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Policy · 116th Congress
Amtrak sees service cuts without an additional $1.48 billion for 2021
[House spending bill would boost transit, Amtrak, highways] Amtrak previously received $1 billion in a roughly $2 trillion coronavirus relief package approved in March to help soften the pandemic
Policy · 116th Congress
Drug overdoses climb during COVID-19 pandemic
[HHS cheers overdose drop but urges states to cap Medicaid] [jwp-video n=”1″] A May 13 report tracking nationwide overdose data, with a focus on six unnamed states with the most reliable
Policy · 116th Congress
Potato farmers seek changes to USDA’s COVID-19 payments
The association wants to see payment bumped up from 1 cent per pound for potatoes that growers could not ship to commercial customers.
Policy · 116th Congress
HHS OIG calls for independence in the face of Trump’s criticism
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Policy · 116th Congress
Victims’ lives turn on coming military sexual assault debate
[jwp-video n=”1″] Overturning a conviction is not routine, but it happens.
Policy · 116th Congress
USDA, FDA advise businesses in need of protective equipment
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Policy · 116th Congress
NOAA sees busy hurricane season colliding with COVID-19
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said in a report Thursday it expects an “above normal” hurricane season from June 1 to Nov. 30.
Policy · 116th Congress
US Chamber expects another COVID-19 relief bill before July 4
[jwp-video n=”1″] Majority Whip John Thune, R-S.D., said Thursday morning that the Senate might try to pass legislation extending the time period for using the PPP forgivable loans.
Policy · 116th Congress
Pentagon AI chief says the technology could help spot future pandemics earlier
[jwp-video n=”1″] One of the key goals of the artificial intelligence center known by its acronym — JAIC, pronounced like Jake — is to change the U.S. military’s culture from the industrial-age
Policy · 116th Congress
Corporations and consumer groups battle over COVID-19 liability
[jwp-video n=”1″] President Donald Trump said Tuesday he supports “curbs on frivolous litigation … a thing I know something about. There’s a lot of frivolous litigation.”
Policy · 116th Congress
Coronavirus wallops disaster agencies as storms, fires approach
Tropical Storm Arthur formed this week in the Atlantic, well before the official June 1 start of hurricane season.
Policy · 116th Congress
Apple, Google release template for COVID-19 contact tracing apps
[jwp-video n=”1″] And unlike earlier designs, the application programming interface — the template — would not require information to be stored in a central database but instead would allow
Policy · 116th Congress
Census Bureau nears goal for 2020 count, but crucial areas lag
That’s within 1 percent of the Census Bureau’s final goal for self-response.
Policy · 116th Congress
Justice Department leaves ‘unresolved’ recommendations from 2016 election probes
The Justice Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the unresolved status of those recommendations or whether they had taken steps to resolve them since April 1.
Policy · 116th Congress
ICE: Migrant parents chose detention over children’s release
The lawyers said the parents recounted that ICE agents did not provide other options and did not clarify whether or not parents would be deported without their children, some of whom were as young as 1
Policy · 116th Congress
USDA is key for food aid, but may lack speed in crisis
In 2019, the USDA provided 1 billion pounds of food through its TEFAP program, with 3 billion pounds coming from donations by grocers, food retailers, farmers, producers, manufacturers and direct
Policy · 116th Congress
Trump announces new model to improve national stockpile of supplies
[jwp-video n=”1″] “If I had one sentence for you, what we’re doing is creating a much more robust, much more capable and much less vulnerable Strategic National Stockpile,” a senior administration
Policy · 116th Congress
Maloney drafting pandemic insurance bill as COVID-19 shows gap
[jwp-video n=”1″] Tom Glassic, an insurance public policy consultant and previously a senior insurance counsel to former Democratic Rep.
Policy · 116th Congress
National body bag shortage exacerbates funeral homes’ problems
On April 1, the Department of Defense confirmed it was seeking 100,000 military-style body bags, or “human remains pouches,” for the use of state public health departments on behalf of the Federal