Sen. Mike Johanns, R-NE, has introduced a series of new bills that would curb the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency and subject it to fines for missing reporting deadlines, The Hill reported on Thursday. “EPA is overreaching, overbearing, and overstepping boundaries that have long existed,” Johanns declared on the...
The Government Accountability Office on Thursday added climate change to its biennial list of “high-risk” challenges in need of government action. “Climate change creates significant financial risks for the federal government, which owns extensive infrastructure, such as defense installations; insures property through the National Flood Insurance Program; and provides emergency...
Ron Nixon writes in the New York Times: "During a hearing, Patrick R. Donahoe, the postmaster general, asked Congress to give the Postal Service permission to run its own health plan for employees and retirees, modify a Congressional mandate that requires the agency to pay $5.5 billion a year into...
The long-delayed bill passed, 78-22, on Tuesday, The Hill reports. "And while a group of 17 House Republicans have written a letter urging leadership to bring a bipartisan bill to the floor, it’s unclear what the legislation’s future holds in that chamber.”
FirstRead writes, “The federal government currently puts hemp in the same category of illegal drug as heroin, LSD and ecstasy -- but Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-KY, joined forces Thursday with a pair of West Coast Democrats -- Oregon Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley -- to cosponsor a...
Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., announced on Thursday that he won’t seek a sixth term in the Senate in 2014. OVERLOOKED aspect of Lautenberg’s retirement -- he’s the last remaining WWII veteran in the Senate. AGE IS JUST A NUMBER Hat Tip to Hotline, With Sen. Frank Lautenberg's (D-NJ) retirement, the...
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