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A small group of Senate staffers wracked up thousands of dollars in midday yoga classes — expenditures that “appear wasteful,” a government watchdog has determined.
J. Brett Blanton, the architect of the Capitol and the only member of the Capitol Police Board who has kept his job in the wake of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, is being investigated by his agency’s inspector general for allegedly misusing his official government car, according to two people familiar with the […] The post AOC Blanton under investigation for misusing government vehicle appeared first on Roll Call.
Jack Reed vows to get defense budget done despite delays from the White House Jamie McIntyre BUDGET CRUNCH, ‘HARD CHOICES’: Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Jack Reed, a Rhode Island Democrat, says he and the committee’s top Republican, Sen. Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma, are hoping to finish work on the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act before the next fiscal year starts, despite a late start forced by the late budget submission by the White House. “Both Sen. Inhofe and I are determined to get our bill to the floor and then get the conference done and get a b...
Lawmakers on Wednesday expressed alarm over the sidelining of the Architect of the Capitol (AOC) in the security planning leading up to the Jan. 6 attack despite its role on the Capitol Police Board.
U.S. Capitol Police watchdog worries lawmakers, saying the force has ‘issues’ detecting threats Updated May 11, 5:35 AM; Posted May 10, 7:45 PM Facebook Share WASHINGTON — The Capitol Police force was hobbled by inadequate intelligence gathering ahead of the Jan. 6 siege, the department’s watchdog told Congress on Monday, alarming lawmakers who are concerned for their own safety amid rising threats against members of Congress. Capitol Police Inspector General Michael Bolton testified in the first of three House hearings this week on what went wrong during the Jan. 6 insurrection. La...