Congressional Climate Bill Tracking

H.R. 3886 – Early Childhood Nutrition Improvement Act
H.R. 2646 – Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act of 2015
H.R. 1218 – Personal Health Investment Today Act (PHIT)
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
H.R. 2775 – Remote Transaction Parity Act of 2015
S. 191 – Educating Tomorrow’s Workforce Act of 2015
S. 2012 – Energy Policy Modernization Act 2015

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Today’s Hill Action

Senate Floor Schedule

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More than two dozen killed in coordinated attacks in Brussels

At least 26 people are dead and more than one hundred others wounded following a series of coordinated terrorist attacks in Brussels on Tuesday.

“What we feared has happened – we were hit by blind attacks,” Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel said at a news conference, according to multiple reports.

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Raul Castro Hosts and Roasts Obama

President Barack Obama was reminded Monday of an inconvenient truth surrounding his efforts to build closer economic and diplomatic ties with Cuba: Raul Castro is still president of the Caribbean nation.

Obama’s outreach there is another example of how he is willing to bet his legacy on long-term plays. But in the meantime, he has to be willing to absorb some political body blows.

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U.S. Says It May Not Need Apple’s Help to Unlock iPhone

RIVERSIDE, Calif. – The Justice Department said on Monday that it might no longer need Apple’s assistance in opening an iPhone used by a gunman in the San Bernardino, Calif., rampage last year.

The disclosure led a judge to postpone a court hearing over the issue and temporarily sidesteps what has become a bitter clash with the world’s most valuable company.

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