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HOUSE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN LACERATES EPA, INTERIOR: Rep. Rob Bishop is chairman of the House Committee on Natural Resources. The Utah Republican is a long-time critic of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of the Interior.
A new Oklahoma law that will go into effect this summer will allow craft breweries to sell full-strength beer. The Oklahoman reports that Gov. Mary Fallin approved the law this week, allowing craft breweries to sell glasses of full-strength beer to visitors, as well as cans, bottles and growlers for customers to take home.
Republicans and Democrats have coalesced around the idea of federal sentencing reform to address the nation's high incarceration rate, but proposed legislation is serving a longer stretch in Congress than it should. Republicans and Democrats have coalesced around the idea of federal sentencing reform to address the nation's high incarceration rate, but proposed legislation is serving a longer stretch in Congress than it should.
During a meeting of the Democratic party's platform drafting committee Wednesday, committee member and businesswoman Bonnie Schaefer said that no one should be able to own a gun. "I really don't personally think anyone should have a gun," Schaefer said after testimony by Lucia McBath, a spokeswoman for Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America.
During a press conference Wednesday afternoon, Gov. Sam Brownback discusses his frustrations of being forced to call a special session to prevent schools from being closed due to the supreme court's ruling in the Gannon case. During a press conference Wednesday afternoon, Gov. Sam Brownback discusses his frustrations of being forced to call a special session to prevent schools from being closed due to the supreme court's ruling in the Gannon case.
Someone should be collecting all the big talk we have heard from elected officials and pundits about the ground-breaking criminal justice reforms that are purportedly soon to happen in Congress . As noted in this prior post , at least one notable commentatory was saying in summer 2013 that "momentum for sentencing reform could be unstoppable."
A bill amending the "site neutrality" limitations brought by Section 603 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 was introduced in the House of Representatives last week and passed out of committee yesterday. H.R. 5273, the "Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act of 2016," was introduced by two powerful Members of the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee: Chairman Pat Tiberi and Ranking Member Jim McDermott .
Puerto Rico is facing three converging crises demanding congressional attention: hundreds of cases of Zika, a $72 billion fiscal disaster and growing financial concerns about its Medicaid program. As lawmakers consider a $1.1 billion package to combat the spread of the mosquito-borne Zika virus that causes birth defects, the territory's long-standing problems with funding its joint federal-state health insurance program for the poor are coming to a head.
Security reforms adopted by the U.S. Congress last year have enabled Yahoo to publicly disclose three National Security Letters that it has received from the Federal Bureau of Investigation . Prior to passage of the USA Freedom Act last June, recipients of NSL requests for user data were often prohibited from even publicly acknowledging they had received such orders.
When the AFL-CIO, America's largest federation of labor unions, released its annual Executive PayWatch report this month, it strived for sensationalism. The report alleges that the average S&P 500 CEO received $12.4 million in total compensation last year, compared to $36,875 for the "average nonsupervisory worker."
Though the 10th Judicial District Drug and Violent Crimes Task Force tracks many types of illicit drugs trafficked in the area, one type of drug keeps showing up with more and more frequency. BILLa SCHERRY, director of the 10th Judicial District Drug and Violent Crimes Task Force, speaks to the Bradley Sunrise Rotary Club about drug abuse trends.
A recent court ruling from California strengthens the hand of medtech manufacturers against plaintiffs who might seek to argue they were injured because companies didn't properly train surgeons. In late April, the California Court of Appeals delivered a blow to plaintiffs who file lawsuits against medical device manufacturers based on an alleged "failure to train" physicians on how to use prescription medical devices.
The New York Times had an astounding article yesterday about the lengths to which the Obama administration went to bully everyone to accept the dubious legality of their massive insurer bailouts; bailouts for which there was absolutely no Congressional appropriation. A Federal judge has already ruled that these payments were illegal, and the administration has appealed - principally on the basis that Congress had no standing to bring the suit, not that the payments themselves were legal.
The Supreme Court is making it easier for landowners to bring a court challenge when federal regulators try to restrict property development due to concerns about water pollution. The justices ruled unanimously Tuesday that a Minnesota company could file a lawsuit against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over the agency's determination that its land is off limits to peat mining under the Clean Water Act.
If you are closing in on retirement age, you are keenly interested in how the three remaining Presidential candidates - Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, and Bernie Sanders - plan to deal with the fiscal challenges of Social Security and Medicare . If you are not close to retirement age, you should be even more interested, as the long-term stability of both programs could be at stake in this election.
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., India's largest drugmaker, said its U.S. unit received a grand jury subpoena from the Justice Department's antitrust division related to generic products and pricing. The summons also sought documents about communications with competitors and others regarding the sale of generic drugs, along with corporate and employee records, Sun Pharma said in a May 27 stock exchange filing.
The government is squandering its technology budget maintaining museum-ready computer systems in critical areas from nuclear weapons to Social Security. They're still using floppy disks at the Pentagon.