Veterans Affairs Secretary Resigns | House Passes Appropriations Bills | Promoting New Manufacturing Act Introduced
Update 2:15 PM: President Obama announced the resignation of White House press secretary Jay Carney Friday afternoon. Obama also announced that current deputy press secretary Josh Earnest will replace Carney in the post. (Daily Beast)
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Today in Washington, D.C. - May 30, 2014
This morning, President Obama accepted Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki resignation. The Washington Times reports, "President Obama accepted the resignation Friday of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki, amid a burgeoning scandal over delayed care for veterans at VA hospitals. In a hastily arranged statement after meeting with Mr. Shinseki at the White House, the president said he accepted the resignation “with considerable regret” and admitted that the decision was partly political. The president said Mr. Shinseki told him “that he could not carry out the next stages of reform without being a distraction himself. . . . VA Deputy Secretary Sloan Gibson, who has been in his post only three months, will take over on an interim basis."
The Senate will reconvene for a pro forma session today at 2 PM; it will return for legislative business on Monday, June 2nd.
The House reconvened today at 9 AM after a very long day yesterday ending yesterdays session at 1:18 AM this morning. The House moved to take up and passed at 11:57 AM H.R. 4681 (345-59) — "To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2014 and 2015 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes." This is the second appropriations bill passed by the House in less than 12 hours. The House adjourned at 12:43 PM and will reconvene on Monday, June 2 at Noon.
Yesterday the House took up debated and voted on amendments to and passed at 1:15 AM today H.R. 4660 (321-87) as amended — "Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes."
Today, U.S. Representative Steve Scalise (R-LA), Vice Chairman of the Subcommittee on Energy and Power, today introduced legislation, the Promoting New Manufacturing Act, to increase investment in American manufacturing, create new jobs and reduce costly permitting delays. Scalise said, “Our national debt is racing towards $18 trillion, and every month more and more Americans are leaving the workforce. The Administration should be doing everything in its power to grow the economy and help Americans get back to work. The Promoting New Manufacturing Act takes critical steps toward cutting red tape, reviving our country’s manufacturing base, and creating thousands of high-paying jobs for hard-working Americans. By increasing transparency and holding the EPA accountable, we can jump start a broken permitting process that is holding back our economy, which is good news for hard working taxpayers.”
The Promoting New Manufacturing Act:
New York Times - A Price Tag on Carbon as a Climate Rescue Plan: Bryan T. Pagel, a dairy farmer, watched as a glistening slurry of cow manure disappeared down a culvert. If recycling the waste on his family’s farm would help to save the world, he was happy to go along.
Politico - GOP House backs state medical marijuana laws: The GOP-controlled House voted early Friday in favor of blocking the federal government from interfering with states that permit the use of medical marijuana.
The Hill - House rejects bid to allow Gitmo transfer: The House early Friday rejected a proposal from Rep. Jim Moran (D-Md.) to allow the transfer of Guantanamo Bay detainees to the U.S.
Roll Call - Obama ‘Hasn’t Given Up’ on Unemployment Extension: President Barack Obama “hasn’t given up” on an unemployment extension, Press Secretary Jay Carney said Thursday, even though a five-month bill is about to expire without action in the House.
Politico – NSA releases Edward Snowden email: An email that leaker Edward Snowden sent to lawyers at the National Security Agency weeks before he fled his job last year raised a relatively abstract legal question and did not allege any wrongdoing at the spy agency, according to a copy of the message released by the government on Thursday.
LA Times - Homeland Security chief to review release of immigrants convicted of crimes: Under pressure from lawmakers, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said Thursday he was reviewing the release from jail of thousands of immigrants in the country illegally who were convicted of crimes and faced deportation.
Fox News – First order for Benghazi committee members: drawing up attack timeline: Members of the Republican-led Benghazi select committee are getting down to work, with the first order of business a detailed timeline of the attack.
