Cabbage News Network Week #56

Status of Puerto Rico infrastructure - it's been 149 days and the island is still 20% without power.

Friday 2/9

• House Intelligence committee unanimously agrees to release Dems rebuttal to last week's Nunes memo but DJT does not allow it (source).
  
• Administration's "immigrant crimes" report includes items that aren't crimes and crimes that aren't committed by immigrants (source).
  
• Reminder that DJT still doesn't read his intelligence briefings (source).
  
• White House speechwriter resigns amid abuse allegations (source, and yes, that was two WH officials in one week).
  
• Interior loosens hunting restrictions on Federal lands (source).

Monday 2/12

• Justice Dept. releases new policy limiting Federal agencies ability to enforce regulations (source).
  
• DJT reveals a budget proposal that would include his wall, increases for military, decreases for everything else, make no attempt to be balanced, and that everyone will ignore (source).
  
• DJT reveals infrastructure plan with no way to pay for it that everyone will ignore (source).
  
• DJT looking for ways to reduce pay, kill pensions for Federal workers (source).
  
• Tillerson announces sexual harassment prevention training for State Dept. (source).
  
• Expect interest rate hikes due to GOP spending spree. (source).

Tuesday 2/13

• Kushner still doesn't have a permanent security clearance, and he's receiving DJT's intelligence briefings (source, Over 100 White House staffers working with temporary clearances).

Wednesday 2/14

• VA Secretary sent his wife on a European vacation at the taxpayers expense - how romantic (source).
  
• Congress is investigating Rob Porter's employment at the White House (source).
  
• Priebus to release a book about what it was like working for DJT, "Take everything you've heard and multiply it by 50" (source).
  
• EPA chief Pruitt has been doing a lot of 1st class flying on the taxpayers dime (source).
  
• OMB releases cost estimate of military parade of $10-30 million (source).
  

Thursday 2/15

DJT and GOP offer "hopes and prayers" in response to Florida school shooting, reminder that none of the legislation introduced after the Las Vegas shooting has gone anywhere (source, CNN sums up the Federal response to mass shootings, Rubio is in full "protect the NRA mode" - source).

• Courts once again rule against DJT's Muslim travel ban (source).
  
• House votes to gut the ADA (source).
  
• DJT threatens to veto bipartisan immigration plan (source).
  
• Immigration plan stalls (source).
  
• Ajit Pai of the FCC being investigated for conflict of interests (source).
  
• ICE lawyer pleads guilty to stealing immigrants identities (source).
  
• Dems want corruption at HHS investigated (source).
  
• Energy Dept. investing in coal (source).
  
• Idaho violating Obamacare, unknown whether HHS will do anything (source).
  
• Bipartisan effort to reform sentencing guidelines likely to fail (source).

Friday 2/16

• Mueller indicts 13 Russians for election interference (source, full text of indictment).
  
• 40% of DJT's cabinet level picks have faced ethical questions (source).
  
• U.S. mends ties with Turkey by selling out Kurds (source).

Map of the week

School shootings since 2013

Legislative action this week

• Legislation signed into law
  
  • Bill expanding mandatory child abuse reporting requirements among sporting organizations https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/s534
  
  
• Legislation awaiting DJT's signature
  
  • DHS authorization bill https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/hr4708
    
  • Bill making the St. Louis Gateway Arch a National Park https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/s1438
    
  • 3 minor bills
  
  
• Legislation passed in the House, awaiting Senate
  
  • Bill gutting the ADA https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/hr620
  • Sanctions against Hamas https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/hr3542
    
  • 433 pending bills
  
  
• Legislation passed in the Senate, awaiting House - no new major bills
  
  • 90 pending bills