Weekly Update: 1/6/20

President and Administration

White House budget leaders will spend January finalizing Trump's wish list for funding federal departments in fiscal 2021, scheduled for release on 2/10/20…

A new rule proposed by the Administration would no longer require agencies to take climate change into account when they assess the environmental impacts of highways, pipelines and other major infrastructure projects…

This week HUD is anticipated to release a proposal to rollback Obama-era regulations designed to crack-down on housing segregation- the 2015 Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule…

Congress

The House will vote on a resolution limiting President Trump’s military actions toward Iran following his decision to launch a drone strike that killed a top Iranian commander, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said Sunday, 1/5/20…

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) must transmit the articles of impeachment adopted on 12/18/19 to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY)…

On Thursday, 1/9/20, at 10am EST the House Oversight and Reform Committee will hold a hearing entitled “Reaching Hard-to-Count Communities in the 2020 Census.” …

On Thursday, 1/9/20, at 10am EST the House Homeland Security Committee Emergency Preparedness, Response and Recovery Subcommittee will hold a hearing entitled “Understanding the importance of DHS Preparedness Grants: Perspectives from the field.” …