Cabbage News Network Week #150

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Sunday 12/8

• U.S. and Iran exchange prisoners (source).
  
• DoD to review foreign training at U.S. bases after Saudi trainee kills 3 Americans in Pensacola (source).
  
• Supreme Court delays resumption of death penalty until lower court cases are resolved (source).

Monday 12/9

• Doctors are still not being allowed to give detained immigrant children flu shots (source).
  
• DoJ releases report on FBI investigation of DJT campaign, finds no political bias (source).
  
• Supreme Court allows Kentucky's abortion restrictions to stand (source).
  
• In depth article about how badly the Bush, Obama, and Trump administrations have screwed up in Afghanistan.
  
• DJT meeting with Russian foreign minister (source).

Tuesday 12/10

• House releases Articles of Impeachment (source).
  
• DJT reaches settlement to pay back money he stole from charities (source).
  
• Mexico agrees to NAFTA 2.0 deal, still needs Congressional approval (source).
  
• GOP blocks another attempt at improving election security (source).

Wednesday 12/11

• DJT to appeal court decision blocking the use of Pentagon funds for his border wall (source).
  
• DeVos overrules her department on providing relief to student victims of fraudulent loans (source).
  
• DJT executive order expands Civil Rights Act to cover anti-Semitism. There has been a lot of bull shit reporting on this one, there is absolutely nothing there about defining Judaism as a nationality (source).

Thursday 12/12

• FCC to make 988 connect to the national suicide prevention lifeline (source).
  
• Court rules that American Samoans are U.S. citizens (source).

Friday 12/13

• Judiciary committee approves Articles of Impeachment, full House vote likely next week (source).
  
• DJT cancels anti-China tariffs that were due to go into effect this weekend (source).

Maps of the week

• U.K. election results

Legislative update

• Legislation signed into law
  
  
  
• Legislation awaiting DJT's signature
  
  • 17 minor bills
  
  
• Legislation passed in the House, awaiting Senate
  
  • another election security bill https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/116/hr4
    
  • Bill to lower prescription drug prices https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/116/hr3 (news)
    
  • 2 opioid bills https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/116/hr4761, https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/116/hr4739
  • Bill condemning human rights abuses in China https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/116/s178
    
  • DoD authorization, includes Space Force and expanded parental leave for Feds https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/116/s1790 (news)
    
  • 14 minor bills
    
  • 346 total pending bills
  
  
• Legislation passed in the Senate, awaiting House
  
  • Resolution recognizing the Armenian Genocide https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/116/sres150
    
  • Bill funding historically black colleges and universities https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/116/hr2486
    
  • 1 minor bill
    
  • 90 total pending bills