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Today in Washington, D.C. - May 30, 2014This morning, President Obama accepted Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki resignation. The Washington Times reports, "President Obama accepted the resignation Friday of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki, amid a burgeoning scandal over delayed care for veterans at VA hospitals. In a hastily arranged statement after meeting with Mr. Shinseki at the White House, the president said he accepted the resignation “with considerable regret” and admitted that the decision was partly political. The president said Mr. Shinseki told him “that he could not carry out the next stages of reform without being a distraction himself. . . . VA Deputy Secretary Sloan Gibson, who has been in his post only three months, will take over on an interim basis."
The Senate will reconvene for a pro forma session today at 2 PM; it will return for legislative business on Monday, June 2nd.
The House reconvened today at 9 AM after a very long day yesterday ending yesterdays session at 1:18 AM this morning. The House moved to take up and passed at 11:57 AM H.R. 4681 (345-59) — "To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2014 and 2015 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes." This is the second appropriations bill passed by the House in less than 12 hours. The House adjourned at 12:43 PM and will reconvene on Monday, June 2 at Noon.
Yesterday the House took up debated and voted on amendments to and passed at 1:15 AM today H.R. 4660 (321-87) as amended — "Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes."
Today, U.S. Representative Steve Scalise (R-LA), Vice Chairman of the Subcommittee on Energy and Power, today introduced legislation, the Promoting New Manufacturing Act, to increase investment in American manufacturing, create new jobs and reduce costly permitting delays. Scalise said, “Our national debt is racing towards $18 trillion, and every month more and more Americans are leaving the workforce. The Administration should be doing everything in its power to grow the economy and help Americans get back to work. The Promoting New Manufacturing Act takes critical steps toward cutting red tape, reviving our country’s manufacturing base, and creating thousands of high-paying jobs for hard-working Americans. By increasing transparency and holding the EPA accountable, we can jump start a broken permitting process that is holding back our economy, which is good news for hard working taxpayers.”
The Promoting New Manufacturing Act:
- Reduces costly construction permitting delays that impede the construction of new facilities by requiring the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide guidance on how to comply with new or revised air quality standards.
- Increases transparency by making public the number of Clean Air Act New Source Review (NSR) preconstruction permits issued annually and the timelines for the full permitting process.
- Promotes the efficient processing of permits by requiring EPA to provide Congress with an annual report on the actions being taken by the agency to expedite the permitting process.
New York Times - A Price Tag on Carbon as a Climate Rescue Plan: Bryan T. Pagel, a dairy farmer, watched as a glistening slurry of cow manure disappeared down a culvert. If recycling the waste on his family’s farm would help to save the world, he was happy to go along.
Politico - GOP House backs state medical marijuana laws: The GOP-controlled House voted early Friday in favor of blocking the federal government from interfering with states that permit the use of medical marijuana.
The Hill - House rejects bid to allow Gitmo transfer: The House early Friday rejected a proposal from Rep. Jim Moran (D-Md.) to allow the transfer of Guantanamo Bay detainees to the U.S.
Roll Call - Obama ‘Hasn’t Given Up’ on Unemployment Extension: President Barack Obama “hasn’t given up” on an unemployment extension, Press Secretary Jay Carney said Thursday, even though a five-month bill is about to expire without action in the House.
Politico – NSA releases Edward Snowden email: An email that leaker Edward Snowden sent to lawyers at the National Security Agency weeks before he fled his job last year raised a relatively abstract legal question and did not allege any wrongdoing at the spy agency, according to a copy of the message released by the government on Thursday.
LA Times - Homeland Security chief to review release of immigrants convicted of crimes: Under pressure from lawmakers, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said Thursday he was reviewing the release from jail of thousands of immigrants in the country illegally who were convicted of crimes and faced deportation.
Fox News – First order for Benghazi committee members: drawing up attack timeline: Members of the Republican-led Benghazi select committee are getting down to work, with the first order of business a detailed timeline of the attack.
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