Health deal pushed as sign up nears
Democrats urge a vote on a bipartisan health market stabilization bill as sign up for 2018 open enrollment nears. The plan faces a late-year path, with CBO notes on rebates and $106 million for outreach, while Trump signals remain mixed and ad funding has been slashed.
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Christopher S. Murphy
Liz Hagan
National Association of Health Access Assisters
Alexander Murray
Lori Lodes
Get America Covered
Health and Human Services
Lodes
Trump signs $36.5 billion disaster aid package
President Trump signed a $36.5 billion emergency aid measure to refill disaster accounts, aid Puerto Rico, and bolster the federal flood insurance program. The bill supports Florida, Texas, Puerto Rico, and Western wildfire efforts, with FEMA funds, flood insurance liquidity, and potential future allocations to rebuild infrastructure and public buildings.
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Puerto Rico
Senate
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Congress
Federal Emergency Management Agency
White House
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FEMA
Private prisons boost lobbying across federal agencies
The GEO Group, a major private prison firm with ICE, Bureau of Prisons, and Marshals Service contracts, spent about 1.3 million dollars lobbying from January to September, a record for the company. ICE seeks proposals for five new detention sites as DHS plans to fund over 51,000 beds, up from 34,000. Pablo Paez of GEO says lobbying aims to highlight public private partnerships in secure detention.
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Marshals Service
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GEO Groups
Paez
Democrats foresee double digit field for 2020 nomination
DNC chair Tom Perez told University of Chicago students he expects a double digit number of Democratic candidates in the 2020 presidential race and welcomed a large field. He did not name specific hopefuls, while noting rumors about Biden Harris Booker and Ryan. He also dodged questions on superdelegates and the dossier matter.
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Perez
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Cory Booker
Tim Ryan
Bernie Sanders
Washington Post
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Hillary Clinton
Trump
Obama
Putin mocked as West weakens by Russia tactics
Former NATO head Anders Fogh Rasmussen says Putin is laughing at Western democracy damage and U.S. sanctions delay. He cites the Oct. 1 penalties deadline and argues Washington must act, while urging lethal defensive aid to Ukraine.
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U.S
Barack Obama
Trump administration approves payout in tea party IRS suit
The Trump administration reached a “very substantial” settlement to pay hundreds of tea party groups in a class action over IRS scrutiny in 2012. The deal, announced in Washington, awaits a judge’s approval and includes a separate lawsuit seeking an IRS apology.
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