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CQ News Morning Headlines - May 3, 2016

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APPROPRIATIONS HEADACHE RESULTS FROM DEFENSE WAR FUNDS BOOST	
House defense authorizers eager to see more funds for the military may have engineered a solution that gets around budget laws that hold most spending levels in a vice grip.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4881082?srcpage=cqnamt

HOUSE REPUBLICANS ASSEMBLE SPENDING CUTS, MULL BUDGET VOTE	
A legislative package that would cut $30 billion in mandatory program spending has been put together and is ready to go should House Republican leaders get the votes to adopt a fiscal 2017 budget resolution when they return from recess.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4880337?srcpage=cqnamt

PUERTO RICO MISSES DEBT PAYMENT, LOOKS TO CONGRESS FOR HELP	
Puerto Rico defaulted on a debt payment Monday, a development that some hope will focus Congress' attention on stalled legislation to rescue the island territory from its $72 billion debt crisis.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4880291?srcpage=cqnamt

BURR, CASEY LEAD NEW PUSH TO EXPAND EDUCATION SAVINGS ACCOUNTS	
Sen. Richard M. Burr, R-N.C., has joined Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., in leading a new drive to expand 529 education savings accounts by offering a saver's tax credit for annual contributions by low- and moderate-income families.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4881077?srcpage=cqnamt

POLL: GOVERNMENT NOT ADEQUATELY ADDRESSING OPIOID ADDICTION	
As concerns about the heroin and prescription drug abuse crisis grow, a majority of Americans do not believe state or federal governments are doing enough to address the issue, according to a new Kaiser Family Foundation poll.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4881103?srcpage=cqnamt

LAWMAKERS JOIN EX-FACEBOOK CHIEF TO HELP DISTRESSED AREAS	
Rep. Pat Tiberi, R-Ohio, and Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., are leading a bipartisan coalition to promote a new deferral of taxes on capital gains that are reinvested in opportunity zones located in economically distressed communities.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4880322?srcpage=cqnamt

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