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CQ News Morning Headlines - May 5, 2016

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CONFEDERATE FLAG FIGHT COULD AGAIN ROIL HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS	
National debate over the Confederate flag has waned, but the House is poised to pick up where it left off last year if the fiscal 2017 Interior-Environment spending bill makes it to the floor.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4882147?srcpage=cqnamt

SENATE APPROPRIATOR KIRK SLAMS VA INSPECTOR GENERAL	
On the heels of the Senate confirming a new top watchdog to oversee the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Senate Appropriations cardinal in charge of veterans programs is demanding answers about a slew of problems, including reports of a cockroach-infested kitchen at an Illinois VA hospital, CQ has learned.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4881719?srcpage=cqnamt

VA SECRETARY MCDONALD CRITICIZES GOP APPROPRIATORS ON SPENDING	
Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert McDonald on Wednesday ripped into House appropriators for proposing funding levels for the VA below the president's budget request, saying the move would hurt veterans and the agency's efforts to improve care.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4882149?srcpage=cqnamt

CFPB PROPOSES OPENING DOOR FOR CLASS ACTION SUITS AGAINST BANKS	
A proposed rule by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau would lift the ban on customers getting together to sue banks and other financial institutions for an assortment of reasons, a move that is expected to draw intense opposition.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4882206?srcpage=cqnamt

JUDGE ALLOWS GROUP TO DIG INTO CLINTON'S EMAIL SERVER	
&#x200B;A federal district court judge detailed Wednesday how a legal watchdog group can dig into the creation and operation of Hillary Clinton's private email system-- and didn't rule out a deposition of the former secretary of State and now Democratic presidential front-runner.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4882182?srcpage=cqnamt

ENVIRONMENTALISTS SUE EPA OVER OIL AND GAS WASTE DISPOSAL RULES	
Environmental groups on Wednesday sued the EPA, demanding the agency clamp down on the oil and gas industry's waste disposal practices, saying current rules are outdated and have not kept up with the increase in fracking and drilling.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4882196?srcpage=cqnamt

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT: NORTH CAROLINA RESTROOM LAW DISCRIMINATES	
The Justice Department weighed in forcefully Wednesday in the national debate over laws restricting the restroom use of transgender people, telling North Carolina officials that a new state law violates the U.S. Civil Rights Act of 1964.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4882232?srcpage=cqnamt

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