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CQ News Morning Headlines - April 25, 2016

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SENATE IN HOMESTRETCH ON ENERGY-WATER APPROPRIATIONS BILL	
Senate leaders hope to wrap up in the next few days a $37.5 billion Energy-Water appropriations bill that has so far dodged amendments that would make it a veto target for the White House.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4875452?srcpage=cqnamt

THIS WEEK IN BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS	
The House and Senate slog through one more week of work on the budget and appropriations before departing for a one-week recess:
http://www.cq.com/doc/4875492?srcpage=cqnamt

ENZI INTENSIFIES DRIVE FOR A TWO-YEAR FEDERAL BUDGET	
Senate Budget Committee Chairman Michael B. Enzi could break with several decades of tradition this year if his work to move Congress' annual budget process to a biennial schedule passes to the president's desk.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4874489?srcpage=cqnamt

SUPREME COURT TACKLES PATENT OVERHAUL LAW	
The Supreme Court hears oral arguments Monday in a closely watched review of Congress' last overhaul of the patent law system, a case with possibly huge implications for the pharmaceutical, life science and tech industries.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4875424?srcpage=cqnamt

HOUSE NDAA WOULD MAKE BIG CHANGES IN DEFENSE ORGANIZATIONS	
The House Armed Services Committee will consider a fiscal 2017 defense authorization bill next week that recommends fundamental changes to how the U.S. military is organized and how it formulates strategy and policy.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4875408?srcpage=cqnamt

NDAA WOULD RELY ON WAR FUNDS TO GRANT WISHES, ADD PET PROJECTS	
The Overseas Contingency Operations budget has always been slyly tapped by lawmakers to pay the Pentagon's routine bills, with money for next-generation aircraft tucked in among funding for bullets and bombs.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4875427?srcpage=cqnamt

HOUSE PLANS NEXT STEPS ON OPIOID LEGISLATION	
The House Judiciary Committee next week will consider a streamlined version of Senate legislation to combat opioid abuse that passed overwhelmingly last month.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4874633?srcpage=cqnamt

KERRY SIGNS PARIS CLIMATE PACT AS GOP PREDICTS FAILURE	
Secretary of State John Kerry signed the Paris climate agreement on Friday, adding the United States to a roster of 170 nations in the latest and largest global attempt to curb greenhouse gas emissions, even as congressional Republicans continued to resist a climate agenda that they say is a threat to the economy.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4875251?srcpage=cqnamt

U.S.-U.K. 'SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP' DEFENDED BY OBAMA AND CAMERON	
President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron were on the defensive Friday, arguing that the U.S.-U.K. "special relationship" could endure a British European Union exit.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4875437?srcpage=cqnamt

NEW ASSOCIATION FOR LOBBYISTS MOVES TO FILL VOID	
A new trade group for lobbyists is positioning itself to fill the void left by the Association of Government Relations Professionals, which shut down this week.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4875350?srcpage=cqnamt

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