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Congressional Oversight

Congressional investigations and checks on executive branch power.

  1. 2026

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    Two Defense Contractors Arrested for Bribery and Major Fraud Conspiracy Scheme
    Two defense contractors arrested for bribery and major fraud conspiracy scheme involving Hawaiʻi-Pacific Innovation Campus
    Former Air Force NCO pleads guilty in contracts scheme that cost the service $37 million
    May 20

    Two defense contractors charged with bribing Army employee at Hawaii innovation campus

    Leonard Pick and Brian Kent charged with paying $1.25 million in bribes to an Army employee for Hawaii defense contracts

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    K
    D
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    10 figures
    Thomas Massie Introduces Bill Forcing AIPAC To Register As Foreign Agent
    Massie Unveils Bill Requiring Pro-Israel Lobby to Register as Foreign Agent
    Rep. Thomas Massie primary tests Donald Trump grip on GOP
    May 15

    Massie introduces AIPAC Act as $25.6M floods his primary

    $25.6M in PAC money targets a 13-year incumbent over Israel votes

    Thomas Massie
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    Donald Trump
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    C
    +4
    9 figures
    May 14

    Senate committee advances first comprehensive crypto regulation bill

    First crypto market structure bill clears a Senate committee with bipartisan vote

    Tim Scott
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    Angela Alsobrooks
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    12 figures
    Trump ICE Pick Is Private Prison Veteran
    18 U.S.C. 207 - Post-Employment Restrictions
    Border Patrol Chief Banks Prostitution Allegations
    May 14

    Border Patrol chief resigns after misconduct report and 37-year career

    Third DHS leadership exit in weeks raises accountability and revolving-door questions

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    Markwayne Mullin
    Kristi Noem
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    T
    +6
    11 figures
    Democrats' Iran war powers resolution fails in House
    House effort to end Trump's war with Iran fails by one vote
    War Powers Resolution: Expedited Procedures
    May 14

    House Iran war powers resolution fails on historic 212-212 tie

    Three GOP defections aren't enough as House ties 212-212 on Iran war powers

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    Thomas Massie
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    Jared Golden
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    15 figures
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    Apr 29

    Senate blocks vote to restore automatic 540-day work permits

    47-50 vote leaves thousands of legal workers without authorization

    Jacky Rosen
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    +3
    8 figures
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    House Farm Bill Consumer Protections
    EPA Labeling Requirements
    Apr 29

    House delays farm bill after E15 and pesticide revolt

    GOP rebels forced a two-hour procedural standoff before leadership retreat

    Mark Johnson
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    +3
    8 figures
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    H.R. 1755 - Timely and Accurate Benefits Act
    Data Foundation: DO NOT PAY Integration Analysis
    House Oversight DO NOT PAY Briefing
    Apr 29

    House Oversight advances 9 anti-fraud payment bills

    Shifting federal payments from pay-and-chase to pre-payment prevention

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    10 figures
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    'No plans for RIFs' at Interior Dept, Burgum tells House appropriators
    Takeaways from Burgum's Hill appearance
    Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Hearing: Interior Department FY2027 Budget Request
    Apr 29

    Interior budget seeks $2.3B cut and Forest Service transfer

    NPS cut 26% while $10B D.C. beautification fund draws Senate fire

    Doug Burgum
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    8 figures
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    Trump Administration Undercutting of Oversight Hurts Taxpayers and Beneficiaries
    Trump fires another inspector general, raising fears about oversight independence
    Committee on Oversight and Accountability (119th Congress)
    Feb 21

    Trump fired 17 inspectors general and blocked GAO access, hollowing out congressional oversight

    Democrats have no subpoena power, DOGE has no accountability structure, and the oversight tools Congress relies on have lost their teeth

  2. 2025

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    FEMA workers warn agency at risk of Hurricane Katrina-type failures
    Current and former FEMA employees protest Trump overhauls to disaster agency
    Aug 25

    180 FEMA veterans warn Trump cuts risk Katrina-level disasters

    Disaster experts predict catastrophic failure from cuts

    David Richardson
    Kristi Noem
    Carey Hamilton
    3 figures
    Job Corps | U.S. Department of Labor
    Job Corps: A Primer
    Labor Dept to suspend Job Corps centers it says put students in danger, cost taxpayers $1.7B
    Jun 7

