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Forecast for May 17, 2021

By DanielSchuman May 17, 2021 18 min read

Welcome to the First Branch Forecast, your weekly look into the Legislative branch and government transparency. Encourage your colleagues to subscribe here. TOP LINE Both chambers are in session this week and getting down to business: A bill providing for a January 6th Commission likely will be considered in the House this week. The legislation, introduced by […]

Tags: Diversity and Inclusion, US Capitol Police, January 6, Earmarks, Proxy Voting

5.17.21

Pay Congressional Staff More! Says Bipartisan Group of 30 Orgs to House Appropriators

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Forecast for May 10, 2021.

By DanielSchuman May 10, 2021 21 min read

Welcome to the First Branch Forecast, your weekly look into the Legislative branch and government transparency. Was this email forwarded to you? Subscribe here. TOP LINE STOP EVERYTHING. “100% of my focus is on stopping this new administration,” said Sen. McConnell at a press conference. He added: Democrats want to turn America into a “socialist country” and […]

Tags: US Capitol Police, Advisory Committee on Transparency, Whistleblower Protections, Office of Congressional Workplace Rights, Surveillance, Earmarks, Department of Justice, Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act, Freedom of Information Act, PLUM Act, Office of Legal Counsel

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Forecast for May 3, 2021

By DanielSchuman May 3, 2021 24 min read

Welcome to the First Branch Forecast, your weekly look into the Legislative branch and government transparency. We had thought last week would be quiet, but we were wrong. Was this email forwarded to you? Subscribe here. TOP LINE Calendar. The Senate is out this week and the House is holding a committee work week, which means […]

Tags: Staff Pay, January 6, MRA, Cybersecurity

4.28.21

FY 2022 Testimony Before the House Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee on Congressional Unionization

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Forecast for April 26, 2021

By DanielSchuman April 26, 2021 14 min read

Welcome to the First Branch Forecast, your weekly look into the Legislative branch and government transparency. Was this email forwarded to you? Subscribe here. TOP LINE Staffers on Capitol Hill continue to bear the trauma and burn out from working through a pandemic, the 2020 election, and the insurrection, leading many staff to leave their jobs, according to Business […]

Tags: Staff Pay, Office of Congressional Ethics, US Capitol Police, January 6, Earmarks, Political Violence, Cybersecurity

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Forecast for April 19, 2021

By DanielSchuman April 19, 2021 23 min read

Welcome to the First Branch Forecast, your weekly look into the Legislative branch and government transparency. (Tell your friends to subscribe.) TOP LINE White nationalism has no place in Congress and yet several representatives on Friday were gathering support to start the America First Caucus, ostensibly focused on Anglo-Saxon “political traditions,” per PunchBowl.news. The America First Committee, the obvious antecedent, […]

Tags: January 6, Congressional Research Service, Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act, Staff Pay, US Capitol Police, MRA, Earmarks, Congressional Data, White Supremacy, Science & Tech, Leg Support Agencies, Political Violence, Cybersecurity

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Forecast for April 5, 2021.

By DanielSchuman April 5, 2021 19 min read

Welcome to the First Branch Forecast, your weekly look into the Legislative branch and government transparency. (Was this email forwarded to you? Subscribe here.) TOP LINE Capitol Police officer William F. Evans died and another officer was injured on Friday after sustaining injuries when a vehicle driven by Noah Green apparently tried to break through a barrier on the Constitution […]

Tags: Staff Pay, US Capitol Police, January 6, Whistleblower Protections, Political Violence, Proxy Voting

3.31.21

Appropriations Request FY 2022 Senate Legislative Branch Appropriations Review Legislative Branch Salaries for Parity with the Executive Branch and Internal Pay Disparities by Gender and Race

3.31.21

Appropriations Request FY 2022 Senate Legislative Branch Appropriations Review Legislative Branch Salaries for Parity with the Executive Branch and Internal Pay Disparities by Gender and Race

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Forecast for March 29, 2021.

By DanielSchuman March 29, 2021 16 min read

Welcome to the First Branch Forecast, your weekly look into the Legislative branch and government transparency. (Was this email forwarded to you? Subscribe here.) TOP LINE We made it. The House and Senate are on recess for the next two weeks. With members at home, at fundraisers, or on CODELs, staff will have an opportunity to catch […]

Tags: Earmarks, Freedom of Information Act

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Forecast for February 22, 2021

By DanielSchuman February 22, 2021 15 min read

Welcome to the First Branch Forecast, your weekly look into the Legislative branch and government transparency. (Was this email forwarded to you? Subscribe here.) SUPPORTING CONGRESSIONAL STAFF + MEMBERS The Office of Employee Assistance (OEA) and mental health inside the Legislative branch was the topic of the first Leg branch Appropriations subcommittee hearing for the FY 2022 appropriations cycle, […]

Tags: Diversity and Inclusion, Cybersecurity, Political Violence, Earmarks, January 6, US Capitol Police, House Ethics Committee

Congressional Workplace Fairness and Inclusion

Forecast for May 17, 2021

Pay Congressional Staff More! Says Bipartisan Group of 30 Orgs to House Appropriators

Forecast for May 10, 2021.

Forecast for May 3, 2021

FY 2022 Testimony Before the House Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee on Congressional Unionization

Forecast for April 26, 2021

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Forecast for April 5, 2021.

Appropriations Request FY 2022 Senate Legislative Branch Appropriations Review Legislative Branch Salaries for Parity with the Executive Branch and Internal Pay Disparities by Gender and Race

Appropriations Request FY 2022 Senate Legislative Branch Appropriations Review Legislative Branch Salaries for Parity with the Executive Branch and Internal Pay Disparities by Gender and Race

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