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CQ News Morning Headlines - April 28, 2016

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HOUSE ARMED SERVICES ADVANCES NDAA, WRAPPING UP MARATHON MARKUP	
The House Armed Services Committee voted 60-2 to approve the $610 billion fiscal 2017 defense authorization bill, sending to the floor a sprawling measure that adds $18 billion in weaponry and personnel that didn't make the Pentagon's budget request but funds operations overseas for just the first seven months of the year.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4878179?srcpage=cqnamt

SENATE EXPECTED TO VOTE AGAIN ON ENERGY-WATER ON THURSDAY	
After their fast-moving Energy-Water appropriations bill stumbled over a so-called poison pill amendment Wednesday, senators have been advised to expect another roll call vote related to the $37.5 billion spending bill at 2 p.m. Thursday, according to GOP staff.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4878106?srcpage=cqnamt

SENATE APPROPRIATIONS DRIVE HITS A WALL WITH ENERGY-WATER VOTE	
The Senate's ambitious appropriations schedule appeared in danger of falling apart Wednesday after lawmakers hit an impasse on the Energy-Water spending bill over a controversial amendment from Republican Tom Cotton related to the Iran nuclear deal.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4878073?srcpage=cqnamt

HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COMPLETES NDAA SUBCOMMITTEE MARKS	
The House Armed Services Committee approved by voice vote its Strategic Forces Subcommittee's mark late Wednesday after a back-and-forth on issues ranging from the nation's missile defenses to nuclear nonproliferation efforts.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4876852?srcpage=cqnamt

HOUSE NDAA ACTION ON RUSSIAN ROCKETS TEES UP BATTLE WITH MCCAIN	
While lobbyists literally waited in the wings, lawmakers sparred in the wee hours Thursday morning over replacing the Russian rocket engines that propel U.S. military and intelligence satellites into space with U.S.-made models.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4878416?srcpage=cqnamt

CARTER: GOAL IS TO ENCIRCLE MOSUL BY EARLY JUNE	
Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter said Wednesday the United States wants to have forces in position to effectively encircle the Islamic State stronghold of Mosul in northern Iraq before the Muslim holy month of Ramadan begins in early June.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4877892?srcpage=cqnamt

ZIKA EMERGENCY SPENDING COULD BE THREATENED BY SENATE BLOWUP	
A compromise package under negotiation by Senate appropriators that would combat the Zika virus appeared in danger Wednesday as Democrats attacked Republicans anew for not moving fast enough.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4878142?srcpage=cqnamt

HOUSE PASSES MEASURE TO EASE TARIFF BILLS	
The House passed legislation Wednesday that would help companies reduce tariffs on supply imports, a measure manufacturing and business groups say could lay the groundwork for the first miscellaneous tariff bill in six years.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4878141?srcpage=cqnamt

HOUSE REPUBLICANS REMAIN LOCKED IN BUDGET STRUGGLE	
Republican members of the House Budget Committee examined a number of ideas for moving a fiscal 2017 budget resolution in a closed meeting Wednesday, but they appear no closer to getting the votes to pass one on the floor.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4878215?srcpage=cqnamt

ENZI OFFERS TO AX SENATE BUDGET COMMITTEE, IF 'IRRELEVANT'	
The Senate Budget Committee, established by the 1974 budget law, could be on the chopping block when Chairman Michael B. Enzi begins writing a budget overhaul bill in the coming weeks.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4878003?srcpage=cqnamt

HOUSE TAX PANEL TAKES UP GOP BILL TO SCRAP DONOR DISCLOSURE	
Rep. Peter Roskam, R-Ill., has taken the lead on a contentious new GOP plan that would end a mandate for tax-exempt groups to include confidential lists of large donors in their annual tax returns.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4878189?srcpage=cqnamt

  
  LEADERS WANT TO KEEP 'POISON PILLS' OUT OF STATE AUTHORIZATION	
The leaders of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee are planning a relatively tight, uncontroversial Thursday markup of this year's State Department authorization bill, which will include a section dealing with sexual assaults committed by U.N. peacekeepers.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4878156?srcpage=cqnamt

HOUSE RULES SETS UP FLOOR DEBATE ON DC PRIVATE SCHOOL VOUCHERS	
The House Rules Committee on Wednesday made in order a combined rule that provides for floor consideration of two measures, one dealing with District of Columbia schools and the other a resolution disapproving of the Labor Department's recently adopted fiduciary rule.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4878229?srcpage=cqnamt

HOUSE COMMITTEES BEGIN FINALIZING OPIOID PACKAGE	
The House continued assembling a legislative package to combat opioid and heroin abuse Wednesday as two committees approved a dozen related bills. Completion of the markups will set up a floor vote the week of May 9, after the House returns from its recess.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4877873?srcpage=cqnamt

REGULATOR WARNS BANKS ABOUT CHAT ROOM, INSTANT MESSAGING USE	
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is warning banks against using instant messaging and chat platforms that have the ability to permanently delete online communications, saying the use of such technology could run afoul of record retention laws.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4878223?srcpage=cqnamt

LABOR'S 'PERSUADER RULE' DRAWS GOP IRE, MAY LEAD TO RIDER	
A debate on a rule to increase reporting by employers on their anti-union activity heated up in a subcommittee hearing Wednesday and could result in a contentious rider on the fiscal 2017 Labor-HHS-Education appropriations bill.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4877894?srcpage=cqnamt

PIPELINE MEASURE GETS BIPARTISAN BACKING FROM ENERGY PANEL	
The House Energy and Commerce Committee gave bipartisan approval to a $786.1 million, five-year reauthorization of federal pipeline safety programs Wednesday.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4878162?srcpage=cqnamt

MEDICAID RULE MAY BE KEY FOR MENTAL HEALTH LEGISLATION	
Patient advocates say a new rule allowing short-term inpatient care for Medicaid beneficiaries in mental health crises could prod federal lawmakers to pass broader legislation.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4878075?srcpage=cqnamt

CEO SAYS VALEANT ERRED IN HIKING DRUG COSTS	
The outgoing CEO of an embattled pharmaceutical company apologetically told a Senate investigative panel that its business model leaned too much on the industry practice of hiking the cost of drugs before a generic competitor enters the market.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4878103?srcpage=cqnamt

HEALTH COSTS DIFFER IN STATES AND CITIES, STUDY FINDS	
Residents in many states face health care costs that are thousands of dollars more than in other areas, even in cities just miles away, according to a joint report released by Health Affairs and the Health Care Cost Institute.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4878169?srcpage=cqnamt

SEC SEEKS COMMENT ON PLAN FOR DATABASE OF EQUITY, OPTION TRADES	
The Securities and Exchange Commission voted Wednesday to seek comment on a plan to create "a single, comprehensive database that would enable regulators to efficiently track all trading activity in the U.S. equity and options market."
http://www.cq.com/doc/4878010?srcpage=cqnamt

HUNDREDS OF FARM GROUPS PRESS LAWMAKERS TO DEFEAT TRADE DEAL	
The National Farmers Union and a coalition of 161 groups urged lawmakers Wednesday to vote against the Trans-Pacific Partnership, arguing in a letter that smaller U.S. farmers and ranchers will face increased competition from imports under the 12-nation trade agreement.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4878038?srcpage=cqnamt

EPA, BLM GET CRITIQUES OF METHANE RULES	
The Obama administration's attempts to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the oil and gas sector came under fire at two separate events on Wednesday as Republicans and industry representatives called proposed rules redundant and costly and environmentalists said they were too weak.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4877937?srcpage=cqnamt

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