

Democrats capture US Senate as Jon Ossoff defeats David

Democrats won control of the US Senate for the first time in six years with victories in two runoff races in Georgia – a stunning result in a state that hadn’t sent a new Democratic senator to Washington for two decades. Jon Ossoff unseated incumbent Republican David Perdue, and Raphael Warnock defeated appointed GOP Senator Kelly Loeffler in Tuesday’s special election, according to the Associated Press. Neither Republican had won a majority on November 3, forcing the runoffs two months later. The race call came amid chaos in the nation’s capital as supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the US Capitol and disrupted lawmakers who were meeting to certify the November election for President-elect Joe Biden.

Transition Roundup: Confusion Over Pentagon Briefing Status; IG Council Publishes Transition Guide

Government Executive Get the latest on need-to-know topics for federal employees delivered to your inbox. email Here’s today’s list of news updates and stories you may have missed. Government funding expires at midnight and as of late Friday morning, lawmakers had yet to reach an agreement on that or another stimulus package for the economic recession resulting from the novel coronavirus pandemic. If there is a shutdown, transition funding won’t be impacted because it “was an anomaly line item in the September [continuing resolution],” Matthew Glassman, senior fellow at Georgetown University’s Government Affairs Institute, told Government Executive. 

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