Cabbage News Network Week #80

Status of Puerto Rico infrastructure - it's been 312 days and the island is still 5% without power. This will be the last of these messages as the status page is no longer updating, the regions still without power are remote mountainous areas and it's probably safe to say they'll be without for awhile.

Monday 7/30

• Current status of immigrant children taken from their parents.
  
• Giuliani argues that DJT-Russia collusion is not against the law (source).
  
• DJT again threatens shutdown if Congress doesn't give him money for his wall, funding deadline is Sept. 30, so don't expect any action on this until then (source).
  
• More details on Russian attacks on U.S. power utilities (source).
  
• Treasury Dept. considering bypassing Congress in additional tax cut for the rich. (source).
  
• Sessions creates "religious liberty task force", and by religious liberty he means free to discriminate (source).
  
• U.S. and Taliban having peace talks without Afghanistan (source).
  
• TSA has been monitoring travelers in the air (source).

Tuesday 7/31

• In Congressional hearings on the separation of immigrant children from their parents ICE official describes detention centers as "like summer camps", officials said they had no plans on ever returning the children when they began the separations (source).
  
• Facebook pulls some political pages and accounts suspected of being run by Russians targeting the midterm elections (source).

Wednesday 8/1

• As Manafort case goes to trial, DJT continues to call for ending Mueller investigation, Mueller continues to collect obstruction of justice evidence (source).
  
• Mueller passes foreign lobbying cases over to New York (source).
  
• Senate GOP denies funding for election security (source).
  
• Court rules that DJT order withholding funding from "sanctuary cities" is unconstitutional (source).
  
• DJT attacks Koch network for withholding their support from candidates he supports (source).
  
• U.S. imposes sanctions on Turkey (source).
  
• U.S. prepares round 2 of tariffs against China (source).
  
• Congress passes Defense spending bill (source).
  
• DJT thinks you need an ID to buy groceries (source).

Thursday 8/2

• Baltimore, Chicago, Cincinnati and Columbus sue DJT for failing to uphold Obamacare (source).
  
• Administration seeks to weaken car efficiency standards (source).
  
• California preparing to sue to maintain its car efficiency standards if needed (source).
  
• DeVos to weaken accreditation requirements for higher ed (source).
  
• DJT picks a scientist to be his science advisor (source).
  
• Brookings Institute blames GOP for health care premium increases (source).
  
• ACLU sues over prison conditions for immigrants (source).
  
• Administration seeking helping in reuniting 400 remaining children with their parents (source).

Map of the week

No interesting new maps, so have a peek at the Mitchell map that helped define the fledgling United States at the Treaty of Paris

Legislative action this week

• Legislation signed into law
  
  • 9 minor bills
  
  
• Legislation awaiting DJT's signature
  
  • Defense spending bill https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/hr5515
    
  • 4 minor bills
  
  
• Legislation passed in the House, awaiting Senate
  
  • No new action
    
  • 663 total pending bills
  
  
• Legislation passed in the Senate, awaiting House
  
  • Interior appropriations bill https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/hr6147
    
  • 3 minor bills
    
  • 122 total pending bills