Monday, March 13
á Congressional
Budget Office estimated the bill to repeal and replace Obamacare would leave 24
million uninsured over the next decade.
á The Trump administration
considered a military proposal that would designate various undeclared battlefields
worldwide to be Òtemporary areas of active hostility.Ó
á The
Trump administration told the State Department to cut more than 50 percent of
U.S. funding to U.N. programs.
á The
U.S., as part of its military escalation, declared it will permanently station
missile-capable drones in South Korea.
á Trump
announced nomination of Dr. Scott Gottlieb, who has deep ties to the
pharmaceutical industry, to head the FDA.
Tuesday, March 14
á The
U.S. charged two Russian Federal Security Service officers and two others for
computer hacking, economic espionage and other criminal offenses relating to
the hacking of Yahoo.
á The Trump administration indicated it
will send up to 1,000 more ground troops into Syria ahead of Raqqa offensive
and, gave the Pentagon 30 days to prepare a counter Islamic State plan.
á The
White House launched an intensive effort to salvage support to revise the
Affordable Care Act as a growing number of lawmakers weighed in against the
proposal.
á Michael
Flynn retroactively registered as a foreign agent and, by doing so, shed new
light on the Trump-Russia scandal exposing Trump and Pence lied about it to the public.
Wednesday, March 15
á New Medicaid chief Seema Verma and Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price
sent a letter to all governors urging them to change the insurance program for
the nationÕs poor by imposing insurance premiums, charging them for part of
emergency room bills and prodding them to get jobs.
á TrumpÕs
leaked 2005 tax return revealed he paid $38 million in a single year because of
a tax rule, the Òalternative minimum tax (AMT),Ó that he has specifically
promised to abolish as president. The AMTS was introduced to ensure the wealthy
pay a fair share of tax.
á The
Trump administration moved ahead with plans to make it easier for the CIA and
the military to target terrorists with drone strikes, even if it means more
civilian casualties.
á A
district judge in Honolulu blocked TrumpÕs revised travel ban just hours before
it was scheduled to go into effect.
á Senate bill S659 introduced to impose sanctions with respect to the PeopleÕs Republic of
China in relation to activities in the South China Sea and the East China Sea.
á Senate bill S668 introduced to nullify the effect of the recent executive order
regarding border security and immigration enforcement.
Thursday, March 16
á Congressional Republicans sharply
criticized TrumpÕs budget. His proposed budget would axe 62 agencies and
programs, mostly for arts, medical and scientific research, and the poor.
á Press Secretary Sean Spicer suggested
that Obama used British intelligence to spy on Trump, forcing Spicer to later apologize to Britain.
á House bill HR1584 introduced to prohibit the taking, importation, and exportation of Orcas
and Orca products for public display.
á House resolution HRes203 requested the Attorney General to submit TrumpÕs tweets regarding
ObamaÕs wiretapping of Trump Tower to the House of Representatives.
Friday, March 17
á Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said the U.S. is prepared to take military action
against North Korea if necessary.
á U.S. airstrike in Syria hit a mosque, killing
more than 40 people.
á The
House approved legislation allowing about 170,000 veterans who are Òmentally
incapacitated, deemed mentally incompetentÓ to buy guns.
á Former U.S. attorney Preet
Bharara was fired while investigating stock trades of
health-related companies made by HHS secretary Tom Price while Price was
working on legislation for those companies.
á The
Trump administration revoked federal guidance that barred student debt
collectors from charging high fees on past-due student loans.
á House bill HR1593 introduced to repeal the corporate average fuel economy standards.
á House bill HR1598 introduced to É divide the 9th Judicial Circuit of the United States into
2 circuits.
Saturday, March 18
á U.S.
allies warned against the perils of trade protectionism after the Trump
administration rejected a free-trade statement at the G-20 meeting.
á Trump administration ignored appeals to
shut down a 52-year-old pipeline that has been leaking natural gas into
AlaskaÕs Cook Inlet for 3-months.
á Trump sent judges to 12 sanctuary cities
to ramp up deportations of undocumented persons with outstanding criminal
charges.
á Paul Ryan, House Speaker, said heÕd been
dreaming about kicking the poor off Medicaid since he was a fraternity boy.
á Trump
tweeted that Germany owes America Òvast sums of moneyÓ for NATO. U.S.
ambassador to NATO, Ivo Daalder,
pointed out TrumpÕs false logic saying, ÒTrumpÕs comments misrepresent the way
NATO functions.Ó
Sunday, March 19
á
Trump, who signed an executive order in January
to curtail lobbying influence in government, was expected to name a coal
lobbyist, Andrew Wheeler, as the new deputy administrator to the EPA.
á
The Trump administration has
threatened court action to try to bring the Consumer Financial Protection
Bureau under its control, claiming that it violates the Constitution.