Cabbage News Network Week #104

Missed last week

• DJT executive order increasing logging on public lands (source).

Monday 1/21

Tuesday 1/22

• Supreme Court ruling allows military transgender ban to go into effect (source).
  
• Supreme Court refuses to overrule lower courts on DACA, leaving "dreamers" program in place (source).
  
• Administration not doing press briefings anymore (source).
  
• Coast Guard chief speaks out against shutdown (source).
  
• HHS refuses to talk about child separation policy (source).
  
• Here are the Trump Tower Moscow plans that Giuliani says don't exist.

Wednesday 1/23

• Pelosi blocks DJT from giving State of the Union speech to Congress (source).
  
• Cohen postpones congressional testimony due to threats from DJT and Giuliani (source).
  
• DJT supports opposition leader in Venezuela (source).
  
• State Dept. border security conference cancelled due to shutdown (source).
  
• The Federal Court system will run out of money next week (source).
  
• OPM threatens Federal employees that aren't willing to work for free (source).
  
• House launches investigation into White House security clearance procedures (source).

Thursday 1/24

• DJT agrees to delay State of the Union until after shutdown ends (source.)
  
• Commerce Secretary Ross doesn't understand why Federal workers not getting paid would have trouble feeding their families (source - seriously fuck this guy.
  
• Air travel unions warn that air travel is currently unsafe due to shutdown (source).
  
• Cohen subpoenaed by Congress (source).
  
• U.S. starts returning asylum seekers to Mexico (source).
  
• Senate votes down two bills to end shutdown (source).
  
• Documentation that EPA has not been enforcing environmental laws (source).
  
• Ben Carson speaks out against shutdown (source).

Friday 1/25

• Roger Stone is arrested (source, full text of indictment).
  
• Administration continues working on oil and gas drilling plans despite shutdown (source).

Maps of the week

• Countries split on who to recognize as president of Venezuala.

Legislative update

• Legislation signed into law
  
  • 1 minor bill
  
  
• Legislation awaiting DJT's signature
  
  • 1 minor bill
  
  
• Legislation passed in the House, awaiting Senate
  
  • More appropriation bills that the senate won't touch https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/116/hjres28, https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/116/hr648
    
  • Bill preventing DJT from pulling the U.S. out of NATO https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/116/hr676
    
  • 5 minor bills
    
  • 35 total pending bills
  
  
• Legislation passed in the Senate, awaiting House - Senate is missing in action