Monday 11/19
Tuesday 11/20
Wednesday 11/21
Thursday 11/22
Friday 11/23
Map of the week
Legislative update
- CIA reports that Saudi Crown Prince ordered journalists death, DJT still won't believe it (source).
- Senate Dems sue to prevent Whitaker appointment (source).
- EPA southeast regional chief resigns over ethics charges (source).
- White House official working on Saudi policy resigns (source).
- Subsidy program to help farmers hit by DJT's tariffs hasn't been paying out (source).
Tuesday 11/20
- Dems to investigate Ivanka's use of private e-mail for government business - insert your "but her e-mails" cries here (source).
- Judge blocks the administration's attempt to limit the number of asylum seekers (source).
- Census citizenship question headed to the Supreme Court (source).
- DJT confirms that murdering journalists is a-ok as long as it's done by one of his allies (source).
- DJT submits some written answers to Mueller's questions (source).
- White House economic advisor Kudlow says 'Recession is so far in the distance I can't see it'. Congressional Budget Office and Goldman-Sachs put that in 2019, make your own conclusions about Kudlow's eyesight (source, source).
- WTO to rule on legality of DJT's tariffs, that is assuming the U.S. doesn't render the WTO completely powerless (source).
- Interior Dept. moves to open up more of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska to drilling (source).
- VA denied health care to veterans with ALS (source).
Wednesday 11/21
- U.S. crops being left to rot thanks to trade war with China (source).
- U.S. to build military outposts along Turkey-Syria border (source).
- IRS to loosen gift tax rule for gifts over $5 million(source).
Thursday 11/22
- Happy Thanksgiving!
- House judiciary committee subpeonas Comey and Lynch over Clinton's e-mails (source).
- Long lines at Mexican border crossings (source).
- DJT threatens to close Mexico border (source).
- Administration seeks to dissolve Wampanoag tribe (source) (note there is more than one Wampanoag tribe, this is targeting one of them).
Friday 11/23
- Administration to issue climate change report (source).
Map of the week
Legislative update
- Legislation signed into law
- 1 minor bill
- Legislation awaiting DJT's signature - nothing new
- Water infrastructure bill https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/s3021
- 19 minor bills
- Legislation passed in the House, awaiting Senate - nothing new
- 746 total pending bills
- Legislation passed in the Senate, awaiting House - nothing new
- 141 total pending bills
- Water infrastructure bill https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/s3021
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Date: 24 Nov 2018 19:18 (UTC)https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/17/us/politics/trump-khashoggi-saudi-arabia.html (had a " at the end)
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Date: 24 Nov 2018 20:40 (UTC)