Cabbage News Network Week #102

Monday 1/7

• Shutdown continues, DJT threatening to declare state of emergency, GOP Senate rejects Dems solution (source).
  
• More shutdown impacts: summary list, paychecks stop this Friday, Federal contracts potentially interrupted.
  
• Fact check summary about the wall.
  
• Administration blocking Chinese investment in U.S. tech companies (source).
  
• Administration walking back DJT's promise to withdraw troops from Syria (source).
  
• National Park Service to revise their horrible plan of leaving parks open but unstaffed during shutdown, new plan is to use entrance fees to add staff - new plan might also be illegal (source).

Tuesday 1/8

• Taliban calls off peace talks with the U.S. (source).
  
• Russian lawyer that met with DJT campaign team charged with obstruction of justice (source).
  
• Turkish president tells the U.S. to piss off (source).
  
• More fact-checking about the border - in short there is no border crisis, it's all BS.
  
• Court ruling releases e-mails between industry groups and EPA officials (source).
  
• While most of Dept. of Interior is shut down, it is still churning out drilling permits (source).

Wednesday 1/9

• Manafort shared DJT campaign data with the Russians (source).
  
• TSA workers threatening to quit over shutdown (source).

Thursday 1/10

• As predicted McConnell blocks bills to end shutdown in the Senate (source.)
  
• DJT lies about his promise that Mexico would pay for the wall (source, DJT's website where he promises exactly that).
  
• Administration continues to claim that terrorists are using the U.S. - Mexico border despite all evidence to the contrary (source).

Friday 1/11

• Looks like DJT really is pursuing the national emergency declaration (source).
  
• Federal workers protesting at White House (source).
  
• Syria withdrawal begins (source).

Maps of the week

• Interactive map of the U.S. - Mexico border.
  
• Map of furloughed employees - they're not all in DC.

Legislative update

• Legislation signed into law
  
  • 6 minor bills
  
  
• Legislation awaiting DJT's signature
  
  • 14 total pending bills
  
  
• Legislation passed in the House, awaiting Senate
  
  • Continuing appropriations bill to end shutdown https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/21
    
  • Further appropriation bills for specific agencies https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/116/hjres1, https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/116/hr264, https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/116/hr265, https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/116/hr267
    
  • 10 minor bills
  
  
• Legislation passed in the Senate, awaiting House
  
  • Bill to pay Federal workers after the shutdown ends https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/116/s24