Tag: Joel Gehrke

Feds silent as migrant flights keep on coming

Joel Gehrke · April 26, 2016 4:37 pm

"This is more proof that the federal government's dysfunctional civil service system makes it almost impossible for VA to adequately discipline most employees, including those involved in serious crimes," said House Veterans Affairs Committee chairman Jeff Miller, R-Fla. (AP Photo/File)

Lawmaker blasts VA’s forgiveness of ‘off-duty’ crimes

Joel Gehrke · April 25, 2016 10:13 pm

"I hope the Senate will answer this call and take up our Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act soon." (AP File Photo/Susan Walsh)

Mike Lee: RNC resolution will boost criminal justice bill

Joel Gehrke · April 25, 2016 9:09 pm

"The tax preparation industry-run Free File program has failed," a recently-released Elizabeth Warren staff report says.

Lawmakers battle over tax-filing programs

Joel Gehrke · April 25, 2016 4:01 am

Dan Sullivan might be an effective advocate when it comes to assuring law-and-order Republicans that the sentencing reforms won't diminish public safety. (AP Photo)

Alaska senator backs criminal justice reform package

Joel Gehrke · April 22, 2016 10:50 pm

Behind the scenes, Cornyn's GOP opponents are campaigning against the revised version of the bill. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Dems in the driver’s seat on criminal justice reform bill

Joel Gehrke · April 22, 2016 12:13 pm

The FCC reauthorization bill is poised to be the first revision of the agency's legal authority since 1990. (AP Photo/James Nord)

Senate to dodge net neutrality when it reauthorizes FCC

Joel Gehrke · April 21, 2016 8:55 pm

The RLAS breach caused Army Reserve personnel to endure a 17-day delay of their paychecks, a problem made more inconvenient because it occurred during the holiday season. (AP Photo/Justin Maxon, File)

DOJ: Defense contractor ‘sabotaged’ Army Reserve computers

Joel Gehrke · April 20, 2016 8:44 pm

House GOP has proposed a constitutional amendment to prevent Congress from exempting itself from federal law. (AP Photo/Steve Cannon)

GOP lawmakers: Time to end the D.C. ‘ruling class’

Joel Gehrke · April 20, 2016 7:14 pm

A House Democrat charged Wednesday that the Islamic State is getting free power from Iraq. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

National Security

Dem: Islamic State getting free electricity from Iraq

Joel Gehrke · April 20, 2016 6:27 pm

Lawmakers say Secret Service running out of agents

Joel Gehrke · April 20, 2016 3:09 am

"Immigrants want to stay home," Bishop Minerva Carcano told House Judiciary subcommittee members during an immigration hearing. "They are not able to stay home because we have undermined their economies. We have raped their lands." (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Methodist church on illegal immigrants: ‘We have raped their lands’

Joel Gehrke · April 19, 2016 5:28 pm