Cabbage News Network Week #9

Summary of Health Care Bill status from GovTrack - key change to bill was to remove requirement for insurance companies to provide a minimum level of coverage in their plans - Where key legislators stand on the bill.

Pulling the cabinet status section - Agriculture and Labor are still without a secretary, but it doesn't like there's going to be any action there for awhile.

Friday 3/17

• DJT adds UK and Germany to the list of countries insulted (source).
  
• Rex Tillerson threatens war with North Korea (source) - softens tone after talking to China (source).

Monday 3/20

• DJT appoints aides to keep tabs on his own cabinet (source).
  
• FBI says no evidence of wiretapping, is investigating Trump-Russia ties (source).
  
• DJT delegates oversight of military operations to the Pentagon (source).
  
• Canadians not thrilled with influx of people fleeing the U.S. (source).

Tuesday 3/21

• U.S. bans electronics on flights from the Mideast (source).
  
• New evidence of DJT's former campaign manager money laundering payments from pro-Russian Ukrainian party (source) - Manafort's ties to Putin.

Wednesday 3/22

• GOP governors come out against DJT budget (source).

Thursday 3/23

• Tillerson asks embassies to identify groups to discriminate against (source).
  
• Senate votes to overturn Internet privacy protections (source).
  
• GSA decides DJT's DC hotel does not violate lease (source).
  
• CBO updates report on health care bill to reflect changes (source).

Friday 3/24

• State Dept. grants permit for Keystone pipeline (source).
  
• DJT tells House to pass health care replacement bill today or he's going to keep Obamacare (source).

Legislative action this week

• Legislation signed into law
  
  • New this week - NASA Authorization Act - keeps NASA running https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/s442
    
  
  
• Legislation awaiting DJT's signature
  
  • Repeal rule favoring Federal contractors that comply with labor laws https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/hjres37
    
  • Repeal BLM rule on expanding public input on natural resource management planning https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/hjres44 - BLM summary of this rule (note doing nice summaries like this will probably become illegal if the Regulatory Integrity Act passes) - New about the change.
    
  • Repeal of two rules regarding school accountability and reporting requirements https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/hjres57 and https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/hjres58 - News about these.
    
  • Repeal of rule limiting what occupations can require regular drug testing https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/hjres42
    
  • New this week - repeal of rule requiring employers to keep records of workplace injuries https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/hjres83
    
  • New this week - repeal of rule limiting the hunting of wolves in Alaska https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/hjres69
    
  
  
• Legislation passed in the House, awaiting Senate
  
  • Scrub Act - creates a commission whose job it is to look for regulations to repeal https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/hr998
    
  • Regulatory Integrity Act - prohibits agencies from advocating for new rules https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/hr1004
    
  • OIRA Act - expands regulatory review process https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/hr1009
    
  • Law requiring a lactation room in public buildings https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/hr1174
    
  • DOD Appropriations - keeps DOD running https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/hr1301
    
  • Several laws changing litigation rules, of most interest is probably https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/hr985 making class action lawsuits more difficult - more about this and some of the other proposed laws about litigation - of that list, 985, 720, and 725 have passed the House
    
  • MLK, Jr. NHP Act - upgrades and expands the MLK Jr. National Historic Site to a National Historic Park https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/hr267
    
  • approval to increase the capacity of the Fontenelle Reservoir https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/hr648 - this would pull more water from the Colorado River for irrigation in Wyoming
  
  
• Legislation passed in the Senate, awaiting House
  
  • Repeal of a rule requiring transit authorities to consolidate planning organizations in the same metro area https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/s496
    
  • New this week - repeal of Internet privacy protections https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/sjres34
    
  • New this week - law to award employers that employ veterans https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/hr244
    
  
  
• Legislation advancing in the House
  
  • Law establishing an earthquake warning system for the Pacific Northwest https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/hr654
    
  • Law raising the price cap on FEMA disaster recovery projects from $130k to $500k https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/hr1214
    
  • Law removing anti-trust protections from the health insurance industry https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/hr372
    
  • New this week - Protecting Access to Care Act - limits litigation against health care providers https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/hr1215
    
  • New this week - American Health Care Act https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/hr1628 - vote might be today