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CQ News Morning Headlines - May 12, 2016

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SENATE SEES FINISH LINE FOR ENERGY-WATER SPENDING BILL	
After finally breaking through the logjam caused by an amendment related to the Iran nuclear agreement, the Senate is poised to pass for the first time since 2009 under "regular order" an Energy-Water spending bill.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4885846?srcpage=cqnamt

SENATE TO TAKE ON APPROPRIATIONS BILLS TWO AT A TIME	
Senators will jump into their second round of appropriations floor action by bundling together two fiscal 2017 spending measures: Transportation-HUD and Military Construction-VA.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4885427?srcpage=cqnamt

NEW PLAN FOR PASSING HOUSE BUDGET COULD BE THE ANSWER FOR GOP	
A plan to combine a fiscal 2017 budget resolution and billions of dollars in cuts to mandatory spending programs into a single regular bill has emerged as the most likely way to get a budget adopted in the House, following a Republican conference meeting on Wednesday morning.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4885566?srcpage=cqnamt

EXCLUSIVE: MEMBERS TORN OVER PROPOSED HELICOPTER COMPETITION	
The Air Force announced Wednesday evening it is "moving forward with a full and open competition" to replace its aging fleet of UH-1N Huey helicopters, including several dozen that are no longer capable of adequately responding if terrorists attack U.S. nuclear missiles.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4885734?srcpage=cqnamt

THORNBERRY'S NDAA AMENDMENT WOULD SLASH SIZE OF NSC STAFF	
House Armed Services Chairman Mac Thornberry has teed up an amendment for floor debate next week on the massive fiscal 2017 defense authorization bill to limit the size of the National Security Council, whose growth in recent years has led former Defense secretaries and others to worry about the White House office's outsized influence on military matters.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4885627?srcpage=cqnamt

REPUBLICANS SEE OVERREACH IN NEW RULES FOR EDUCATION LAW	
Democrats and Republicans basked in a bipartisan glow last December as President Barack Obama signed the bill to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. But that glow has dimmed, and Republican lawmakers are criticizing rules proposed by the Obama administration to carry out the law.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4885839?srcpage=cqnamt

TED CRUZ IS BACK AND WANTS TO LOWER YOUR TAXES	
Sen. Ted Cruz has his eye on shaping the tax code and other fiscal priorities as he turns his full attention back to Congress after suspending his bid for the Republican presidential nomination.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4885784?srcpage=cqnamt

ZIKA AID MIGHT BE ADDED TO SENATE'S TWO-BILL SPENDING PACKAGE	
Zika aid could find a place in the two-bill appropriations package heading to the floor after the chamber wraps up work on the Energy-Water spending bill, Republican and Democratic senators said Wednesday.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4885622?srcpage=cqnamt

HOUSE CONTINUES WORK ON OPIOIDS WITH PAIN TASK FORCE BILL	
The House continued its work on legislation to combat prescription opioid and heroin abuse on Wednesday. Lawmakers passed, 412-4, a bill that would establish a federal task force to evaluate the treatment of pain and opioid prescription practices.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4885742?srcpage=cqnamt

SENATE COULD TAKE UP MENTAL HEALTH BILL SOONER THAN EXPECTED	
Senate leaders are seeking lawmakers' input on whether to schedule a mental health bill for floor action between Memorial Day and the July Fourth recess, and several senators already are lobbying for consideration of their amendments.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4885670?srcpage=cqnamt

PUERTO RICO BILL DELAYED AGAIN AS LAWMAKERS SEEK CONSENSUS	
A House bill that seeks to rescue Puerto Rico from its $72 billion debt crisis has been delayed again, as Republicans say the Obama administration is seeking more time to go over the legislation.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4885715?srcpage=cqnamt

TREASURY SAYS IRAN MAKING PROGRESS TO GET OFF FINANCIAL BLACKLIST	
A senior Treasury official on Wednesday said Iran was improving its rules against money laundering and terrorist financing and might in time be removed from an international financial blacklist that is seen to have impeded foreign investment in the country.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4885721?srcpage=cqnamt

ANTI-ISIS COALITION SUCCESSFULLY SLASHING EXTREMIST GROUP'S COFFERS	
U.S.-led coalition efforts to combat Islamic State finances have dented the extremist group's coffers, cutting their annual revenue from oil--a key source of financing--by as much as half, a senior Obama administration official said Wednesday.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4885617?srcpage=cqnamt

JUDGE GARLAND WITHHELD KEY FINANCIAL INFORMATION FROM SENATE	
Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland left out a key piece of financial disclosure information when he filed nomination paperwork to the Senate on Tuesday.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4885693?srcpage=cqnamt

WAYS AND MEANS MOVES BILLS ON ANTI-POVERTY PROGRAMS	
Four bills that are part of House Republicans' long-term goal of revamping welfare and anti-poverty programs were advanced out of the Ways and Means Committee on Wednesday by voice vote.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4885614?srcpage=cqnamt

CUSTOMS CHIEF SAYS AGENCY TO AGGRESSIVELY BLOCK BANNED GOODS	
The Customs and Border Protection agency will aggressively use a new enforcement law to address the growing problem of tariff evaders and intercept imported goods made by forced or slave labor, the agency's top official said Wednesday.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4885710?srcpage=cqnamt

LAWMAKERS GIVE CONSUMER ARBITRATION RULE A PASS, FOR NOW	
Many Republicans and businesses dislike a federal regulator's proposal last week to ban mandatory arbitration clauses from consumers' financial contracts, but it doesn't look like they're going to do anything about it, at least not for now.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4885456?srcpage=cqnamt

PANEL BACKS INDIAN EDUCATION OVERHAUL THAT INCLUDES NEW AGENCY	
The Senate Indian Affairs Committee on Wednesday advanced a measure that would establish a new agency for Indian education and close the Bureau of Indian Education.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4885702?srcpage=cqnamt

WHITE HOUSE PICKS A FIGHT WITH NO. 3 HOUSE REPUBLICAN	
The White House contends House Majority Whip Steve Scalise may have lied about how much Iran could realize in relief from economic sanctions in exchange for agreeing to curb its nuclear ambitions.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4885598?srcpage=cqnamt

GOOGLE ENTERS PAYDAY LOAN DEBATE PITTING REGULATOR AGAINST GOP	
Google's announcement Wednesday that it would ban ads for payday loans comes as the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is set to issue a rule that House Republicans say would amount to a federal takeover of regulation of the industry.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4885564?srcpage=cqnamt

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