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Budget Process Gets Politicized and Government Shuts Down
A 69-hour US government shutdown ended early this week with passage of a short-term spending bill that funds federal operations through February 8. This is the fourth temporary funding measure Congress has passed since it failed to meet an October 1 deadline last year for the FY2018 budget. On January 20…
The Three Approaches To Saving Net Neutrality
On January 16, 2018, a lawsuit was filed in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia by attorney generals of twenty-one states and the District of Columbia. The petition will seek to prevent the enforcement of the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC) “Restoring Internet Freedom” order that overturned…
Work Requirements for Medicaid
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a letter on January 11th allowing states to impose work requirements for Medicaid eligibility. Eight states, (AR, AZ, IN, KS, ME, NH, UT, and WI) have pending requests for work requirements as a condition for Medicaid eligibility and CMS has already approved Kentucky’s…
MoneyGram, AT&T Deals Blocked as US Talks Tough on Chinese Investment
Citing potential “malicious actors” and national security risks, early in the new year the Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States (CFIUS) rejected Alibaba Group Holding affiliate Ant Financial’s $1.2b bid to purchase MoneyGram International, a Dallas-based money transfer company. With the deal derailed after a year…
Trump’s Derogatory Comment Curtails Immigration Efforts
On Thursday, January 11, President Trump reportedly asked during a bipartisan meeting on immigration reform, “Why are we having people from all of these shithole countries here?” in reference to Haiti, El Salvador, and African countries. Trump would later go on to say that Haitians should be left out of any future immigration…
The House of Representatives Vote on Extension of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and Proposed Privacy Protections For Americans
On January 11, 2018, the House of Representatives voted on two bills regarding warrantless surveillance programs in the United States. S.139, popularly known as the FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017 was approved by the House by a vote of 256 – 164. That bill reauthorizes FISA for an additional six years and does…
Federal Judge Blocks DACA Phaseout
On Tuesday, January 9, US District Judge William Alsup in San Francisco blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to terminate DACA. Alsup quoted the President himself in his 49-page court order. The quote came from Twitter of course, which Trump had composed less than two weeks following the Department of Homeland…
Trump Administration Ends TPS for 200,000 Salvadorans
On Monday, January 8, the Trump administration announced that it would be ending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for some 200,000 Salvadorans living in the United States. This decision comes just weeks after the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ended the TPS program for recipients from Nicaragua and Haiti. Those from…
Trump Administration Asks Congress for $18 Billion for Border Wall Construction
January 5, 2018 Policy Summary On Friday, January 5, the Trump Administration announced that it would be seeking $18 billion from Congress over the next ten years for border wall construction. This price tag is estimated to cover an additional 316 miles of new fencing...
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