    U.S. District Court blocks Labor Department from closing Job Corps under Workforce Innovation Act

    Judge blocks Trump's shutdown of 60-year-old Job Corps training program

    Lori Chavez-DeRemer
    Donald Trump
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    6 figures
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    Congressional Control of Agency Decision Making: An Analysis of Recent Proposals to Constrain Agency Discretion
    Can the President Dismantle the Department of Education by Executive Order?
    State Constitutional Provisions on Education
    Mar 15

    Executive order targets Education Department as Congress holds sole authority

    Dismantling Education Department would transform how schools get funded

    Donald Trump
    Linda McMahon
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    5 figures

  3. 2015

    1 item

  4. 2006

    1 item

  5. 2005

    1 item

  6. 1989

    1 item

  7. 1988

    1 item
People

Key figures in Congressional Oversight

111 figures
Donald Trump
President of the United States (2025-present)
Kristi Noem
Former DHS Secretary (Jan 2025 - March 2026)
Linda McMahon
Education Secretary
Thomas Massie
U.S. Representative (R-KY-4), 2012-present
Catherine Cortez Masto
U.S. Senator (D-NV), Senate Banking Committee member
Chris Van Hollen
U.S. Senator (D-MD)
David Richardson
Acting FEMA Administrator
Elizabeth Warren
Ranking Member, Senate Banking Committee (D-MA)
John Fetterman
U.S. Senator (D-PA)
Lisa Murkowski
U.S. Senator (R-AK)
Mark Johnson
Speaker of the U.S. House (R-LA-4)
Rand Paul
U.S. Senator (R-KY)
Ruben Gallego
U.S. Senator (D-AZ), Senate Banking Committee member
Susan Collins
U.S. Senator (R-ME)
Abraham Ribicoff
Adam Schiff
U.S. Senator (D-CA), CRA cosponsor
Alan Hayward James
Former U.S. Air Force Master Sergeant (defendant, 2026)
Andrew Carter Jr.
U.S. District Judge, Southern District of New York
Andrew Schupanitz
Trial Attorney, DOJ Antitrust Division, San Francisco Office (2026)
Angela Alsobrooks
U.S. Senator (D-MD), Senate Banking Committee member
Angie Craig
U.S. Representative (D-MN)
Bennie Thompson
U.S. Representative - MS District 2
Bill Cassidy
Senate Education Committee Chair
Birch Bayh
Brian Fitzpatrick
U.S. Representative (R-PA-1), swing-district Republican
Brian Kent
Defense contractor, Tampa, Florida (defendant, 2026)
Carey Hamilton
Former FEMA Administrator
Carl Levin
Caspar Weinberger
Secretary of Defense
Chip Roy
U.S. Representative (R-TX)
Chris LaCivita
Former Trump 2024 co-campaign manager, MAGA KY operative
Chuck Grassley
U.S. Senator (R-IA), Senate Judiciary Committee member
Chuck Schumer
U.S. Senate Minority Leader (D-NY)
Corey Lewandowski
DHS Adviser under Secretary Noem
Cynthia Lummis
U.S. Senator (R-WY), Senate Banking Committee member
Dabney Friedrich
U.S. District Judge, District of Columbia
Daniel W. Glad
Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Criminal Enforcement, DOJ Antitrust Division (2026)
David Porter
Special Agent in Charge, FBI Honolulu Field Office (2026)
David Venturella
Incoming Acting ICE Director (named May 13, 2026)
Doug Burgum
Secretary of the Interior
Ed Gallrein
Republican primary challenger, retired Navy SEAL and Army Ranger
Edith Green
Frederica Wilson
U.S. Representative (D-FL-24)
Gary Palmer
Representative (R-AL)
George H.W. Bush
President
Glenn Grothman
Subcommittee Chairman, House Health Care and Financial Services; Representative (R-WI)
Glenn Thompson
Chairman, House Agriculture Committee (R-PA)
Greg Abbott
Governor of Texas
Hakeem Jeffries
