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Congressional Climate Bill Tracking
H.R. 255 – Next Generation American Manufacturing Act of 2015
S. 177 – Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2015
H.R. 522 – Commission on the Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies
H.R. 612 – To preserve and protect the free choice of individual employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, or to refrain from such activities.
H.R. 467 – STEM Opportunities Act of 2015
S. 191 – Educating Tomorrow’s Workforce Act of 2015
S. 108 – Financial Aid Simplification and Transparency Act of 2015
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Video of the Day
EPA Chief Responds to Colo. River Spill Anger
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Today’s Hill Action
Senate Floor Schedule
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Committee Hearings
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House Floor Schedule
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Committee Hearings
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Clinton relents, gives up possession of private email server
WASHINGTON (AP) – Hillary Rodham Clinton relented Tuesday to months of demands she
relinquish the personal email server she used while secretary of state, directing
the device be given to the Justice Department.
The decision advances the investigation into the Democratic presidential front-runner’s
use of a private email account as the nation’s top diplomat, and whether classified
information was improperly sent via and stored on the home-brew email server she
ran from her house in suburban New York City.
Clinton campaign spokesman Nick Merrill said she has “pledged to cooperate with
the government’s security inquiry, and if there are more questions, we will continue
to address them.”
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Businesses brace for game-changing labor decision
Business leaders in Washington are bracing for a labor ruling they warn would redefine
what constitutes an “employer” in the United States, exposing thousands of companies
to new liabilities and potentially upending entire industries.
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is widely expected to rule by month’s
end that Browning-Ferris Industries, a Houston-based waste-disposal company, is
a joint employer of workers provided to the firm by a staffing agency, experts say.
As a result, the company would be forced to collectively bargain with those employees
and could be held liable for any labor violations committed against them.
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Chuck Schumer working the phones on Iran
With liberal groups furious over his opposition to the Iran nuclear deal, Sen. Chuck
Schumer has been quietly reaching out to dozens of his colleagues to explain his
decision and assure them he would not be whipping opposition to the deal, according
to Democratic senators and aides.
After news of his decision to vote “no” on the Iran agreement first leaked Thursday
night, Schumer (D-N.Y.) has spoken to 20 to 30 fellow Democrats about why he will
vote with the GOP leadership against the deal, sources said. Schumer had been planning
to make these calls on Friday, before his position on Iran became public, but was
not able to do so because it had leaked the night before.
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