Congressional Climate Bill Tracking September 4, 2015
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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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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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The Looming Budget Showdown on Capitol Hill
When lawmakers return to Congress in September, they’ll face a series of pressing
budgetary decisions in need of immediate attention, and a packed agenda likely to
draw their attention away. Republican leaders have already conceded the likelihood
of a stop-gap funding bill, or continuing resolution, when the end of the fiscal
year arrives on September 30. But the latest reports have lawmakers mulling the
possibility of a yearlong Continuing Resolution for every part of the federal budget,
including defense. CRs have become commonplace, especially in the past few years,
but a year-long CR has little precedent. Unfortunately, it could be the path of
least resistance for Congress, especially in an election year, leaving the Pentagon
to pick up the pieces of Congress’ refusal to adhere to one of its most basic responsibilities:
setting the budget.
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Rep. John Kline to Retire, Opening Committee Chairmanship and Competitive House
District
Republican Rep. John Kline of Minnesota, chairman of the House Education
and Workforce Committee, announced Wednesday that he will not seek reelection
in 2016.
Kline, who was term-limited as chairman of his committee, is following the
same path taken recently by other veteran Republicans on the verge of losing
their chairmanships. Former Reps. Doc Hastings, Dave Camp, and Buck McKeon all
retired in 2014 after ending their committee runs.
Kline’s announcement opens up a committee chairmanship in addition to a
competitive House district that Democrats had already targeted. It also means
a reliable ally of Speaker John Boehner will be leaving Congress.
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How the Criminal Justice System Hurts Young Americans
While college kids across the country head back to campus this fall, a disturbingly
large segment of our young people will be stuck in institutions that are far less
productive or educational: prisons.
This must change. Fortunately, a bipartisan group of lawmakers is doing something
about it. U.S. Reps. Jim Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., and Robert C. Scott, D-Va., recently
introduced the Safe, Accountable, Fair, and Effective (SAFE) Justice Act. It’s a
step in the right direction toward reducing our federal prison population and helping
young people improve their lives. Now it’s up to Congress to get it to a vote.
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Until tomorrow,
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