House Minority Leader (D-NY-8)
Jack Brooks
Jack Reed
U.S. Senator (D-RI), Senate Banking Committee member
Jacky Rosen
U.S. Senator (D-NV), CRA sponsor
James Comer
Chairman, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee (R-KY)
Jared Golden
U.S. Representative (D-ME-2), former Marine
Jeff Merkley
U.S. Senator (D-OR), Senate Appropriations Committee
Jimmy Carter
Former President who signed the 1980 Refugee Act
Jimmy Gomez
U.S. Representative (D-CA)
Jodey Arrington
Chairman, House Budget Committee; Representative (R-TX)
John Boozman
Chairman, Senate Agriculture Committee (R-AR)
John Paulson
Billionaire hedge fund manager, Paulson & Co. founder
John Roberts
Chief Justice, U.S. Supreme Court
Josh Gottheimer
U.S. Representative (D-NJ-5), sponsor of H.Con.Res.75
Justice Jackson
Associate Justice
Justice Kagan
Associate Justice
Justice Sotomayor
Associate Justice
Ken Sorenson
U.S. Attorney, District of Hawaii (2026)
Kevin Roberts
Heritage Foundation President
Kika Scott
Senior Official Performing the Duties of USCIS Director
Kirsten Gillibrand
U.S. Senator (D-NY)
Kylie McLaughlin
Trial Attorney, DOJ Antitrust Division, San Francisco Office (2026)
Lauren Boebert
U.S. Representative (R-CO)
Leonard Pick
Defense contractor, Palm Beach Shores, Florida (defendant, 2026)
Lori Chavez-DeRemer
U.S. Secretary of Labor
Maria Cantwell
Ranking Member, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee (D-WA)
Marjorie Taylor Greene
U.S. Representative (R-GA-14)
Mark Warner
U.S. Senator (D-VA), Senate Banking Committee member
Markwayne Mullin
DHS Secretary (confirmed March 24, 2026)
Maxwell Frost
Representative (D-FL)
Michael Banks
U.S. Border Patrol Chief (Jan 2025 - May 2026)
Michael Bennet
U.S. Senator (D-CO), CRA cosponsor
Michelle Fischbach
U.S. Representative (R-MN)
Mikal Condon
Senior Litigation Counsel, DOJ Antitrust Division, San Francisco Office (2026)
Mike Rounds
U.S. Senator (R-SD), Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior
Miriam Adelson
Billionaire casino heiress, major Republican mega-donor
Nick Hart
President and CEO, Data Foundation
Nolan Mayther
Trial Attorney, DOJ Antitrust Division, San Francisco Office (2026)
Patsy Mink
Patty Murray
U.S. Senator (D-WA), Senate Appropriations Committee
Paul Singer
Billionaire hedge fund manager, Elliott Management founder
Paulina Luna
U.S. Representative (R-FL)
Pete Hegseth
U.S. Secretary of Defense, confirmed January 24, 2026 (51-50)
Pete Sessions
Subcommittee Chairman, House Government Operations; Representative (R-TX)
Peter Welch
U.S. Representative - VT
Pramila Jayapal
U.S. Representative (D-WA-7), former chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus
Richard Nixon
37th President of the United States
Rick Garcia
Ranking Member, House Oversight Committee
Ro Khanna
Representative (D-CA)
Robert Byrd
Robert Stafford
Ronald Reagan
Former U.S. president
Thomas Eagleton
Tim Burchett
Subcommittee Chairman, House Delivering on Government Efficiency; Representative (R-TN)
Tim Scott
Chairman, Senate Banking Committee (R-SC)
Todd Lindsey
Acting Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, USDA Rural Development
Todd Lyons
Outgoing Acting ICE Director (departing May 31, 2026)
Tom Barrett
U.S. Representative (R-MI-7), swing-district Republican
Tom Homan
White House Border Czar (2025-present)
Tom Kean Jr.
U.S. Representative (R-NJ-7)
Tony Fabrizio
Trump 2024 campaign pollster, MAGA KY operative
Ur Jaddou
Former USCIS Director (Biden administration)
William Timmons
Subcommittee Chairman, House Military and Foreign Affairs; Representative (R-SC)