Cabbage News Network Week #156

Monday 1/20

• USDA proposes relaxing nutritional requirements for school lunches (source).

Tuesday 1/21

• McConnell proposes Senate impeachment trial rules that prevent any witnesses or evidence being presented. Dems protest. (source).
  
• North Korea abandons agreement with U.S. on nuclear freeze (source).
  
• DJT planning on expanding travel ban (source).
  
• DJT announces U.S. will join the 1 trillion trees initiative (source).
  
• Administration threatens Europe with tariffs over digital tax proposals (source).
  
• 2020 Census begins (source).

Wednesday 1/22

• McConnell mostly gets his way on impeachment rules, there will be no witnesses or new evidence (source).
  
• Dems present opening arguments in Senate impeachment trial (source).
  
• DJT brags about withholding evidence from the Senate impeachment trial (source).

Thursday 1/23

• DJT enacts new rule to prevent pregnant women from travelling to the U.S. (source).
  
• Long rumored redefining of what streams are Federally protected to go into effect this week, not quite as dramatic as most news stories are making it sound since the Obama definition it is rolling back never went into effect due to court challenges (source).
  
• White House helpfully explains that DJT's boasting about withholding evidence was not DJT boasting about withholding evidence (source).
  
• GAO releases report of supporting documents for its finding that DJT withholding Ukraine aid was illegal (source).
  
• DJT says he is open to cutting social security, then vows to save social security from his own threat (source).
  
• State Dept. and CDC issue travel advisory regarding China due to new virus (source).
  
• Intelligence agencies fail to deliver promised report on Khashoggi assassination (source).

Friday 1/24

• Dems finishing their impeachment arguments (source).
  
• After voting to not allow any new evidence, the GOP are complaining that Dems aren't presenting any new evidence (source).
  
• U.S. nazis being directed from Russia (source).
  
• Iraqis protest U.S. presence (source).

Map of the week

• Spread of the Coronavirus

Legislative update

• Legislation signed into law
  
  • 1 minor bill
  
  
• Legislation awaiting DJT's signature
  
  • NAFTA 2.0 https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5430
    
  • 5 minor bills
  
  
• Legislation passed in the House, awaiting Senate - busy with impeachment
  
  • 366 total pending bills
  
  
• Legislation passed in the Senate, awaiting House - busy with impeachment
  
  • 120 total pending bills