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CQ News Morning Headlines - April 26, 2016

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SENATE RECONVENES WITH ENERGY-WATER PASSAGE IN SIGHT	
The Senate reconvened Monday with passage of the Energy-Water fiscal 2017 appropriations bill by the end of this week within reach.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4876121?srcpage=cqnamt

CLOTURE FILED ON ENERGY-WATER SPENDING BILL	
Determined to ensure that the Energy-Water appropriations bill glides quickly to passage, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell set the procedure in motion Monday night to end debate on the measure.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4876245?srcpage=cqnamt

SENATORS SEEK TO SETTLE ZIKA BILL'S COST, ROAD TO PASSAGE	
Senate appropriators are aiming to wrap up this week their negotiations on how they'll pass an emergency spending package to address the Zika virus as well as its cost, sources familiar with the negotiations told CQ on Monday.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4876094?srcpage=cqnamt

INHOFE: WATER RESOURCES BILL MAY ARRIVE TUESDAY	
The Senate's 2016 Water Resources Development Act, which may attract Democratic efforts to address an ongoing lead contamination crisis in Flint, Mich., should be released Tuesday, Environment and Public Works Chairman James M. Inhofe said Monday night.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4876248?srcpage=cqnamt

PENSION LAW CHANGES ON HOLD AS DEMOCRATS PUSH COAL MINER BILL	
Senate Finance Chairman Orrin G. Hatch, R-Utah, has delayed a planned markup that would address troubled multi-employer, or union-related, pensions as he tries to quell a Democratic revolt over a stalled lifeline for coal miner pensions.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4876195?srcpage=cqnamt

REGULATORS PREPARE TO BACK MERGER THAT HILL DEMOCRATS DISLIKE	
The Justice Department and Federal Communications Commission are set to approve Charter Communications Inc.'s $88.4 billion acquisition of Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks LLC after almost a year of review and opposition from lawmakers, rivals and consumer groups.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4876209?srcpage=cqnamt

MENTAL HEALTH BILL FACES HURDLES IN BOTH CHAMBERS	
Efforts to address mental health care are stalled while lawmakers assess how feasible it is to expand Medicaid coverage for inpatient treatment facilities.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4875767?srcpage=cqnamt

MEDICAID RULE REQUIRES HEALTH PLANS TO MEET FINANCIAL STANDARDS	
Health insurers that participate in Medicaid will have to spend a minimum amount of the money they receive on medical care, under a new Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services rule released late Monday.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4876205?srcpage=cqnamt

CLAPPER SAYS ISLAMIC STATE CELLS ACTIVE IN UK, GERMANY, ITALY	
The Islamic State has operational cells in Germany, Britain and Italy similar to the ones that conducted the terrorist attacks in Paris and Brussels, the top American spy said Monday.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4875983?srcpage=cqnamt

CFPB ISSUES ATTRACT LOBBYISTS AS GOP WORKS TO CHANGE ITS RULES	
An increasing number of lobbyists report working on issues related to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, an agency created by the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial overhaul whose actions have frequently drawn the wrath of Republicans and business groups.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4876119?srcpage=cqnamt

CHIEF JUSTICE CONCERNED BY 'BIZARRE' USE OF PATENT LAW	
Five years after Congress created a new way to settle disputes over patents, Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. expressed concern that its implementation is "a bizarre way to decide a legal question."
http://www.cq.com/doc/4876080?srcpage=cqnamt

HERITAGE ACTION FORTIFIES GRASS-ROOTS ACTIVISM WITH LOBBYISTS	
Heritage Action for America, the conservative group that often criticizes corporate lobbyists' agenda in Washington, is increasingly embracing the ways of K Street.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4876087?srcpage=cqnamt

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