Status of Puerto Rico infrastructure - it's been 254 days and the island is still 5% without power.
Monday 6/4
Tuesday 6/5
Wednesday 6/6
Thursday 6/7
Friday 6/8
No Map this week
Legislative action this week
Legislation awaiting DJT's signature
Legislation passed in the House, awaiting Senate
Legislation passed in the Senate, awaiting House
Other upcoming legislation
Monday 6/4
- DJT claims right to pardon himself (source).
- Koch brothers oppose DJT's tariffs (source).
- Canada relatiates with tariffs of their own (source).
- Pentagon to cut back on African missions (source).
- Manafort attempts tampering with potential witnesses while he's out on bail (source).
- Sarah Huckabee Sanders directs press to ask DJT's personal lawyers any questions they have about lies she may have said as press secretary (source).
Tuesday 6/5
- Senator Merkley denied access to ICE detention facility and when he tries to visit it anyway the police are called on him. Then the White House blames Merkley for immigrant's crimes (source) .
- U.N. tells U.S. that its policy of separating children from their parents is a violation of International Law (source).
- Just you had any doubt, breaking up immigrant families is not normal (source).
- States are passing their own Net Neutrality rules, potentially violating FCC repeal order (source).
Wednesday 6/6
- Mexico retaliates with tariffs of their own (source).
- Pruitt used his EPA staff to try and get his wife a Chick-fil-A franchise (source).
- Two more of Pruitt's aides leave EPA (source).
- Paul Ryan says there is no "spygate" (source).
- Businesses and trade organizations shut out of NAFTA negotiations (source).
- Mulvaney's Consumer Financial Protection Bureau slashes Consumer Advisory Boards (source).
Thursday 6/7
- Saudis agreed to increase oil production in response to U.S. breaking Iran deal (source).
- DJT follows through with deal to bail out Chinese telecom (source).
- A summary of Pruitt related scandals, in case you've lost track (source).
- DJT will be meeting with pissed off allies at G7 summit (source).
- Judge hearing arguments in emoluments case against DJT (source).
Friday 6/8
- Administration won't defend Obamacare from lawsuits from GOP states over coverage of pre-existing conditions (source).
- EPA changes cost benefit analysis formula for pollution regulations to favor polluters (source).
- DJT wants Russia added to G7 (Source).
- U.S. could be dumped from G7 agreement (source).
- DoJ seizes journalists records in leak investigation (source).
- Related to the above story, DoJ makes arrest in said leak investigation (source).
- Labor Dept. turns down Senate's request to study economic impact of sexual harassment in the workplace (source).
- DJT leaves G7 meeting earlier to go to Singapore and prepare for meeting with North Korea (source).
No Map this week
Legislative action this week
- Legislation signed into law
- VA healthcare bill https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/s2372
- Bill to give patients access to experimental drugs https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/s204
- 5 minor bills
- VA healthcare bill https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/s2372
- 12 minor bills
- Spending cuts bill https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/hr3 summary
- Defense authorization bill https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/hr5515 (some items to be debated therein also DJT's military parade and confirming sanctions on Chinese telecom that DJT wants to bail out).
- Bill increases penalties for assaulting a law enforcement official https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/hr5698
- FAA reauthorization bill https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/hr4
- Additional sanctions against Iran https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/hr4744
- 13 bills dealing with the IRS, main two appear to be https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/hr5444 and https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/hr5445 (summary)
- Bill increasing the penalties for stalking https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/hr4203
- Bill to improve security at schools https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/hr4909 (does not arm teachers, basically appropriates some money for schools to spend on security as they will)
- Bill easing emissions standards for electric utilities https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/hr1119
- Reauthorization bill for the FCC https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/hr4986
- Bill barring political appointees from accepting civil service jobs for 2 years https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/hr1132
- Bill gutting the ADA https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/hr620
- Sanctions against Hamas https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/hr3542
- 490 other pending bills
- Bill revamping how Congress deals with sexual harassment https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/s2952
- Bill restoring Net Neutrality https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/sjres52 unfortunately not likely to pass
- 111 other pending bills
- New Authorization for Use of Military Force https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/sjres59
includes a provision for indefinite detaining of U.S. citizens (source). - House version of the water infrastructure bill https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/hr5895 news.