In 2014, the top career executives at the Veterans Affairs Department faced a new process to expedite their removal under a measure signed into law by President Obama. Last year, President Trump signed a new law replacing that authority and again creating a separate, faster track for VA to fire Senior Executive Service employees. In between, SESers faced restrictions on their bonuses.
Now, a bipartisan pair of senators is taking one more crack at boosting oversight of VA’s highest-ranked civil servants.