The target of Trump’s budget is the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, which is receiving $300 million in funding. The initiative is part of an Environmental Protection Agency program for funding that pays for pollution cleanup.
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H-1B reform bill unites political opposites
Since 2005, U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell has been introducing H-1B reform legislation in the House and getting nowhere. But with the bill he introduced today, he might have struck gold.
CPAC once considered Trump a joke
Six years ago, as the “money, money, money, money” chorus of his reality TV show’s theme song blasted, Donald Trump stepped out before the nation’s largest gathering of conservative activists for the first time. The crowd was less than adoring, occasionally laughing at and booing the longtime former Democrat.
Paul Massey demands probe of de Blasio’s legal representation 0:0
Republican mayoral candidate Paul Massey is formally demanding the Manhattan DA US attorney probe Mayor de Blasio’s legal representation, describing it as “an arrangement no ordinary person or business entity could secure.” Massey, a real-estate developer, sent letters to District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. and US Attorney Preet Bharara on Friday.
Arpaio successor pulls back on immigration holds in jails
In this Nov. 8, 2016, file photo, then Democratic Maricopa County sheriff candidate Paul Penzone speaks to supporters during an election party in Phoenix. Penzone who defeated Arpaio in the November election announced Friday, Feb. 17, 2017 that he is ending a policy that keeps immigrants locked up in his jails past their release date to give federal authorities extra time to launch deportation proceedings.
Ballot selfies one step closer to legalization
House Bill 1014 would allow people to take selfies with their completed ballot and share it on social media, which proponents say would encourage voting and allow the exercise of First Amendment rights. “Believe it or not showing someone your completed ballot and taking a photo of it and posting it on social media is currently a crime in Colorado,” said Democratic Rep. Paul Rosenthal of Denver and Republican Rep. Dave Williams of Colorado Springs.
Sorenson to be Sentenced in Campaign Finance Violation Case
A former state senator is being sentenced Monday on federal charges related to violating campaign finance laws during the 2012 presidential campaign. Kent Sorenson pleaded guilty in 2014 to one count of causing a federal campaign committee to falsely report its expenditures to the Federal Election Commission and one count of obstruction of justice in connection with the concealed expenditures.
Charade: Over.
Governor Greg Abbott has vowed to sign a bill if it passes through the Texas Legislature next session. The bills come after two faithless electors in this month’s Electoral College vote in the Texas State Capitol refused to vote for the state’s winner.
it’s Official: The Electoral College makes Trump the…
Donald Trump secured the necessary 270 electoral votes on Monday to formally be elected as the 45th president of the United States. Trump won the popular vote in 30 states and one of Maine’s districts – which, along with Nebraska, splits up its electors by district – giving him 306 electoral votes.
Endorsements, election results reveal policy sentiment of Kansas voters
House Minority Leader Tom Burroughs took the unconventional step during the Kansas Democratic Party convention in Topeka of publicly identifying 15 Republican House members considered most vulnerable to defeat in the 2016 election cycle. The veteran lawmaker representing the Democratic stronghold in Kansas City, Kan., said during the April gathering limited resources would require emphasis on nine conservative GOP incumbents with ties to Gov. Sam Brownback or serving districts in which Democratic gubernatorial candidate Paul Davis did well in 2014.