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Congressional Climate Bill Tracking

S. 1177 – Every Child Achieves Act of 2015
H.R. 2646 – Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act of 2015
S. 1146 – Healthy School Meals Flexibility Act
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. 108 – Financial Aid Simplification and Transparency Act of 2015
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Video of the Day

Senate GOP Affirms Sept. 17 Iran Review Deadline
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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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From Frustrated Conservatives, a Call to Take Away the Modern Filibuster

A hand­ful of House con­ser­vat­ives are pre­pared to de­fund Planned Par­ent­hood
and block an Ir­an nuc­le­ar deal by any means ne­ces­sary. There is only one prob­lem;
they say Sen­ate Ma­jor­ity Lead­er Mitch Mc­Con­nell is stand­ing in their way.
“You’re ma­jor­ity lead­er, you took over the job Janu­ary 3, 2015. … You are
no longer Harry Re­id. You are a Re­pub­lic­an, Mitch. Do your job,” Rep. Tim Huel­skamp,
a Re­pub­lic­an from Kan­sas, said Wed­nes­day dur­ing Con­ver­sa­tions with Con­ser­vat­ives,
a monthly event on Cap­it­ol Hill.
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Conservatives Force Boehner to Rethink Iran (Updated)

Speaker John A. Boehner’s latest cave to conservatives may not portend well for
this September. Or it’s a signal Boehner is listening to the House Republican Conference
and could emerge from a busy month even stronger.

Either way, the verdict isn’t likely to be clear until the Ohio Republican and his
unruly conference settle on a path forward through the latest battle for the soul
of the party.

The plan, as it now stands, seems to be to vote on a plan similar to one offered
earlier this week by Rep. Peter Roskam to delay a vote on the disapproval resolution
until the president transmits all “side deals” related to the Iran nuclear agreement.
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Federal contractors tell Obama: Stop picking on us

Federal contractors say they are being unfairly targeted as President Obama pushes
an agenda that’s focused on raising wages and creating safer workplaces.

Since 2009, the President has issued 13 executive orders that have led to 16 regulations
applying to companies that do business with the government.

The directives range from Obama’s announcement of a higher minimum wage for employees
of contracting firms, to new rules requiring companies to report labor violations
as part of the bidding process.
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Until tomorrow,
Lobbyit.com
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