Cabbage News Network Week #165

Monday 3/23

• DJT back to waffling on Covid-19 response (source).
  
• National Guard deployed in California, New York, and Washington (source).
  
• Fed expands lending programs (source).
  
• U.S. halted funding for CDC expert in China last summer (source).
  
• Senate has not yet come to an agreement on next pandemic relief bill (source, more analysis).
  
• NIH head Anthony Fauci says there's nothing he can do about DJT lying about the virus (source).
  
• Surgeon General echoes calls for people to stay home (source).

Tuesday 3/24

• DJT wants to re-open everything soon, but since he's left everything to the states that's not really up to him anymore, governors tell him to piss off (source).
  
• Pence confirms that White House plan is to leave everything to the states (source).
  
• States trying to find medical equipment without Federal help (source).

Wednesday 3/25

• Senate passes massive relief bill (source and explanation of what's in it, full text, criticism from New York, where the money is going).
  
• DJT refuses to order ramp up production of medical equipment (source).
  
• Standing Rock tribe wins court case against pipeline (source).

Thursday 3/26

• 3.3 million file for unemployment (source).
  
• EPA suspends enforcement of environmental laws (source).
  
• Legal immigrants at risk of losing status as work visas expire with no way to renew them (source).
  
• Fauci says what's happening now in New York will soon be coming to other states (source).
  
• DJT doesn't believe in need for ventilators for Covid-19 patients (source).
  
• DJT followers begin attacking Fauci (source).
  
• DJT plans to deploy troops to the Canadian border, Canada calls that unnecessary (source).
  
• Real ID implementation being delayed (source).

Friday 3/27

• Covid-19 relief bill should get signed later today (source).
  
• Judge orders 10 immigrant detainees freed over Covid-19 concerns (source).
  
• Space Force launches its first satellite (source).
  
• States making plans to conduct election by mail (source).

In other news

• Note I'm keeping the scope of these to be about the current administrations actions, so am not including general Covid-19 news, but if you want some this is the most comprehensive article I've seen.

Map of the week

• Current status of Covid-19 pandemic

Legislative update

• Legislation signed into law
  
  • 4 minor bills
  
  
• Legislation awaiting DJT's signature
  
  • 1 new minor bill
    
  • 7 total pending bills sitting on DJT's desk
  
  
• Legislation passed in the House, awaiting Senate
  
  • 416 total pending bills sitting on McConnell's desk
  
  
• Legislation passed in the Senate, awaiting House
  
  • Massive Covid-19 relief bill https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/116/hr748 expected to pass House and be signed by DJT later today.
    
  • 2 minor bills
    
  • 125 total pending bills sitting on Pelosi's desk