Cabbage News Network Week #168

Monday 4/13

• DJT claims absolute power, contrary to that pesky Constitution thing (source).
  
• DJT still hasn't done any of the things promised in his Covid-19 emergency declaration a month ago (source).
  
• DJT to withhold funding to the World Health Organization (source).
  
• States forming regional pacts to coordinate Covid-19 response since there's nothing coherent coming from the White House (source).
  
• USDA rolling out Covid-19 stimulus aid to farmers (source).
  
• Supreme Court resumes work via teleconference (source).
  
• Timeline of warnings and Federal inaction from January and February.

Tuesday 4/14

Wednesday 4/15

• SBA loan program from stimulus bill out of money (source).

Thursday 4/16

• States extend shutdown as DJT plans re-opening (source).
  
• DJT re-opening plan is basically the states do what they want (source, actual text of plan, note plan still relying on non-existent testing).
  
• Administration looking into conspiracy theory about virus being laboratory-made (source), there is zero evidence behind this theory (source).
  
• Hospital bailout money is going out, slowly (source).
  
• EPA relaxes pollution regulations for power plants (source).
  
• DoJ letting companies skip payments from legal settlements (source).

Friday 4/17

• Food supply lines disrupted by virus (source).

Map of the week

• Current status of Covid-19 pandemic - new U.S. specific map.

Legislative update - Congress in recess

• Legislation signed into law
  
  • 2 minor bills
  
  
• Legislation awaiting DJT's signature
  
  • 2 total pending bills sitting on DJT's desk
  
  
• Legislation passed in the House, awaiting Senate
  
  • 417 total pending bills sitting on McConnell's desk
  
  
• Legislation passed in the Senate, awaiting House
  
  • 123 total pending bills sitting on Pelosi's desk