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CQ News Morning Headlines - May 4, 2016

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SENATE'S EARLY OPTIMISM ON PASSING APPROPRIATIONS NOW AT RISK	
The Senate has turned the usual order of appropriations on its head by moving faster on fiscal 2017 spending bills than the House is, due in large part to continued division over the budget resolution on the House side. But the Senate's progress could be short-lived if the body is unable to surmount its own divisions.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4881715?srcpage=cqnamt

TEMPERED EXPECTATIONS AWAIT OBAMA IN CRISIS-PLAGUED FLINT	
President Barack Obama will tell predominantly African-American Flint, Mich., residents their country is not abandoning them, but he is not expected to announce any sweeping federal effort to end their drinking water crisis.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4881693?srcpage=cqnamt

FEDERAL INTERVENTION IN FLINT STUCK IN FIRST GEAR	
As President Barack Obama heads to Flint, Michigan, on Wednesday to hear first-hand the hardship caused by lead contamination of the city's drinking water, advocates for the city are pushing both federal and state governments to provide long-term resources to solve the problems.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4881625?srcpage=cqnamt

INVESTIGATORS FIND SYSTEMWIDE FAILURES LED TO METRO DEATH	
Systemwide failures as well as poor federal and local oversight of Washington, D.C.'s Metro system were to blame for a deadly smoke incident that killed one passenger in 2015, federal safety investigators said in a report discussed Tuesday at a hearing of the National Transportation Safety Board.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4881687?srcpage=cqnamt

BIG PHARMA FILLS CANDIDATE COFFERS IN BIOSIMILAR FIGHT	
Lobbying by biotech companies spiked in many states that were considering legislation to allow pharmacists to swap a brand-name biologic with a copycat drug, a CQ Roll Call analysis of state lobbying disclosures found.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4881648?srcpage=cqnamt

ZIKA VACCINE TESTING TO BEGIN IN SEPTEMBER	
Testing of a vaccine for the Zika virus will begin in September, and larger clinical trials for a vaccine are likely early next year, Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said on Tuesday. A vaccine could be ready for more widespread use within one to three years.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4881678?srcpage=cqnamt

BRADY PLANS TO EASE LIMIT ON MEDICARE HOSPITAL OUTPATIENT PAY	
House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady still hopes to pass a Medicare tweak this year that could benefit hospitals. The Texas Republican said he intends to ease a budget deal restriction on Medicare's fairly generous reimbursement for hospital outpatient care.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4881193?srcpage=cqnamt

MEDICARE OFFICIAL DEFENDS LIMITS ON DOCTOR PAY EXEMPTIONS	
A top Medicare official said his agency's draft plan for new reimbursement rules for doctors fulfills the direction Congress set last year. But he anticipates strong protests from trade groups that wish to see more physicians qualify for exemptions from requirements in the new system.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4881645?srcpage=cqnamt

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